{"id":15951,"date":"2016-08-15T15:27:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=15951"},"modified":"2016-08-15T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:27:26","slug":"usps-franked-mail-pre-election-ban-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/08\/15\/usps-franked-mail-pre-election-ban-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS: Franked Mail Pre-election Ban In Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title-full\">In the black &#8211; Franked Mail pre-election ban in effect<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2016-08-15T12:36:58+00:00\">USPS News Link 8.15.16<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content full\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><a title=\"Franked Mail shows a Congress member\u2019s signature \u2014 the frank \u2014 in the upper right hand corner of the envelope.\" href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17724]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story.jpg 900w, http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FrankedMail_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Franked Mail shows a Congress member\u2019s signature \u2014 the frank \u2014 in the upper right hand corner of the envelope.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-caption\">Franked Mail shows a Congress member\u2019s signature \u2014 the frank \u2014 in the upper right hand corner of the envelope.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reminder: Members of Congress are banned from sending Franked Mail during this year\u2019s \u201cblackout\u201d period, which began Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>The blackout begins 90 days before a general election.<\/p>\n<p>Franked Mail is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/2016\/04\/11\/signature-moves\/\"><em>identified<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>by the member\u2019s facsimile signature \u2014 the frank \u2014 in the upper right corner of the envelope or label in place of a postage stamp. The frank includes \u201cM.C.\u201d (Member of Congress) or \u201cU.S.S.\u201d (U.S. Senate).<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Bulletin has<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/postal-bulletin\/2016\/pb22432\/html\/info_005.htm\"><em>more information<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>about Franked Mail and the blackout period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the black &#8211; Franked Mail pre-election ban in effect USPS News Link 8.15.16 Franked Mail shows a Congress member\u2019s signature \u2014 the frank \u2014 in the upper right hand corner of the envelope. Reminder: Members of Congress are banned from sending Franked Mail during this year\u2019s \u201cblackout\u201d period, which began Aug. 10. 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