The Catch.A permanent record of checked claims
RECORDSAVED COPY

Saved copy of

USPS statement on development of the U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal

United States Postal Service · 2026-09-01

Back to source details

Jump to the cited passage
<!doctype html>
<!--[if lt IE 10]> <html class="lt-ie10" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 9]><!-->
<html lang="en">
<!--<![endif]-->
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta content="IE=edge" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible">
<title>USPS Statement on Development of U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal - Statements - Newsroom - About.usps.com</title>
<meta name="description" content="Statement on USPS Statement on Development of U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal">
<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport">
<!-- iOS, mobile settings -->
<meta name="theme-color" content="#f7f7f7"/>
  
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/root/global/favicon/favicon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/root/global/favicon/favicon.svg" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/root/global/favicon/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/root/global/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="About USPS" />
<link rel="manifest" href="/root/global/favicon/site.webmanifest.json" />

<!-- Common libraries applied in the head section -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/root/global/css/datatables.min.css" defer>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/root/global/css/bootstrap-about.css?20260121">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/root/global/css/general-styles.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/root/global/css/megamenu-about.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/root/global/css/mmenu-about.css">
<script src="/root/global/js/respond.min.js" defer></script>

<!-- Begin Google Analytics code -->
<!--<script>
  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

  ga('create', 'UA-39240843-1', 'auto');
  ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>-->
<!-- End Google Analytics code -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/root/global/css/msgbar.css">
</head>
<body class="ss-news">
<div id="pagewrapper"> 
  <section id="msgbar" class="alert inactive" >
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <aside class="row no-gutters">
      <div class="container-content-area col-12" style="padding:.25rem 0;white-space:normal;overflow:visible;">
        <div id="msgprefix"></div>
        <div class="text-truncate">
		  <a class="text-truncate" href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/welcome.htm " title="Effective Nov. 29, international mail service to Canada is temporarily suspended, due to the strike of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers." onclick="uspsabout.sendEvent('Click', 'Message Bar', 'https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/welcome.htm : /'+(location.href.split('/').slice(3).join('/')))">Effective Nov. 29, international mail service to Canada is temporarily suspended, due to the strike of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Read more.</a>
        </div>
        <div id="msgpoint"></div>
      </div>
    </aside>
  </div>
</section>
 
