Rule2026-17238
Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
Primary source
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Published
August 26, 2026
Effective
August 21, 2026
Issuing agencies
Postal Service
Abstract
The Postal Service is amending the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections pursuant to its rulemaking authority.
Indexed from Federal Register on August 26, 2026.
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