postmark
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If mailing your ballot on election day, officials say to get a hand-stamped postmark from a postal employee inside the post office.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“If the postmark is not the same as the city and state of the ‘supposed’ issuing bank, it might be an indication the check is fake.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
Tickets go on sale on Friday and are restricted to people with a Bolton postmark.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Fourteen US states allow mail-in ballots to be tallied after the date of the election if they bear a postmark by Election Day.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
“Why must she use this sort of envelope?” he asked angrily, studying the little circle of a Planetarium Station, New York, postmark on the thick tan paper.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
In our view, the United States Postal Service should not be drawn into election matters by disputes over mail delivery times or postmarks.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
According to the scraps of labels with Chinese and American addresses, stamps, and postmarks, the family airmailed the can from Hong Kong in 1950.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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
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
He checked the envelope: it was postmarked in Paris.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
The Postal Service, however, hasn’t viewed the record-keeping use of postmarking as a service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
The other pieces include the time carriers return from their routes in the evening, postmarking mail at night and sorting the carrier’s mail before dawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
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
The chamber organizes the Valentine's Day postmarking program and also hosts a business decorating contest.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2017