  <!-- Standard page header -->
<header id="pageheader">
  <section class="container-fluid bluebar"> <a class="sr-only sr-only-focusable" href="#contentwrapper">Jump to page content</a>
    <div class="row menu-bar container-content-area">
      <div class="logo col col-lg-3"> <a class="d-inline-block" href="/welcome.htm" title="Go to site home page"><img class="img-fluid" src="/root/global/images/usps_about_logo.png" alt="USPS About website nameplate"></a></div>
      <div id="main-menu-wrapper" class="col-auto col-lg-8 d-none d-lg-block">
        <nav role="navigation" id="main-menu" aria-label="main navigation">
          <ul class="list-inline nav-options" role="menubar" aria-label="main navigation">
            <li class="main main-who list-inline-item" role="none"><a href="/who" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>Who we are</span></a>
              <div class="submenu">
                <ul class="list-unstyled nav-offset-4" role="menu">
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/profile" title="Our history and mission, facts and figures, photo galleries" role="menuitem">Postal profile</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/who/profile/history/" role="menuitem">Our history</a></li>
                      <li><a href="https://facts.usps.com/" role="menuitem">Postal Facts<span class="about-USPS_ext-link"></span></a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/leadership" title="Information about Board of Governors and USPS leadership" role="menuitem">Leadership</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/who/leadership/board-governors" title="Members appointed by president to provide oversight" role="menuitem">Board of Governors</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/leadership/pmg-exec-leadership-team.htm" title="Top USPS officers guiding the organization" role="menuitem">Executive leadership</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/leadership/officers" title="USPS organizational chart and biographies" role="menuitem">Leadership organization</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/government-relations/" title="Public policy, initiatives and priorities" role="menuitem">Government Relations</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/who/government-relations/contact.htm" role="menuitem">Contact us</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/government-relations/current-priorities.htm" role="menuitem">Current priorities</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/government-relations/resources.htm" role="menuitem">Key topics</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/government-relations/economic-impact.htm" title="Search by states and congressional districts" role="menuitem">Economic impact</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/legal" title="General information, including FOIA, ethics and privacy policy" role="menuitem">Law Department</a></li>
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/judicial" title="Information about the department, cases and decisions" role="menuitem">Judicial Officer</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/who/judicial/board-contract-appeals-decisions" title="Archive list of decisions dating back to 1986" role="menuitem">Board of Contract Appeals decisions</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/judicial/admin-decisions" title="Archive list of decisions dating back to 1957" role="menuitem">Administrative decisions</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li role="none"><a href="/who/csac" title="Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee" role="menuitem">Stamp committee</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#background" title="History of the committee" role="menuitem">Background</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#members" title="Who’s currently on the committee" role="menuitem">Members</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#process" title="How stamp subjects are chosen" role="menuitem">Selection process</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#criteria" title="Rules for determining eligibility of subjects" role="menuitem">Selection criteria</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#artwork" title="Creative process for stamp artwork" role="menuitem">Artwork</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/who/csac/#repro" title="Rules for using stamp design reproductions" role="menuitem">Reproduction</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                </ul>
              </div>
            </li>
            <li class="main main-what list-inline-item" role="none"><a href="/what" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>What we do</span></a>
              <div class="submenu">
                <ul class="list-unstyled nav-offset-5" role="menu">
                  <li><a href="/what/strategic-plans/" title="Focusing on the future of USPS" role="menuitem">Strategic planning</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/what/strategic-plans/delivering-for-america/" title="Our plan to transform the Postal Service" role="menuitem">Delivering for America</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/strategic-plans/archived-publications.htm" title="Archived strategic planning publications" role="menuitem">Archived publications</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/what/business-services" title="Information for mailers and suppliers, and about licensing and permissions" role="menuitem">Business services</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/licensing/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Licensing</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/rights-permissions/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Rights and permissions</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/suppliers/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Suppliers</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/facilities-leasing-property-management/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Facilities leasing and property management</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/delivery-growth-management/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Delivery growth management</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/public-key-infrastructure/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Public Key Infrastructure</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/business-services/mailer-resources.htm">Mailer resources</a></li>
                      <li><a href="https://www.govdeals.com/unitedstatespostalservice" target="_blank" role="menuitem">Auctions<span class="about-USPS_ext-link"></span></a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/what/government-services" title="Passports, Election Mail and Political Mail" role="menuitem">Government services</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="https://www.usps.com/international/passports.htm" target="_blank" role="menuitem">Apply for a passport</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/government-services/election-mail/" role="menuitem">Election Mail</a></li>
                      <!--<li><a href="/what/government-services/election-mail/welcome.htm#voters">Election information for voters</a></li>-->
                      <li><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/political-mail.htm" target="_blank" role="menuitem">Political Mail</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/what/corporate-social-responsibility" title="Community outreach activities and sustainability efforts" role="menuitem">Social responsibility</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/what/corporate-social-responsibility/activities" role="menuitem">Community activities</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/corporate-social-responsibility/historic-preservation/" role="menuitem">Historic preservation</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/corporate-social-responsibility/securing-the-mail/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Securing the mail</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/corporate-social-responsibility/sustainability" role="menuitem">Sustainability</a></li>
                      
