The new United States Postal Service rule governing postmarks, which went into effect Dec. 24, 2025, will not impact most Orange County and Florida voters, Karen Castor Dentel, Orange County Supervisor of Elections, told VoxPopuli Saturday.
According to the new rule, postmarks, which confirm the Postal Service has received a piece of mail, may not reflect the date when the USPS “first accepted possession” of the mail.
In other words, the received-by date and postmarked date may differ at times…