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The right to vote safely during the pandemic, the answer, the collection box. Mail in ballots have become a huge issue now that the tables are set in the upcoming election between President Donald Trump, and his opponent Former Vice President Joe Biden. There have been concerns of there being voter fraud, and dead people mailing in ballots, but if you have people to look at databases one would see that humans who are deceased can’t apply for driver’s license once they’re dead, and they can’t fill out a voter’s registration card once they’re dead as well, because the voter registration card has a box to check if the resident no longer lives at the residence so that the voter’s registration card will be returned in the mail, and if the address isn’t updated by the individual then more than likely the Postal carrier will catch the error, and will return the voter registration card to the sender, but knowing who your resident’s are plays a factor on if the Postal carrier delivers the voter registration card, or returns the card to the sender.
The pandemic has been going on steady in the United States since March, and as deaths continue to mount, wearing a mask, and social distancing will have a major impact on people going to the polls to cast their votes. This election in 2020, will be one of the most important elections in the history of the United States because Americans should have the right to be able to vote safely, and let’s face the facts everyone doesn’t want to stand in line in long polls in a mask to vote, because various humans have health issues, and standing in long lines could cause voters to faint, or pass out due to not being able to breathe inside of a mask for an extended period of time, and when people decide to remove their masks, then there’s the threat of COVID-19, and also in long lines people will not want to separate, and be six feet apart from one another, especially if the come to vote as a family.
What can be done to help to control these long lines, and the threat of COVID-19? The collection boxes that the USPS has sitting out front of the different Post Office’s, can provide a solution because you don’t have to get out of your car to cast your ballot, and if you have trouble finding these blue collection boxes, you can google the locations where they might be located in your city, so that you can safely drive up in your own personal vehicle to cast your ballot during the upcoming Presidential election. Why is this safe? As a voter you drive up in your vehicle, and drop your ballot inside of the blue collection box with the Postal Service emblem on it, and someone from the Postal Service who works in collections, or a Postal employee will come outside of the Post Office to retrieve the mail safely to send off to the plant to get stamped to send your ballot to the appropriate location to count as a vote during the election. If pulling up outside to drop off your election ballot gives you fear of someone attempting to break into a collection box makes you feel uncomfortable then you can pull up to a Postal Service location, and go inside of the building, and drop off your mail in the outgoing mail location that is clearly labeled for letters, and flats, and the time that the box is pulled for collections, so you have two great options to drop off your mail, and to practice social-distancing to avoid the inconvenience of standing in long lines, to avoid the risk of COVID-19.
How do I receive a ballot in the mail to vote? A voter can go to www.vote.org to register the process is simple, it probably doesn’t take no longer than 3 minutes to fill out your information, and the ballot comes directly to your house where you can cast your ballot during the upcoming election. Like anything else regarding mail, and ballots it’s wise to keep your ballot separated from your mail, because you might forget where you put your ballot, and if you wait until the last day trying to find your ballot it might be too late, and all ballots must have a postmarked date on them to count as a vote during the election.
Can the military vote during the election if they’re not in the United States during the election? Yes, the military can, they can fill out an absentee ballot application, and their vote will count in the upcoming election, it doesn’t matter if they’re on a ship out a sea, or overseas in a foreign country, as long as a member is serving in the military during the time of an election they have the right to cast a vote as all eligible Americans, who are citizens of the United States have the same right.
What can be done to improve the voting process? With the advancement of internet technology, people should be able to log-in on their very own computers to vote, software can be setup like at the airport with Immigration, and Customs Enforcement to use biometrics to take your picture to authenticate who you are, when you cast your vote, along with all of your family members who are eligible to vote, and meet the standards, and qualifications to be able to cast a vote. Your internet protocol address will authenticate all members who live at your address, and can be used as a cross reference when you file for a voter’s registration card when you apply for one, and it’s mailed to your home of record.
If the President of the United States can put in a request for a mail in ballot in his state of residence, then all Americans who are eligible to vote should be able to do the same, we’re currently in a pandemic, and every citizen should be able to exercise their right to vote in a safe manner, being smart, and safe, and saving lives during COVID-19.
A fun fact from the USPS: The Post Office Department was founded in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General. His annual salary was $1,000. Before 1971, the PMG was a Cabinet member. https://facts.usps.com/benjamin-franklin-first-postmaster-general/
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This package doesn’t belong to this address. How many times do you think that the Letter Carrier that delivers your route hears this? Probably more than we’d like to think, but it happens everyday, around the world, 24/7/365. What should I do if a package, or packages, are left at my house, when the previous resident has moved? The first thing that a resident should do is see if the package has an email address on it, or a cell phone number on it that uniquely identifies the individual who is supposed to receive the package. If there’s an email on the package, you could send the former tenant an email to inform them that a package was left at your residence that belongs to them if it doesn’t inconvenience you. Sometimes residents don’t always move far from where they previously lived, especially in a big city, unless they received a job promotion that had them to move 3 hours away, or had them to move out of state, and in some cases out of the country. If there isn’t an email address, or cell phone number on the package, then the next thing that the resident would have to do is call the company who delivered the package, if its the Postal Service, you can put a sticky note on the package that says, that the resident has moved, and normally the next day the Letter Carrier will pick up the item, and will properly endorse the package once they return to the office. If the package was delivered by UPS, FedEx, Amazon, DHL, or any other logistics provider, you can’t leave the item outside for them to pickup assuming that they deliver to your residence everyday, you can call them and inform them that a package was left for the former resident, and normally if they have a driver in the area, they will retrieve the package to return it to their respective office, or facility. Leaving a package outside, and writing, “not here,” can cause more problems than anything because if the item wasn’t delivered by the Postal Service, they will not take it, and leaving the item with, “not here,” written in bold black letters with a sharpie can attract porch pirates to steal a package. This package doesn’t belong to this address. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

