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Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark

USPS will let some voters request manual postmarks as officials warn late ballot stamps could lead to 43,000 to 55,000 rejections, analysts estimate.

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A Wake County Board of Elections employee prepares a mail-in ballot to be sent out to a voter in September in Raleigh, N.C.(Matt Ramey)Relying on the U.S. Postal Service to return a mail-in ballot close to Election Day now comes with an additional risk for many voters — a late postmark that gets a vote rejected. The risk stems from mailing system changes that began last year. And those changes have pushed some election officials to encourage vot…

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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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