Recent changes in USPSÂ processing and postmarking practices have had a significant impact on the vote-by-mail system in Washington.
Postal Service initiative to end evening collections reaches 15,000 post offices
The Postal Service has now implemented Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) at over 15,000 post offices. Under RTO, mail is no longer collected at the end of the business day at post offices. Letters and packages are instead bagged and held until the following morning, when everything is collected at the same time the day’s mail is dropped off for delivery. … Read More
Postmarks delayed, ballots denied: Warnings flash in Washington
A cost-cutting change to how the Postal Service handles outgoing mail at post offices is quietly undermining the vote-by-mail process. In states that rely on Election Day postmarks, a growing share of ballots are being rejected — not for arriving late, but for lacking a timely postmark. Earlier this week, a special election was held in Washington state, with counties … Read More
Tax Day Ahead: Does your post office still do same-day postmarks?
The IRS considers a tax return to be filed on time if it is postmarked by the filing due date, April 15. The Postal Service is now warning tax-filers that the postmark date on the envelope may not be the day the return was mailed at a post office. There’s also a similar warning on the Find USPS Locations website: … Read More
USPS warns of postmark delays, but won’t say which parts of Oregon, U.S. will be most affected
The Oregonian: The U.S. Postal Service is warning its customers in Oregon and across the nation that their mail may no longer be postmarked the day they drop it in a mailbox or at their local post office. The Postal Service says customers who are sending time-sensitive items that need a postmark that same day — including mail-in ballots sent on Election Day … Read More
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