postmark
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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
“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
If you file on paper, you should ask for a postmark at the post-office counter or choose certified mail with a return receipt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 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
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
They were all from his gentlemen’s club or from various banks, except for one thin, stained envelope with no return address but which bore many colorful postmarks and exotic stamps from distant lands.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before election day and received by the county elections official no later than seven days after the election will be counted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
“It’s very unfortunate that the Postal Service was unable to fully carry out what they have acknowledged was their responsibility in postmarking the mail,” said state board of elections spokesman John Conklin.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2020
