URBANA, Ill. (WAND) – County clerks across the state are urging people who vote-by-mail to send those ballots back as early as possible after a move by the United States Postal Service.
On Christmas Eve, the Postal Service clarified the use of postmarks. USPS stated mail-in ballots will probably not be postmarked until they are processed, not when they are received by the post office or a mail carrier.
So, if you put your mail-in ballot in a mail box, it may first go to a processing center in Chicago or St. Louis, which could delay it from getting a postmark by March 17, the primary date in Illinois.
“If your ballot is postmarked on or before Election Day, I will count your ballot,” Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons told WAND News. “However, if your ballot is postmarked after election day, even one day after, I cannot legally count that ballot.”
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