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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

Many post offices no longer postmark mail the same day it is received because of adjustments to transportation operations at the United States Postal Service.

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

But the envelope’s postmark was fifteen years old.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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

Two months ago, the state’s highest court nonetheless yelled abracadabra and changed the deadline to Nov. 6, while making postmarks optional.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020

“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

In California, mail-in ballots can arrive within seven days after election day and be counted, but they generally must be postmarked by election day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

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

Postal Service representative Natashi Garvins said in an email that same-day postmarking has never been guaranteed.

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