When dealing with packages, leave them out of site to protect them from theft. What exactly does this mean? If the house has a barrier where the package can be hidden from the eyes of porch pirates, then place the package in a safe, and secure place. All houses, apartments, condos, and etc., aren’t built the same, and in the case of the photo, the flower pot on the side of the steps would be a perfect place to put the package, because if the owners are still at work, and there isn’t a camera present, and there aren’t any neighbors outside, then a porch pirate could take advantage of the opportunity to steal your package. Delivery personnel must also respect when a package has fragile written on it, so not tossing the package onto the porch would be appreciated by your customers, but sometimes the personnel who separate, and load the packages at the delivery merchant warehouses into the respective routes that the delivery personnel will deliver to your respective neighborhoods will throw the items into a container of the route that your delivery driver will deliver to their respective routes, so packages thrown on top of each other could easily damage a package that has fragile written on it. If it’s raining outside a customer will always be thankful that the delivery driver took a few extra steps to put their package out of inclement weather, because sometimes if the package isn’t in the best type of box, rain can ruin the package, and the items inside of the package if it stays outside, and is getting rained on all day before the customer comes home from work, school, the grocery store, and etc. When dealing with packages, delivery personnel must realize that customers receive an instant alert when a package is scanned as delivered, so if you’re not at the address of the customer when they receive the alert, they could call your supervisor to find out where is there package if it’s not on their porch, or mailbox where you scanned the package as being delivered. When dealing with packages, leave them out of site to protect them from theft. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

Voting, mail, and COVID-19. Although 2020 isn’t over, there’s a Presidential election that gives American’s the right to vote, but with COVID-19, and everything associated with the pandemic, standing in long lines trying to social distance will deter a lot of people from going to the polls to vote. What are my other options, you might ask, www.vote.org allows you, the voter to go online, and fill out your information to have an absentee ballot delivered to your home free of charge, all that’s required is that you need to be registered to vote, and fill out the online form with your personal information, and in less that five minutes the registration process will be complete. The thing that’s important to remember is that if you move, you need to take the responsibility to update your information, because you don’t want your absentee ballot going to Long Beach, CA, where you previously lived, and now you live in San Diego, CA, so it’s important to fill out a change of address form online, or you can go to your local Post Office to receive the form if you don’t see your letter carrier out on the street delivering mail. If, and when the absentee ballot comes to your place of residence, don’t lay it to the side with your other mail, because you might forget about it, and potentially miss the deadline that the absentee ballot has to be postmarked in order for your vote to be valid. If you happen to move before the election, and you have time to register, it’s imperative that you go to your local government office to get registered if you prefer to go to your respective polls in your district, and if you decide not to early vote during the grace period that is allowed in the area that you live in. One important thing to remember is that often your driver’s license will have to match your voter registration card, because if it doesn’t you might potentially get turned away, so with the election being less than 100 days away you have time to fix an errors that you might have. Voting, mail, and COVID-19. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

Leaving town, and ordering packages during the COVID-19 pandemic. In some states as the world turns with the COVID-19 pandemic some people are choosing to leave areas where the COVID-19 numbers continue to spike, and the number of positive cases continue to grow, some people are choosing to go back home to where their parents are, or where they have relatives living. The reason for this is safety, and the numbers are low, and they see this as a reason for choosing to relocate due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19, no one truly knows when this pandemic will end, but more people are working from home, and are continuing to order packages from the comfort of their homes, and smartphones, but the thing to remember is that you still have mail going to your apartment that you’re renting in New York City, NY, but you have moved back to your parents home in Dover, Delaware, the thing that you need to do is put in a temporary fowarding order with the United States Postal Service so that you can receive your mail at your parents house in Dover, Delaware, because if you don’t put in a temporary forwarding order, your mail will continue to go to your apartment in New York City, NY, as well as changing your Amazon account or any other online account that you might have that you might possibly have items auto-shipped from every month, or every two weeks, if you don’t correct these accounts your Amazon order, Target order, Adidas order, and etc., could be shipped to your address that your currently not residing at, and when porch pirates see items starting to stack up on your porch for days, they’ll figure that your out of town, and this will attract porch pirates to steal your packages that you have worked hard to order, and pay for out of your hard earned money. It’s your responsibility to fix your living situation, and to forward your mail if your leaving town for a significant amount of time, the Postal Service, Amazon, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and all other logistics companies don’t necessarily know that you have moved, fix your online accounts so that you will not have to endure problems with theft, or mail being delivered to an address where you no longer reside. Leaving town, and ordering packages during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

