Because the information to prove they didn't go out on time was just recently released, IIRC no more than a month ago. The election committee had been dodging and hiding the records.
Imagine if you are in the military in Afghanistan, Iraq or wherever and your country, America, pulls this on your vote. The people in Iraq, with their purple fingers, had a better chance to vote than our U.S. military personnel did. God Damn the Dems!