{"id":28232,"date":"2020-02-20T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28232"},"modified":"2020-02-20T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:36:38","slug":"election-mail-political-mail-handling-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/02\/20\/election-mail-political-mail-handling-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Mail, Political Mail Handling Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ElectionMailPoliticalMailTags_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ElectionMailPoliticalMailTags_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ElectionMailPoliticalMailTags_large-story-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ElectionMailPoliticalMailTags_large-story-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ElectionMailPoliticalMailTags_large-story-102x85.jpg 102w\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>USPS wants employees to follow the proper procedures for handling Green Tag 191, for Election Mail, and Red Tag 57, for Political Mail.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[Please note: links only accessible from USPS computers]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; The Postal Service wants employees to know the differences between Political Mail and Election Mail tags during this year\u2019s election season.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/bma\/_pdf\/Tag%2057%20Political%20Campaign%20Mail.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Tag 57<\/a><\/em>, for Political Mail, should be used for any political campaign mailing by a registered candidate, campaign committee, and committee of a political party.<\/p>\n<p>This tag also can be used for a political message mailing by a political action committee (PAC), a super PAC or other organizations engaging in issue advocacy or voter mobilization.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/bma\/_pdf\/Tag%20191%206-21-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Tag 191<\/a><\/em>\u00a0should only be used to identify ballot mail addressed for domestic or international delivery.<\/p>\n<p>If you handle mail, follow these tips to ensure Political Mail and Election Mail are properly processed and delivered:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use Tag 57 to properly identify, document and process Political Mail using your facility\u2019s Political Mail log.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use Tag 191 to identify ballot mail, including sample ballots, and document this mail through your facility\u2019s Election Mail log. All ballot mail is time sensitive and should be processed and delivered within USPS standards for items with paid postage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you encounter Political Mail or Election Mail that isn\u2019t identified with a tag, enter the mail information into the appropriate log and report the problem to your\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/marketing\/electionmail\/election-mail-resources.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local Election Mail or Political Mail coordinator<\/a><\/em>\u00a0as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/marketing\/electionmail\/welcome.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Election Mail and Political Mail Blue page<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS wants employees to follow the proper procedures for handling Green Tag 191, for Election Mail, and Red Tag 57, for Political Mail. [Please note: links only accessible from USPS computers] USPS News Link &#8211; The Postal Service wants employees to know the differences between Political Mail and Election Mail tags during this year\u2019s election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28234,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232\/revisions\/28234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}