the Postal Service

noun

US
: the U.S. government department in charge of collecting and delivering mail

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Then the states would have to print brand new envelopes to send out ballots in, and the Postal Service would look at each of those barcodes and compare them back to the immigration records. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Trump issued in March that seeks to create a national voter list to guide the Postal Service in deciding who gets a mail ballot. John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 However, the Postal Service also offers the stamp by mail-order request. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 If a state isn’t in compliance, the Postal Service could block the transmission of mail ballots. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Postal Service

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