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If you want to vote by mail please do so as soon as you can and consider dropping it off at the counter where they will postmark it right away.

Also if you live in a state where you’re allowed to photograph your ballot consider doing so to have proof you voted a certain way.

Note that as a counterpoint the federal register website claims they are just clarifying language to improve public understanding: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/12/2025-15266/postmarks-and-postal-possession

I didn’t check that document very closely yet.

    • booly@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      These changes disproportionately affect rural areas.The Postal Service is reducing trips between mailboxes and post offices more than 50 miles from a regional hub. So that means rural areas and even urban areas that are far from a regional hub will see disproportionate reduction in mail delivery performance, and will be more likely to see a delay in postmarking.