postmark

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

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

As with the implications of the postmark rule in domestic elections, it’s not immediately clear what impact any potential complications for overseas voters could have.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

Maybe they read her letters, maybe they only looked at the postmark, but to a man jack they all replied: “Send us your next letter after Papa is dead!”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Because California postmarks mail-in ballots up to Election Day and allows them a full week to arrive to ensure every single vote — including overseas military personnel — is counted, the process takes time.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 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

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

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

“The public can no longer assume that a piece of mail dropped in a mailbox before collection time on a specific day will be postmarked that same day,” Alexander said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that count mailed ballots if they are postmarked by Election Day but arrive a few days afterward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

“Mum must have put the mail under your door. Interesting. This is postmarked just yesterday. And it’s addressed to you, not Jakob,” says Colin.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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