Election officials urge use of drop boxes amid USPS ballot postmark issues

Election officials, U.S. Postal Service urge mailing ballots at least one week before Election Day.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — It’s not too late to vote in next week’s special election — just don’t mail your ballot.

With less than a week before Election Day, Pierce County Auditor Linda Farmer is urging voters to use county ballot drop boxes rather than the mail, warning recent changes to U.S. Postal Service policy are putting ballots at risk of rejection because of late postmarks.

Washington state law requires ballots to be postmarked by Election Day.

But a policy shift announced last year by the U.S. Postal

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