                      
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/what/performance" title="Financial information and service performance results" role="menuitem">Performance</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/what/financials" role="menuitem">Financials</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/performance/service-performance" role="menuitem">Service performance results</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/what/performance/household-mail-survey" title="A study of mail use and attitudes" role="menuitem">Household Mail Survey</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                </ul>
              </div>
            </li>
            <li class="divider list-inline-item" aria-hidden="true" role="none">Divider</li>
            <li class="main-news list-inline-item" role="none"><a href="/newsroom" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>Newsroom</span></a>
              <div class="submenu">
                <ul class="list-unstyled nav-offset-6" role="menu">
                  <li><a href="/newsroom/news.htm" title="National and local news, company statements, testimony and speeches" role="menuitem">News</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/national-releases" role="menuitem">National news</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/local-releases" role="menuitem">Local news</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/statements" role="menuitem">Statements</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/testimony-speeches" role="menuitem">Testimony and speeches</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/newsroom/service-alerts" title="Service disruption information for business mailers and residential customers" role="menuitem">Service alerts</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/service-alerts/residential/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Residential issues</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/service-alerts/business/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">Business issues</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm" role="menuitem">International issues</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li style="break-before:column;"><a href="/newsroom/events" title="List of USPS holidays (no mail service) and upcoming events" role="menuitem">Holidays and events</a></li>
                  <li><a href="https://media.usps.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Photos, videos for USPS events and stamp ceremonies" role="menuitem">Digital Media<span class="about-USPS_ext-link"></span></a></li>
                </ul>
              </div>
            </li>
            <li class="main-resources list-inline-item" role="none"><a href="/resources" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>Resources</span></a>
              <div class="submenu">
                <ul class="list-unstyled nav-offset-3" role="menu">
                  <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm" title="USPS manuals, handbooks and other publications" role="menuitem">Publications</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=manuals" role="menuitem">Manuals</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=handbooks" role="menuitem">Handbooks</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=publications" role="menuitem">Publications</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=kits" role="menuitem">Kits</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=management-instructions" role="menuitem">Management instructions</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=notices" role="menuitem">Notices</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=posters" role="menuitem">Posters</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/publications.htm?cat=signs" role="menuitem">Signs and labels</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm" title="Listing of available USPS forms" role="menuitem">Find a form</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm?cat=applications" role="menuitem">Applications</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm?cat=convfirmation" role="menuitem">Confirmation services</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm?cat=employment" role="menuitem">Employment</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm?cat=fcpm" role="menuitem">First-Class Mail, Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/resources/forms.htm?cat=international" role="menuitem">International</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/resources/postal-bulletin.htm" title="All available issues of this go-to resource" role="menuitem">Postal Bulletin</a></li>
                  <li class="break-before--avoid"><a href="/resources/eaglemag.htm" title="All available issues of this quarterly publication" role="menuitem">The Eagle magazine</a></li>
                </ul>
              </div>
            </li>
            <li class="main-careers list-inline-item" role="none"><a href="/careers/" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>Careers</span></a>
              <div class="submenu">
                <ul class="list-unstyled nav-offset-4" role="menu">
                  <li><a href="/careers/career-opportunities/" title="Explore job opportunities with USPS" role="menuitem">Career opportunities</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/careers/career-opportunities/top-jobs.htm" role="menuitem">Top jobs</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/careers/career-opportunities/students-graduates.htm" role="menuitem">Students and graduates</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/careers/career-opportunities/transitioning-military.htm" role="menuitem">Military</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li><a href="/careers/working-usps" title="What to expect working for USPS" role="menuitem">Working at USPS</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/careers/working-usps/benefits.htm" role="menuitem">Compensation and benefits</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/careers/working-usps/career-development.htm" role="menuitem">Career development</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li style="break-before:column;"><a href="/careers/how-to-apply/" title="Learn how to search and apply for positions at USPS" role="menuitem">How to apply</a>
                    <ul class="list-unstyled">
                      <li><a href="/careers/how-to-apply/" role="menuitem">Application process</a></li>
                      <li><a href="/careers/how-to-apply/exams.htm" role="menuitem">Exams</a></li>
                      <!--
                      <li><a href="/careers/how-to-apply/searching-for-jobs.htm" role="menuitem">Searching for jobs</a></li>
                      -->
                      <li><a href="/careers/how-to-apply/create-profile-and-apply.htm" role="menuitem">Legacy website (eCareer) help</a></li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <!--
				  <li><a href="https://wp1-ext.usps.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_startpage_ext_cand" title="Log into the USPS eCareers application" target="_blank" role="menuitem">Profile login<span class="about-USPS_ext-link"></span></a></li>
				  -->
                </ul>
              </div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </nav>
      </div>
      <div class="search-button col-auto col-lg-1 d-none d-lg-block"> <a href="#" title="Toggle search form" accesskey="4" class="mainsearchclick about-search-click float-right"><span class="sr-only">Click to search</span><span class="about-USPS_search"></span></a>
        <div id="about-search-wrap" class="">
          <div class="about-search-box">
            <form method="get" id="searchform" action="/search.htm">
              <div class="form-group">
                <label for="Ntt" class="sr-only">Search</label>
                <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
                  <input type="text" name="Ntt" id="Ntt" class="form-control" value="" placeholder="Search">
                  <div class="input-group-append">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn"> <span class="sr-only">Submit</span> <span class="about-USPS_search"></span> </button>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </form>
          </div>
          <!--about-search-box-->
          <button class="about-search-but-wrap about-search-click" title="Press ESC to exit the search form"> <span></span> <span></span> </button>
          <!--about-search-but-wrap--> 
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="navslide-wrapper">
        <div class="navslide col-auto">
          <div id="nav-name-who" class="nav-name"><a href="/who" title="Go to Who we are home page">Who we are</a></div>
          <div id="nav-name-what" class="nav-name"><a href="/what" title="Go to What we do home page">What we do</a></div>
          <div id="nav-name-newsroom" class="nav-name"><a href="/newsroom" title="Go to Newsroom home page">Newsroom</a></div>
          <div id="nav-name-resources" class="nav-name"><a href="/resources" title="Go to Resources home page">Resources</a></div>
          <div id="nav-name-careers" class="nav-name"><a href="/careers" title="Go to Careers home page">Careers</a></div>
          <a href="#main-menu" title="Toggle navigation menu" class="lang-int-good"> <span class="sr-only">Open/close navigation menu</span>
          <div id="nav-burger"> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> </div>
          </a> </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>
</header>

