How many of us are used to putting outgoing mail in our home mailboxes for our local carrier to pick up? How many of us take our mail to the local post office and drop in the the dropbox outside or place it in a drop box inside the post office? How many of us assume that acting in this way will result in our mail being dated on that day?

This is no longer true ,and unless you understand what’s happening, it could result in loss of vote, dealyed payments, etc. AARp explains.