No stamp? Mail your ballot anyway
According to a front-page article in the San Francisco Chronicle, if you vote by mail, you do not have to attach a postal stamp. The election office receiving the mail in ballot has to accept the completed official ballot, stamp or no stamp. The post office is required to deliver ballots without a stamp, keep records of how many ballots arrived without a stamp and charge the county elections department.
So if you have been reluctant to post your completed and signed official ballot because you do not have a stamp or do not want to buy one, mail it anyway. This election is so important and all votes matter.
Frank T. Ward, Fresno
This story was originally published November 5, 2016 at 2:51 PM with the headline "No stamp? Mail your ballot anyway."