USPS Ballot Mail Rule: Overview and Potential Impact, IF13297
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CRS said compliance could raise postal and election-administration costs and noted concerns that the compressed schedule could create confusion. It noted that neither the order nor rule requires a process for an individual postal customer to appeal exclusion from a participation list.
Potential ImpactPostal rule would turn away noncompliant outbound federal ballots · Final rule published; key requirements stayed August 27 for fourteen days
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The August 28 CRS report explains that the rule's ballot-rejection provisions apply to outbound federal ballots, not completed ballots returned by voters. Primary elections, exclusively state or local elections, and covered military and overseas ballots are outside its scope.
Ballot Verification Procedures and Potential ImpactPostal rule would turn away noncompliant outbound federal ballots · Final rule published; key requirements stayed August 27 for fourteen days