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Mail-in ballots with a June 2 election day postmark will continue to be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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

As with the implications of the postmark rule in domestic elections, it’s not immediately clear what impact any potential complications for overseas voters could have.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 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

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

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

Weeks passed at Mrs. Sen’s before he found a blue aerogram, grainy to the touch, crammed with stamps showing a bald man at a spinning wheel, and blackened by postmarks.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“The public can no longer assume that a piece of mail dropped in a mailbox before collection time on a specific day will be postmarked that same day,” Alexander said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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

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

Then I took the envelope from my dresser, postmarked Oakland, CA.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

The Postal Service, however, hasn’t viewed the record-keeping use of postmarking as a service.

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