There’s no federal prescription against [private carriers collecting ballots] that I’m aware of, and state laws vary,” Mulroy told OneZero. Within states, those laws can be arcane and complex.

For example, Tennessee requires absentee ballots to be mailed rather than dropped off in person. Meanwhile, federal law requires uniformed and overseas voters to be allowed to use private carriers like UPS. “As a result, the state of Tennessee is taking the position that it’s too hard to distinguish between [uniformed and overseas voters] and other voters, so anybody who wants to can use FedEx or UPS,” says Mulroy.

In other states, however, the rules are very different. Wisconsin, for example, requires ballots to be postmarked to be valid and private carriers are not legally allowed to issue postmarks. Voters in that state would be unable to use FedEx or UPS, even if they preferred it.

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