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
Legal and administrative systems have for decades treated a postmark as evidence of when an individual met a deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
But this envelope, unlike the others, is addressed to her father proper, though the postmark is after his date of death.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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
Postal Service earlier this year may result in later postmarks than you might expect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
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
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
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
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
He checked the envelope: it was postmarked in Paris.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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