  <div id="contentwrapper">
    <div class="container-fluid">
      <div class="container-content-area">
        <div class="row"> 
            <div class="col">
    <nav id="ssnav" class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-lg float-right p-0" role="navigation">
      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
        <ul class="navbar-nav">
          <li class="nav-item ss-news-overview"><a href="/newsroom" class="nav-link">Overview</a></li>
          <li class="nav-item ss-news-news"><a href="/newsroom/news.htm" class="nav-link">News</a></li>
          <li class="nav-item ss-news-alerts"><a href="/newsroom/service-alerts" class="nav-link">Service alerts</a></li>
          <li class="nav-item ss-news-calendar"><a href="/newsroom/events" class="nav-link">Holidays &amp; events</a></li>
          <li class="nav-item"><a href="https://media.usps.com" target="_blank" class="nav-link">Digital Media <span class="about-USPS_ext-link"></span></a></li>  
        </ul>
      </div>
    </nav>
  </div>
 
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <main id="contentstart">
      <div class="container-fluid">
        <div class="container-content-area">
          <div class="row">
            <div class="col">
              <div class="headline">
                <div class="parentlink"><a href="/newsroom/statements" title="Return to statements listing">Statements</a></div>
                <h1>USPS Statement on Development of U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal</h1>
                <p class="release-date">Sept. 1, 2026</p>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="row fulltext">
            <div class="col-12 bodycontent">
              <p>We have received Senator Blumenthal&rsquo;s letter and are  carefully reviewing the concerns he and the whistleblower have raised. We  appreciate the opportunity to address these questions and share additional  information about the Postal Service&rsquo;s work to support election officials and  voters across the country.</p>
              <p>The United States Postal Service has spent months  developing a U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal to provide election officials with  a simple, secure, and efficient way to share lists of individuals receiving  ballots by mail in their respective states. This work has at all times been  conducted in a manner consistent with court orders. Importantly, in an order  issued by the U.S. District Court this week, the court expressly confirmed that  the Postal Service may continue its work to establish the portal and communicate  with states regarding design standards on a voluntary basis. Consistent with the temporary  restraining order, verification procedures prior to acceptance are not being  performed.</p>
              <p>The Postal Service is now finalizing the portal and will  soon make it available to election officials who voluntarily wish to  familiarize themselves with the platform. USPS will also provide tools,  presentations, and other resources to help election officials understand the  platform and make informed decisions about whether and how they wish to use it.</p>
              <p>The portal is just one part of a broader, year-round  effort by the Postal Service to ensure that election mail and ballots are  handled and delivered securely, reliably, and efficiently. USPS regularly works  with election officials, mail service providers, and the broader mailing  community to provide guidance on election-mail procedures, operational  standards, and best practices.</p>
              <p>Regardless of political party or perspective, we share a  common goal: ensuring that Americans can have confidence that their election  mail will be handled securely and delivered reliably. We welcome thoughtful  questions and appropriate oversight, and we are committed to transparency,  accountability, and working constructively with election officials, Congress,  the courts, and all stakeholders.</p>
              <p>Postal employees take  great pride in their responsibility to support the democratic process. We will  continue to approach that responsibility with the care, professionalism, and  dedication that voters and election officials expect from the United States Postal  Service.</p>

