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Mail-in ballots with a Tuesday postmark will be accepted by county election officials for another week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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

The first card is almost complete, but I don’t see any sign of a postmark.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

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

But it also lets stand similar policies in other states — including California, which counts ballots postmarked by and received within seven days of an election.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

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

But the summer brought him a letter, with no return name or address, but postmarked from Chicago.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

The chamber organizes the Valentine's Day postmarking program and also hosts a business decorating contest.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2017