'The Unites States Postal Service is making new changes in 2026, including the postmark process — which could cost you late fees and penalties for anyone mailing time-sensitive documents such as tax returns or bill payments. Here's what to know.
A USPS postmark is an official mark that shows where and when mail was accepted by the Postal Service. It used to include the date when it was dropped it in a mailbox or at the post office counter. However, the new rule will reflect the postmark with the date your envelope is first processed by an automated USPS sorting machine, potentially days after it was dropped off — not the actual drop-off date.
As I see it, this is a legal problem for the courts to correct.
The intent of the law was to establish the first moment when
the official system gained possession of the mail-in ballot, and
that intent relied on the practice of the post office to mark
mail it received at the post office. Now that the post office
does not want to mark the earliest moment it gains control
of the ballot, it needs to be ordered to do so by the courts to
bring this in line with the law's intent.
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