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Vendor Blames Higher Than Expected Demand For Delayed Mail-In Ballots
By: Aaron Payne
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A direct mail company that’s been hired to print and distribute absentee ballots to Ohioans who requested them has not been able to get them to voters as fast as was promised.
A written statement by the company’s CEO, Richard T. Gebbie, said Midwest Direct did not anticipate the demand for mail in ballots but has brought in extra equipment and staff and adds they are working 16-hour days to meet the backlog. And the statement says the company is working with Ohio’s Secretary of State to process the ballots quickly.
The New York Times notes Midwest Direct’s owners support President Trump, but there’s no evidence the company did anything wrong.