Effective May 5, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) section 703.8.2.2 to clarify that eligible balloting materials may be mailed without prepayment of postage when deposited at a Diplomatic Post Office (DPO).
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
703 Nonprofit Standard Mail and Other Unique Eligibility
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8.0 Balloting Materials
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8.2 Special Exemption
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8.2.2 Eligibility
[Revise the text of 8.2.2 to read as follows (to include Diplomatic Post Offices):]
To be mailable without prepayment of postage, the balloting materials must be deposited at a U.S. Post Office, an overseas U.S. military Post Office (APO/FPO), a Diplomatic Post Office (DPO), or an American Embassy or American Consulate.
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We will incorporate this revision into the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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