The rule, which went into effect on Christmas Eve, defines the meaning of a postmark, the date printed or stamped on most ...

Guidelines announced on Dec. 24 allow postmarks to reflect processing date rather than mailing date, affecting 14 states with ...

If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.

The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by ...

No. A new rule clarifies that some mail is not postmarked when it is first received, but rather during processing.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans in rural and urban areas alike could see their votes rejected if the court decides that ballots must arrive by Election Day.

A quiet technical update at USPS is changing how deadlines are proven—raising new questions about timing, trust, and mailed ...

Voter fraud is very rare, whether people vote in person or by mail. That much is clear from a large body of research. One of us is a political scientist at the University of Washington, and the other ...

When Donald Trump posted on social media this week vowing to “get rid of mail-in ballots,” he lit up an argument that has been following him since the last election cycle. CNN notes the former ...

An election worker counts envelopes of mail-in ballots at the Johnson County Election Office in Olathe in 2020. Jill Toyoshiba [email protected] Nearly one in four voters in Tuesday’s $450 million ...

New Jersey law allowing the counting of some late-arriving mail-in ballots could be imperiled by courts and a new executive order from President Trump. (Daniella Heminghaus for New Jersey Monitor) New ...