postmark
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But the audit found that in 10 of 82 facilities, or about 12%, management wasn’t aware of the proper way to postmark a ballot.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mail-in ballots with an election day postmark will be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Tickets go on sale on Friday and are restricted to people with a Bolton postmark.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
I studied the envelope for a return address but found only a fading postmark that read Cairnholm Is.,
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
But a lifelong interest in stamps and postmarks seem to have led to him taking letters that caught his eye.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
States set their own election laws, and most rely on postmarks to determine if a vote was cast in time.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
Voting in Tuesday’s election remains open Monday and Tuesday, with voting centers closing Tuesday at 8 p.m., and mail-in ballots requiring postmarks of Tuesday or earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Two months ago, the state’s highest court nonetheless yelled abracadabra and changed the deadline to Nov. 6, while making postmarks optional.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
They were all from his gentlemen’s club or from various banks, except for one thin, stained envelope with no return address but which bore many colorful postmarks and exotic stamps from distant lands.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
That included a facility in Pennsylvania on the state’s primary election day, which caused 56 ballots to be postmarked with the wrong date.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
In California, mail-in ballots can arrive within seven days after election day and be counted, but they generally must be postmarked by election day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
This delayed overtaking of Pratt by Raman was largely expected, because California’s vote-by-mail system accepts ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days of the election.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before election day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted, the California secretary of state said.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
It was postmarked New York and was written hastily, in the red pen he used for correcting our Greek.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Also, at five of nine mail processing facilities studied, retail clerks who were postmarking ballots by hand sometimes used stamps with inaccurate dates, according to the report.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Postal Service, however, hasn’t viewed the record-keeping use of postmarking as a service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Communities located outside the circles are affected by the postmarking change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
Most postmarking takes place in Anchorage, a day or more away by mail from most of the state.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
First of all, there’s a difference in messaging between mailing and postmarking.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2020