            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </main>
  </div>
  <!-- Standard page footer -->
<footer id="pagefooter" role="contentinfo">
  <h2 class="sr-only">U.S. Postal Service links</h2>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> <a href="/" class="footerlogo" title="Go to About USPS home page"><img class="img-fluid" src="/root/global/images/usps_hor-logo-white.png" alt="USPS logo"></a> </div>
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6">
        <p class="social-media d-print-none" style="max-width: 380px;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/usps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Like us on Facebook" data-category="Links" data-action="Facebook" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/facebook_logo.png" alt="Facebook logo" width="22"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/uspostalservice/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Follow us on Instagram" data-category="Links" data-action="Instagram" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/instagram_logo.png" alt="Instagram logo" width="22"></a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/uspsstamps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="View our Pinterest boards" data-category="Links" data-action="Pinterest" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/pinterest_logo.png" alt="Pinterest logo" width="22"></a> <a href="https://www.threads.net/@uspostalservice?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Follow us on Threads" data-category="Links" data-action="Threads" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/threads_logo.png" alt="Threads logo" width="22"></a> <a href="https://x.com/usps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Follow us on X" data-category="Links" data-action="X" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/x_logo.png" alt="X logo (formally Twitter)" width="22"></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/usps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Watch us on YouTube" data-category="Links" data-action="YouTube" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/social/youtube_logo.png" alt="YouTube logo" width="22"></a> <a href="https://linkedin.com/company/usps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Visit USPS on LinkedIn" data-category="Links" data-action="LinkedIn" data-label="page footer"><img src="/root/global/images/linkedin-icon-64.png" alt="LinkedIn logo" width="24"></a> 
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 footerlist">
        <h3>USPS.com</h3>
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="https://www.usps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USPS home</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://store.usps.com/store" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buy stamps &amp; shop</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://cns.usps.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Print labels with postage</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://www.usps.com/help" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customer service</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://www.usps.com/webtools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Resources for developers</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 footerlist">
        <h3>About.USPS.com</h3>
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="/">About USPS home</a></li>
          <li><a href="/newsroom/">Newsroom &amp; alerts</a></li>
          <li><a href="/careers">Careers</a></li>
          <li><a href="/resources" title="Lists of official forms and publications available from the Postal Service">Forms &amp; publications</a></li>
          <li><a href="/what/government-services/"">Government services</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://facts.usps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Facts and figures about USPS">Postal facts</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/profile/history/" title="Information about the history of the Postal Service">Postal history</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://uspsblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Visit the Postal corporate blog">USPS blog</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 footerlist">
        <h3>Related sites</h3>
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="https://gateway.usps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Customer Gateway</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://www.uspis.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Postal Inspection Service</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://www.uspsoig.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inspector General</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://pe.usps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postal Explorer</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Postal Museum</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://postalpro.usps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PostalPro</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 footerlist">
        <h3>Legal</h3>
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="/who/legal/terms-of-use.htm" accesskey="8">Terms of use</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/legal/privacy-policy/welcome.htm" accesskey="7">Privacy policy</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/legal/foia/">FOIA</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/legal/no-fear-act/">No FEAR Act/EEO contacts</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/legal/fair-chance-act/welcome.htm">Fair Chance Act</a></li>
          <li><a href="/who/legal/accessibility-statement/welcome.htm">Accessibility statement</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-12">
        <hr>
        <p id="copyright">Copyright&copy; 2026 United States Postal Service</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="scrollToTop"><a href="#" class="text-center lang-int-good" title="Return to top of page" accesskey="9"><span></span><br>
    Back<br>
    to top</a></div>
</footer>
 
</div>
<!-- Common libraries included at the bottom of the body --> 
<script src="/root/global/js/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/jquery-migrate-3.3.2.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/datatables.min.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/aboutusps.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/horz-nav.js"></script>
<script src="/root/global/js/jquery.royalslider.min.js" defer></script>
<!--<script src="/root/global/js/jquery.mmenu.js" defer></script>-->
<script src="/root/global/js/mmenu.js"></script>

<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-TXFLL68M');</script>
<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
  
<!-- Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->
<noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TXFLL68M"
height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> 
<!-- Load Google Analytics and set up event tracking -->
<script src="/root/global/js/gaevents.js"></script>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-39240843-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
uspsabout.viewcounted = true;

waitForJQ = function() {
	setTimeout(function() {
		if (typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {
			waitForJQ();
		} else {
			setUpGAEvents(jQuery);
		}
	}, 250);
}

waitForJQ();
</script>
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) for GA4 -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TLBYC2CK7D"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'G-TLBYC2CK7D');
</script> 
<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
<noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-MVCC8H"
height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-MVCC8H');</script>
<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
<script type="text/javascript"  src="/uqXrf1bz5_LNvu0NwYxxjo3-Qo8/itaJDrNri7pJkpNitu/CVEhIAE/bQ/AFVmEJBygB"></script></body>
</html>
Source reader

Source