Postmark cancellations are critical to determine if the vote was cast prior to the close of polling. Absent postmarks, the votes cannot be legally counted.
If a thousand ballots come in from Riverside Memorial Cemetery, I’m not happy. And I’m still not happy if they all in with proper postmark cancellations.
MOST of the mail I get on a monthly basis has NO POSTMARK at all.
I do get mail these days that has no date on the postmark. That should be as illegal as can be. When it comes to billing and notifications then it wrong on so many levels for things to go through the post office and not be dated. But our modern government just does not care.
Anyone sending votes by mail are already getting an opportunity that they should not have. I Guess it is up to them to be sure that their ballot is postmarked. Even if it means having it hand canceled.