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USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue
The gist
USPS rejected Leon County, Florida's mail ballot envelopes over a 0.236-inch spacing issue.
The dispute tests whether a postal rule can block a county's ballots.
How it unfolded
- Sep 2, 2026USPS rejected Leon County, Florida's mail ballot envelope design because the words "return service requested" were placed 0.236 inches from the election office's return address instead of the required quarter-inch.
- Sep 9, 2026Blue states warned the Supreme Court that the USPS voting rule "would be chaos" if implemented this close to the election.
- Sep 10, 2026The Tallahassee Democrat reported that USPS rejected the Leon County Supervisor of Elections' outgoing mail ballot envelopes over a tiny technical issue.