We're hearing regularly from members encountering La Poste agents who are still operating on old (August 2025) information: They think all mail to the US has been stopped.
Here is our tested, verified workaround:
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Determine how much postage you need by weighing your completed/addressed ballot envelope on the machine in the La Poste bureau.
➡️ Enter "Canada" as the destination country: The country is not listed on the postage sticker the machine spits out.
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Affix the postage sticker, exit the post office, and find a yellow La Poste box.
➡️ Drop the envelope in the slot labeled "autres departments / international": The other slot is labeled for the department where you're located.
➡️ You can also use Marianne stamps (international purple stamps called les timbres violet, image below) BUT please use the postage machine to determine how many stamps you need: Envelopes weighing 20 or more grams require two stamps, and you may need more than that if your ballot is several pages.
🚨 CAUTIONS:
- Do not hand your completed/addressed ballot to a La Poste agent unless you confirm that person understands that flat envelopes like ballots are still being mailed to the US (per La Poste as described here).
- Please simultaneously mail a backup ballot using the exact same method.