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A U.S. Postal Service employee is out of a job amid an investigation into over 100 absentee ballots discarded in a dumpster in Louisville, Kentucky. A contractor found the unopened 112 ballots while renovating a home in Jefferson County on Thursday. Additionally, two political flyers were discovered by special agents with the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General. “When the investigation is concluded, the case will be presented for federal prosecution to the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Special Agent Scott Balfour said in a statement. The case has been turned over to the U.S. attorney’s office, Balfour said. Such incidents...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Jim Kellog was walking his dog Monday morning when he found a pile of mail on the side of the road on Vista Grande. “It wasn’t in a stack, it was scattered… But it would have been enough to fit in your hand if it was stacked neatly,” says Kellog. He picked up some of the mail, to find six ballots. “One I found across the street… It had been driven over several times,” says Kellog. Kellog says this discovery is a big concern, and casts doubt on how secure mail-in ballots really are. “I called...