The U.S. Postal Service is expanding
the use of Tag 57 to include political message mailings from Political Action
Committees (PACs), Super-PACs, or other organizations engaging in issue advocacy
or voter mobilization. We want to ensure that this volume receives visibility
within the U.S. Postal Service mail stream.
Expanded
use of Tag
57
Tag 57 can be used for any political
campaign mailing by a registered political candidate, campaign committee, and
committee of a political party, or political message mailing by a
Political Action Committee (PAC), Super-PACs, or other organizations engaging in
issue advocacy or voter mobilization.
Tag
57 is a red container tag designed to
provide visibility to political mail while it’s in the mailstream.
Political
Campaign Mail is any piece mailed for political
campaign purposes by a political candidate, a campaign committee, or a committee
of a political party to promote political candidates, referendums, political
campaigns or political message mailing by a Political Action
Committee (PAC), Super-PACs, or other organizations engaging in issue advocacy
or voter mobilization.
Official Election
Mail is any
mailpiece created by an authorized voting registration official that is mailed
to or from a citizen of the United States
• Mail-in ballots
• Ballot materials
• Voter registration cards
• Absentee applications
• Polling place notifications.
Election mail does not include
political campaign mail.
