Contents
Background
Key Dates
Key Elections
General Election – November 3, 2026
Election Mail and Political Mail Overview
What is Election Mail?
What is Ballot Mail?
What is Political Mail
2026 Election Mail and Political Mail Plan
Key Messages
Key Voter Messages — Receiving and Returning Ballot Mail
Additional Voter Messages on Postmarks for Return Ballot Mail
Election Mail
Ballot Mail
Military and Overseas Voting
APO/FPO/DPO Outbound Ballot Mail
APO/FPO/DPO Return Ballot Mail
Label 11-DOD
Official Election Mail Logo
Election Mail Checkboxes
Serialized Intelligent Mail Barcodes
Ballot Mail Service Type Identifiers
Tag 191
Mailpiece Design Analysts (MDAs)
Mail Class
Qualified Business Reply Mail with Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting
Informed Delivery
Political Mail
Political Mail Tools
Tag 57
Political Campaign Mail Checkbox
Political Mail Service Type IDentifiers
FAQs
Contacts and Resources
Customer Relations Contacts
Election Mail Security and Postal Inspection Service
USPIS Election Crimes Coordinators
Election Mail and Political Mail Sites
Tracking and Reporting Election Mail Issues
Official Election Mail Guide
PostalPro Resources
Green Tag 191, Domestic and International Ballots
Red Tag 57, Political Campaign Mailing
Publication 631 — Official Election Mail — Graphic Guidelines and Logos
Publication 632 — State and Local Election Mail User’s Guide
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®)
