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angrychair

(11,818 posts)
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:34 PM Dec 29

Postal Postmark Rules Have Changed

I did look and didn't see it but even if it was this is so important it should be posted a hundred times.

You might ask "why is it important Angrychair?"

Good question.

It is another attack on the poor and disenfranchised.

Here is the basics of what has happened: the old rule postmarked your mail the day you mailed it.

The new rule states that it will now be postmarked the day it arrives at the automated processing facility.

You may ask "what's the difference?"

Good question.

The difference could, very literally, be days different.
You could mail something on a Monday and it could not get postmarked until Wednesday or Thursday or even later depending on processing volume. In fact, there is absolutely no guaranteed timeframe when it happens. None.

You may ask "how does that impact me?"

Good question.

It will impact everything from mail-in voting to Medicare appeals to late payment of bills.

It will also disproportionately impact the poor and disenfranchised.

This is a very big fucking deal.

Reference:https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/12/29/what-are-new-postal-service-changes-2026-usps-postmark-postage-stamp-cost-post-office-mail-delivery/87943589007/

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Postal Postmark Rules Have Changed (Original Post) angrychair Dec 29 OP
Kick SheltieLover Dec 29 #1
i have brought a tax return to the post office on april 15 and needed that postmark rampartd Dec 29 #2
That is a good solution angrychair Dec 29 #3
As a former letter carrier Be The Light Dec 29 #4
in Madison WI Be The Light Dec 29 #5
Gods... just like Repugs on everything! slightlv Dec 30 #11
Sounds like it will be used generation jones Dec 29 #6
No. It looks like Voter Suppression by Cha Dec 30 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Dec 30 #14
Not sure what you are saying here. sheshe2 Dec 30 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 30 #17
Actually... sheshe2 Dec 30 #18
Thanks for Explaining Reality to the little Cha Dec 30 #19
You are welcome, Cha. sheshe2 Dec 30 #20
Yeah, seems pissed 'cause her Cha Dec 30 #21
Lol... sheshe2 Dec 30 #22
Welcome to du. Sounds like Trump wants to cancel out military votes from overseas. Emile Dec 30 #16
That would knock out mail in voting unless you had stamp it yourself oldmanlynn Dec 30 #7
Be the Light is exactly right. summer_in_TX Dec 30 #8
This from people who say Government doesn't work... BurnDoubt Dec 30 #9
As usual, this is the GOP serving corporate, NOT public interests. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 30 #13
Kicking for maximum exposure! oasis Dec 30 #15

rampartd

(4,076 posts)
2. i have brought a tax return to the post office on april 15 and needed that postmark
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:41 PM
Dec 29

i'm old and will never do anything like pay taxes or bills on line.

angrychair

(11,818 posts)
3. That is a good solution
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:47 PM
Dec 29

One of the suggestions I have seen posted several times is to physically take it into the post office and have it manually postmarked. That is a valid solution when possible.

Be The Light

(140 posts)
4. As a former letter carrier
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:53 PM
Dec 29

It is about privatizing the postal service. I could go on, but too tired right now.

Just know corporate interests want to chop up the postal service. They are going to wreck it and then say

see, it doesn't work. We should privatize it. They've been wrecking it for decades. Under these conditions,

it does look bleak.

Be The Light

(140 posts)
5. in Madison WI
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:33 PM
Dec 29

If you mailed a letter in Madison going to a Madison address it gets there the next day.
Then some years ago they took our sorting machines to Milwaukee, so if you sent a letter 2 blocks away at a Madison address
It would go all the way to be sorted in Milwaukee and then sent back to Madison! And a letter going from here to there and back again took 2 days. Bastards!

slightlv

(7,520 posts)
11. Gods... just like Repugs on everything!
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:17 AM
Dec 30
They are going to wreck it and then say see, it doesn't work. We should privatize it.


I've lost all faith in the US Postal Service. trump killed it when he put dejoy in charge, and dejoy started in on demolishing it. These days, I can get three mail runs in a single day... including one after 10pm (!)... or I may go a whole week without any mail at all. Considering how much "mail" is simply scams in the mailbox, I doubt I could go two days with some sort of junk mail showing up! I have invoices that have never gotten to me, and has cost me extra in late fees because of the untimeliness of the mail system. BUT it IS one of the main services to The People which is actually accounted for IN the Constitution. I'm assuming they'd have to go through the Constitutional change process before they could kill it completely... and that must drive them crazy enough to do what they're doing. Like I said, trump wants to completely kill the US as a first-world country. Hell, he'd have Russia annex us if there was a way he could do it and be "king."

Response to Cha (Reply #10)

sheshe2

(96,391 posts)
12. Not sure what you are saying here.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:37 AM
Dec 30
Sounds like it will be used to commit voter fraud for mail-in ballots.


How could it be used to "commit voter fraud"? Sounds more like they will just negate any ballots without a date. Anything to suppress the vote. MAGA!

Pretty sad that Illinois and other states would have their votes nullified because of a mail in ballot.

Response to sheshe2 (Reply #12)

sheshe2

(96,391 posts)
18. Actually...
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:41 PM
Dec 30

I am pissed every damn day the orange POS took office. He is destroying this country and alienating our allies. He has declared war on half this country, sending troops, our troops, our military, into blue cities to intimidate our own people!

He and the idiot rfk jr are taking away our healthcare and destroying all of our research and development that make us safer and healthier.

All the while the POS is enriching himself and destroying the rest of our America.

So yes, I am pissed!

Cha

(317,481 posts)
19. Thanks for Explaining Reality to the little
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:27 PM
Dec 30

mini PEDO Traitor Troll, she..

Things aren't bad enough without Ugly Trolls adding to the Hellscape?!

Cha

(317,481 posts)
21. Yeah, seems pissed 'cause her
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:46 PM
Dec 30

orange glazed PEDO "god" is fucking up and down the globe.

oldmanlynn

(790 posts)
7. That would knock out mail in voting unless you had stamp it yourself
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:01 AM
Dec 30

You could drop at post office and they could hold it indefinitely.

summer_in_TX

(4,055 posts)
8. Be the Light is exactly right.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:03 AM
Dec 30

The goal is to make it seem that the postal service is broken and that private companies (those privateers) will do a better job. The postal service is in the Constitution.
My husband is a retired letter carrier. Prefunding the retirement of every employee, removing sorting machines, sending all mail to a central processing station, and now? Not even postmarking it until it gets there. Who knows if local stations will have a machine still to do the postmarking if you take it in and ask them to hand mark it.

It is critical to educate everyone now and often, especially before the primaries and general election.

BurnDoubt

(1,566 posts)
9. This from people who say Government doesn't work...
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:11 AM
Dec 30

Competent leadership makes it work, so competent leadership isn’t selected to carry out the Country’s Business.
The Rats are running things now, and are chewing up the wires. Bastards.
And the Mice in Congress are happy to let them do it. Bastards.
We need to elect Cats. Cat Ladies to the rescue!!!!!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,767 posts)
13. As usual, this is the GOP serving corporate, NOT public interests.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:53 AM
Dec 30

Corporations and now our government want everyone to be forced to pay bills and do all other business on-line to save them money.

They're doing this by squeezing mail transit time so it's now difficult to avoid late payment fees. Many old folks like me will become discouraged and start paying on-line, although I will not. They also apply constant pressure to use auto-pay which I refuse to do!

Question for corporations and government: considering you want us to conduct all our business on-line (saving you tons of money), when are you going to start paying our monthly $70 internet service bills?

Thanks for this post, angrychair......

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