Postal service union launches television ads promoting mail-in voting

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APWU Georgia President Charles Boughton spoke about the television ads on April 22, 2026.

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The integrity of Georgia elections has been questioned by President Donald Trump and others since 2020. Now the postal workers' union wants to restore voter confidence in voting by mail via the airwaves.  

The American Postal Workers Union will begin airing television ads starting this week to promote casting your ballot via mail. Georgia APWU President Charles Brouhgton said he wants to have an impact on voters. 

“As a result of the ads, we want to ensure that the right to vote by mail is not infringed on,” he said. “Nobody gets cut out because they voted by mail. That's our priority.” 

The union commissioned North Star Opinion Research to do a national survey of voters' views on mail-in ballots. It found out of around 1,053 respondents, 62% were confident in the U.S. Postal Service's ability to get ballots where they needed to go. 

Charles Brouhgton is president of the Georgia APWU. He said there’s already a lot of people voting by mail in Georgia. 

“College students, senior citizens, firemen, flight attendants and members of the military," Broughton said. “There's all kinds of jobs that affect voting by mail, where they can't get from their regular job to just go in to the poll.” 

May 8 is the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the primary election.