Early voters taking advantage of vote-by-mail provisions (where available) began sending in their general election ballots in October 2016, and social media rumors began circulating holding that mailed ballots were subject to being invalidated or returned to sender due to insufficient postage.

Confusion among mail voters was rife, and a contributing factor to that confusion was inconsistency of ballot size and postage requirements across states, counties, and even towns

Some of the ambiguity was driven by a widely-circulated article from San Diego (Calif) station KMFB titled simply “Many voters don’t know you need two stamps for mail-in ballots,” an article that didn’t inform readers which voters that information applied t

Colorado voters were similarly warned to ensure their ballots were mailed with sufficient postage, but it was not clear if election officials had arranged for ballots with insufficient postage to be received. Read more from Snopes

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Lucas county voters aren’t wasting any time picking their candidate in what they call a pivotal election. Thousands have already stopped by the early voting center in downtown Toledo and others are working to get their absentee ballots in as soon as possible. But there are concerns about postage costs and whether those ballots will make it to the boards of elections. “We have since followed up with the post office because we’ve received those same issues and complaints,” Lavera Scott, the deputy director of the Lucas County Board of Elections said. Here’s the issue, some ballots were mailed out stating the cost for postage was 67 cents, but really it will cost 68 cents. Read more

Confusing postage for absentee ballots