A friend is ordering packages to our address. How often does this happen in the new internet age of ordering packages with a simple click on our smart phone devices? It probably happens more than we would think. The Wilson family has been living at 12900 Applesauce Dr. Charlotte, NC 28130 for the past 3 years, the maiden name of Mr. Wilson’s spouse is Smith, so inside of their mailbox they have mail for only Wilson, and Smith, and no other names is highlighted inside of their mailbox. Fast forward to the present, and the Wilson family has a friend named Rachelle Stallone who travels for her job on a monthly basis, so she orders items from Amazon, and has them sent to the Wilson address in Charlotte, NC. This is an arrangement that all parties approve, but it’s important to update the mailbox with the name of Stallone, because if Ms. Stallone is going to order packages, then more than likely some mail might possibly come to the Wilson home with her name on it, and if the Letter Carrier doesn’t recognize the name in the mailbox, then more than likely the mail for Ms. Stallone, or even packages that she has ordered online could be returned to the sender, that’s why communication is extremely important in the package, and mail business. There should be no problem for a friend to order packages, and have them sent to your address, as long as the homeowner, and the friend have an understanding, as well as keeping delivery personnel in the loop if possible. If Rachelle Stallone decides to cut her travel to Charlotte, NC then she would need to update her accounts where she orders items online, because if she doesn’t update her auto-ship accounts they will continue to point to her friends address in Charlotte, NC, when she actually lives in Burbank, CA. Staying up to date can make a difference when a friend is ordering packages to your address. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

If you can enter the apartment building, you can leave the package at the door. What exactly does this mean? As a logistics company, most carriers deliver packages to apartment buildings around the country, there isn’t one sole company that delivers exclusively to one apartment building, with the only exception being the USPS, when mail is being delivered to an apartment building, but in the business of e-commerce, and package delivery, USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon, and many other logistics companies deliver packages on a daily basis to apartment buildings. Most apartment buildings have a office that the logistics driver can go to if they need access to the apartment building to deliver packages, of course it’s more efficient during normal working hours, and most apartment buildings will be labeled with building numbers that coincide with the apartment numbers where one would look for to assist the delivery driver in delivering their packages to the residents who live at the Apple Tree Apartments for example. Some delivery drivers look for a mail room, and instead of delivering the package to the resident, who is at home waiting for the package that they spent over $500, worth of items from Adidas, the item is left on the floor of a mailroom, unattended until the letter carrier arrives the next day to start placing mail in the mailboxes. If the package is stolen with GPS on high-tech scanners the location of the package can be pinpointed with accuracy to determine where the item was left during the delivery, so the customers story will add up that the package wasn’t left at their door, as the customer requested. Most apartment manager’s have a map of their properties that they manage so if you have a question in regards to where apartment units are located, one can assume that they will be more than happy to assist you with your delivery. Going the extra mile goes a very long way with customers, and even more as we work towards finding a solution during this pandemic. If you can enter the apartment building, you can leave the package at the door. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!

The babysitter is using your address to receive packages at your address. How often does this happen? Probably more than you would think. Some of the reasons that the babysitter might use your address to receive packages at your address might be to reduce the threat of porch piracy, because when a package is delivered to your home, and the doorbell is rung, the babysitter can go to your door immediately to retrieve the item, depending on where they might live they might feel that having their packages sent to your address might be safer than having the items delivered to their house, because if they’re gone for at least 10 hours per day 5 days out of the week babysitting for you, and your family then this leaves the opportunity for a porch pirate to steal their packages left unattended at their home. If your babysitter is going to use your address, they should be added to the list of residents who are going to receive mail at your house, because they might use your address for their billing information, and if you have your name inside of your mailbox as Greenwood family only, then someone with the last name of Doe might have their packages sent back because your letter carrier could be going by the last name of the family only receiving mail at your address, FedEx, UPS, Amazon, DHL, and other delivery merchants might simply go by the name that is attached to the address to deliver the package, or packages to the address where you receive your mail. If the babysitter decides to move then they will need to fix their address, with their credit card company in the event that they have setup auto-shipping that is going to the address of their former employer, because if they don’t fix their address then the item could be returned to the sender. The babysitter is using your address to receive packages at your address. www.iwantmymail.com More than just a blog!