Glossary
E+7 (receipt window)
The rule that a mailed ballot postmarked by Election Day still counts if it arrives within seven days after. Before 2015 the window was zero; from 2015, three days; and seven under AB 37 (2021, in force from 2022).
Where this term appears
- When a ballot can still countCapability
- Today's rule: postmark by Election Day, arrive within a week, your vote counts.Claim
- AB 37 (2021) — Permanent universal vote-by-mail and E+7Law
- The multi-week timeline was the legal schedule, not a delay: ballots could lawfully arrive…Claim
- Every active voter starts with a ballot — permanently — and the window stretches to E+7Timeline step