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   Emily Velasco (mle_online@social.afront.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:02:44 JST Emily Velasco

   Some girl rode by screaming and loudly sobbing on an ebike, going quite fast in one direction. A few minutes later she rode by in another direction, still screaming and loudly sobbing and going fast.

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:02:43 JST Steve's Place

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     @MLE_online She found out that USPS changed the rule about postmarked mail? I feel the same way.

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:25:58 JST Steve's Place

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     @MLE_online It's now considered postmarked only when it is processed at one of their automated centers. Mail-in ballots will be affected, along with countless other time-critical mail where the postmark date matters.

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     Emily Velasco (mle_online@social.afront.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:25:59 JST Emily Velasco

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     @steter what's the rule about postmarked mail?

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:30:26 JST Steve's Place

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     @MLE_online They say they are clarifying what they consider a postmark to be. Then they say it doesn't mean they hadn't accepted it earlier, but that they don't (or won't, I guess) postmark mail right when it is received. Anyone could run a post office better.

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     Emily Velasco (mle_online@social.afront.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 13:30:27 JST Emily Velasco

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     @steter why are they doing that??

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Asymmetricblue (asymmetricblue@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 14:31:47 JST Asymmetricblue

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     @MLE_online @steter It has nothing to do with ballots, and everything to do with how they are measured for compliance with their service standards.

     Also, the date you dropped a piece in the blue box has not necessarily been the date the stamp was canceled for some time now. In many metropolitan areas, they ship that mail to a central facility, and it may not get processed until sometime overnight.

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Dec-2025 21:55:09 JST botvolution

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     @MLE_online
     She's had a vision of the future and it isn't good.