The U.S. Postal Service's postmark rules, formalized in December 2025, may delay postmarks well after mailing, which matters for tax returns and mail-in ballots. The IRS generally treats a return as filed on its postmark date, with October 15 as the deadline for taxpayers granted a six-month extension, but most states require mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day, which falls on November 3 for the midterms. Thirty-five states require absentee ballots to be received by Election Day, while 15 states, Washington, D.C., and several territories accept ballots postmarked by Election Day if they arrive within set time limits. According to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, about 1.2% of 2024 mail-in ballots were rejected, including 17.8% for missing the deadline. USPS plans extra deliveries to election offices from October 24 and hand-postmarking from October 26, but Tammy Patrick advises voters to mail ballots about a week before the due date.
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