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
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
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
When the envelope with an Oakland, California, postmark arrived, I opened it and gave Vonetta her letter and Fern hers.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
“I am sorry we didn’t find your mom. Looking for postmarks was a cool idea.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
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
His attorneys, however, note that the envelopes were postmarked in Jackson, Miss., not Colorado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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
The letter was postmarked Boston, four days earlier.
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
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
