Mailing a Ballot Late? Officials Suggest the Post Office Counter
Voters returning a mail ballot close to Election Day are being advised to hand it over at a post office and have it postmarked there rather than dropping it in a mailbox, NPR reports. The reason given is mail processing changes: getting the stamp applied in person is the way officials say voters can keep a ballot from getting caught up in them.
It is a small, practical instruction with an obvious limit — it assumes a voter can make the trip.
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The workaround is refreshingly low-tech: hand the envelope to a clerk and let them stamp it in front of you.
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Low-tech, but not costless. It turns a processing problem into an errand, and only for voters who can reach a post office while it is open.