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Mail-in ballots with an election day postmark will continue to be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 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

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

Andrius ran his finger over the Lithuanian stamp and postmark.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Elizabeth Parmelee, a scholar of democracy and civic education at Metropolitan State University of Denver, explained how Colorado orchestrates its elections, which are conducted by mail, but without postmarks.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

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

It was the one Penelope had seen on the mail tray, with its exotic stamps and foreign postmarks.

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

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

Reality television personality Spencer Pratt, who was in second place on election night, saw his lead over Raman steadily erode as mail-in ballots postmarked as late as June 2 were counted.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

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

Postal Service postmarking procedures mean that if you drop your return in a mailbox on or shortly before Tax Day, April 15, you can’t count on having it postmarked that day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 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