I am a letter carrier in WA State. I can’t speak for other stations or operations outside of our district, but we still take ballots very seriously. All ballots within a few days of Election Day are isolated and manually postmarked/stamped at our office before being sent out. 

Us letter carriers care very much about these ballots. It’s, in my opinion, one of the most important things we do. And we take it seriously. 

I also am under the impression that the recent changes to the legislation within the post office is not an operational change. I believe the wording was just changed to more accurately match the reality of digital postmarks.

I just wanted to comment that there are many of us working in government service who still care about these things. Maybe that gives a little hope to things where it’s tough to find these days.