The claim: Mail-in ballots require two stamps Our rating: Partly false
As confusion and misinformation builds surrounding voting this fall, multiple posts on Facebook make a claim about how to mail ballots.from the page Blue Dot in a Red Sea. "Make sure this info gets passed on! #Vote."
And still others — like Pennsylvania — will provide prepaid ballot return envelopes only for the upcoming election, a one-time change due to the expected uptick in vote-by-mail caused by the coronavirus pandemic, perMartha Johnson, a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service, told USA TODAY that election officials are required to inform voters of the proper amount of postage for their ballots.
Though postage is required, ballots without proper postage — or any postage at all — should still be delivered on time so that votes can be counted. Though some individual states have altered their mail-in voting policies for the upcoming election, Johnson told USA TODAY the U.S. Postal Service has not made any such changes.
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