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
WA voters urged to avoid mailing ballots, use drop boxes amid USPS postmark delays
lynnwoodtimes.com: Recent changes to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) policies have introduced delays in postmarking mail, which could result in mail-in ballots being discarded if they don’t receive a timely postmark in Washington state. With Election Day approaching on Tuesday, November 4, Snohomish County Elections is reminding voters to use one of the county’s 35 official ballot drop boxes to return … Read More
Election officials urge ballot boxes over USPS as new policies could delay
MyNorthwest: Washington’s top election officials are urging residents to return their ballots early and to use drop boxes instead of mail-in voting, as new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) standards could delay postmarks and deliveries. King County Elections spokesperson Haley Watkins said some counties started noticing — for the first time — problems during the August primary, when ballots weren’t always … Read More
Ballots could now be tossed if voters submit them via U.S. Postal Service due to postmarking delays
spokesman.com: Voters who have not submitted their ballots yet should stop submitting them through the mail due to unprecedented concerns ballots will not be postmarked in time for the election, according to recommendations from the Washington secretary of state . State law allows mail-in ballots to be received and still counted after Election Day, even if they arrive to election … Read More
IG, regulator bash USPS plans to slow some mail delivery
Government Executive: One of the U.S. Postal Service’s key reform initiatives is worsening service and raising costs, a recent inspector general report found, contrasting the agency’s claims about the impact of its changes. The IG said a pilot program to test USPS’ Regional Transportation Optimization plan, which requires mail to sit overnight at post offices instead of being collected each evening for … Read More
USPS changes could mean slower rural delivery
FarmWeekNow.com: Proposed operational changes within the U.S. Postal Service aim to financially stabilize the agency and improve service reliability, but critics say the plan discriminates against rural America. The changes, which were announced last month but have not been approved, would entail faster service to customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities. But for outlying areas, … Read More
Proposed Cuts to Rural Mail Service Pose Fresh Threat to Electric Co-ops
NRECA: The latest move in a U.S. Postal Service plan to change the way it processes and delivers mail is taking aim at the frequency of pickups and deliveries for rural customers, a change that could hurt the ability of electric cooperatives to communicate with their members. The proposed changes would intensify pressure on co-ops, which have already faced sharp postage rate increases in … Read More
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2