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In Stevens County, the percentage of ballots rejected for having a late postmark jumped to 8%, from 1% in 2022.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 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

Worse, when the daughter hung up, she did not quench the old woman’s curiosity; instead, she placidly drank her coffee, went to her desk, and began to postmark a pile of letters.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

Its postmarks can legally serve as documentation of when an item was mailed, whether a postcard or a ballot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

“Municipal clerks did not consider postmarks on return ballots because they are irrelevant.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2021

She doesn’t quite understand how postmarks work—I don’t really, either—but I give my best explanation.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Mail votes postmarked by Election Day can also arrive through Tuesday, while Mississippi's 82 counties have until November 13 to certify their results.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

In California, mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day are legally counted as they arrive in the days following.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 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

State law, which favors voter participation over speed, requires that election officials verify and count every ballot that is postmarked by Election Day and arrives within a week after.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He checked the envelope: it was postmarked in Paris.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

It says customers use postmarking for their own purposes.

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