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bluestarone

(22,102 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:48 AM 5 hrs ago

Question. As of TODAY did the postal service decide that no more postmarks?

I mean i heard that they stopped, or will stop post markings of mail. So, where is that at? TY in advance.

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Question. As of TODAY did the postal service decide that no more postmarks? (Original Post) bluestarone 5 hrs ago OP

Postmarked when processed. bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1

If you need a item postmarked on a certain date you will have to take it inside a post office to have a clerk postmarkit Jacson6 5 hrs ago #2

No postmark, no mail in voting. Prairie_Seagull 4 hrs ago #3

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I believe that referred to hand postmarked that a customer could request. mwmisses4289 4 hrs ago #4

From what I read Cerulean Southpaw 4 hrs ago #5

I just was in a virtual learning session nitpicked 3 hrs ago #7

A reminder to all mail-in voters: mail your ballots as soon as possible after receiving. chia 2 hrs ago #8

bucolic_frolic

(55,032 posts)

1. Postmarked when processed.

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:51 AM

5 hrs ago

Could be today, tomorrow, or the next day at a postal facility. Maybe even more (I would suspect) in rural areas.

If they really stopped postmarks they would have to stop stamps.

Jacson6

(1,976 posts)

2. If you need a item postmarked on a certain date you will have to take it inside a post office to have a clerk postmarkit

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:53 AM

5 hrs ago

Prairie_Seagull

(4,672 posts)

3. No postmark, no mail in voting.

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:00 PM

4 hrs ago

Am I missing something?

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mwmisses4289

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4. I believe that referred to hand postmarked that a customer could request.

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:01 PM

4 hrs ago

I don't think it refers to machine postmarks.

Cerulean Southpaw

(51 posts)

5. From what I read

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:03 PM

4 hrs ago

It's for manual postmarks. If you drop off mail at the post office, it may not get stamped with a postmark that same day. It'll get put in a pile that's awaiting processing, and a machine will postmark it when the automated system gets to it. A lot of post offices have been doing it this way already, it's just becoming official as a standard practice.

nitpicked

(1,798 posts)

7. I just was in a virtual learning session

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:21 PM

3 hrs ago

The presenter recommended that to ensure proof of a mailing date, to request "return receipt requested" at the post office.

Already, in many places, mail is postmarked when it gets to the regional mail facility for processing.

chia

(2,808 posts)

8. A reminder to all mail-in voters: mail your ballots as soon as possible after receiving.

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:27 PM

2 hrs ago

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