U.S. Rep. David Kustoff says states and counties should determine the best way to conduct elections in their jurisdictions.

Speaking to an online meeting Tuesday, Sept. 1, of the Memphis Rotary Club, the Germantown Republican also raised the possibility that the results of the Nov. 3 presidential general election may not be known that evening a few hours after the polls close.

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“For November, we may not know who won the presidential election until days, maybe weeks, after the election,” he said.

“I’m not so sure that in 10 years or so that we’re not all voting on these,” Kustoff added, holding up his iPhone.

Kustoff is running for a third term in Congress on the ballot after running unopposed in the August primary for the 8th district that takes in 15 counties in West Tennessee, including parts of Memphis and Shelby County.

The former U.S. Attorney says he has concerns that mail-in absentee voting could be manipulated and said a recent change in how the U.S. Postal Service operates was part of a change that began during the Obama administration.

“They are going to have to adapt,” he said of the postal service. “The way we do things and the way we conduct business has changed in the last 10 to 15 years. … The first-class volume has declined and now they are delivering more packages.”

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Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis has said the postal service is “under attack” by the Trump Administration.

“And it is literally a criminal offense that’s being engaged in by the Trump Administration and the Postmaster,” the Memphis Democrat said last month. “Taking out mailboxes, taking out mail sorters, eliminating overtime, telling drivers and post men and post women they cannot go back and complete their routes. Mail is not being delivered.”