{"id":7759,"date":"2014-06-13T07:39:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T12:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2014-06-13T07:39:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T12:39:04","slug":"usps-be-prepared-election-and-political-mail-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/06\/13\/usps-be-prepared-election-and-political-mail-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS: Be Prepared \u2014 Election and Political Mail on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 12, 2014 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/postal-bulletin\/2014\/pb22391\/html\/cover_001.htm#ep1380516\" target=\"_blank\">Postal Bulletin 22391<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many states nationwide have adopted policies such as\u00a0\u201cNo Excuse Absentee Voting\u201d and \u201cVote-by-Mail.\u201d These\u00a0alternatives to voting at a polling station on Election Day\u00a0provide the Postal Service\u2122 with an opportunity to\u00a0increase First-Class Mail\u00ae\u00a0volume and revenue, and\u00a0enhance the value of mail.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the mid-term election on November 4,\u00a02014, Vote-by-Mail ballots and other mail prepared by\u00a0election officials will be entering the mailstream.Concurrently, there will be Political Campaign Mail\u00a0promoting candidates, referendums, and issues. During\u00a0this time, Postal Service\u00a0employees need to watch for thisimportant time-sensitive mail and do their part to ensure\u00a0each mailing receives the highest level of service. <a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-USPS-small.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7270\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-USPS-small.gif\" alt=\"1aa-USPS-small\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To attract this new volume and retain it, employees must\u00a0be ready to provide reliable service for this very important\u00a0and time-sensitive mail.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what postal employees need to do:<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0Be alert for the green Tag 191,\u00a0Domestic and\u00a0International Mail-In Ballots,\u00a0which identifies ballot mail only.<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0Be alert for the Official Election Mail logo, which is\u00a0used to identify individual pieces of official election mail. The logo may be printed in black, blue, or red ink.<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0Promptly handle all ballot and official election\u00a0mailings. Refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/postal-bulletin\/2014\/pb22391\/html\/cover_003.htm#ep1380720\" target=\"_blank\">standard operating procedures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of this article explains what is new for the\u00a02014 election cycle to include:<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0Revised mailing standards for balloting material\u00a0postage.<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0A new USPS-enabled Election Mail checkbox in\u00a0PostalOne!\u00a0and on Postage Statements 3602-R, 3602-N, 3600-PM, and 3600-FCM.<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a0USPS-enabled cancellation of all mail processed on\u00a0USPS Letter Automation Compatible Postage Cancellation Systems.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of this article provides important\u00a0requirements and tips about how to handle Official Election\u00a0Mail and Political Campaign Mail. Postal Service\u00a0employees can also find additional details about their role\u00a0in Election 2014 online at\u00a0http:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/marketing\/election.htm.\u00a0This site is the single source for information about the Postal Service\u2019s election-related responsibilities and what postal employees need to know about proper handling of both Official Election Mail and Political Campaign Mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, 2014 &#8211; Postal Bulletin 22391\u00a0 Many states nationwide have adopted policies such as\u00a0\u201cNo Excuse Absentee Voting\u201d and \u201cVote-by-Mail.\u201d These\u00a0alternatives to voting at a polling station on Election Day\u00a0provide the Postal Service\u2122 with an opportunity to\u00a0increase First-Class Mail\u00ae\u00a0volume and revenue, and\u00a0enhance the value of mail. Leading up to the mid-term election on November 4,\u00a02014, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7759","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\/7759","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=7759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7760,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759\/revisions\/7760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}