Political mail voters can verify. One tap shows who really sent it.
Look-alike mailers and fake sample ballots borrow the names of candidates, parties and unions, and a voter holding one has no way to check it. Verified Mailer puts a paper-thin NFC chip in your campaign mail. A voter taps it with a phone and sees the registered committee that sent it, the paid-for-by line and the piece it belongs to. A piece without a valid chip shows as unverified, and the voter can report it.
- EXAMPLE TAP · CAMPAIGN MAILER
- Senderregistered committee
- Filing IDmatches public record
- Paid for byas printed on the piece
- Codenew one-time code
- Verifiedsender confirmed
What happens when a voter taps.
The chip is the same one Aeroz puts on medicines and regulated goods.
- 1. Tap
- The voter holds a phone to the marked spot on the mailer. Nothing to install: phones read NFC from the browser. A printed QR code beside the chip serves phones without NFC. NFC Forum Type 4
- 2. Check
- The chip answers with a new one-time code on every tap. Aeroz checks the code against the committee registry, so a code copied from another mailer can be flagged. Clone-resistant chip
- 3. Result
- Verified: the committee's registered name and filing ID, the paid-for-by line and the piece. Unverified: the voter is told the sender could not be confirmed. Under two seconds
- 4. Act
- Below a verified result, up to three buttons the committee chooses: donate, volunteer, or polling and registration information. Polling and registration buttons always go to the official state or county site. Committee's choice
- 5. Report
- An unverified result offers a one-tap report with a photo and the ZIP code. Reports reach the committee whose name was used. Fake-mailer alerts
Four things campaign mail has never had.
Proof of sender
Each tap ties the piece to a committee checked against its public filing. Voters stop guessing which mailer is yours.
Look-alike alerts
When a piece using your name taps unverified, or a voter reports one, you see where and when, by ZIP code.
Response you can measure
Taps by day and by area for every drop, and clicks on the buttons you chose. Counts only, never names.
A postage credit
USPS runs an Integrated Technology promotion for mail with an embedded NFC chip: a proposed 5% off eligible postage in 2027, pending approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission, with registration opening 15 November 2026. Your mail house can confirm eligibility for each drop.
Where Verified Mailer fits, and where it doesn't.
Campaign mail, never ballots
Verified Mailer goes on mail that campaigns, parties and committees send: persuasion pieces, sample-ballot guides, get-out-the-vote cards and fundraising appeals. It never goes on an official ballot or a ballot envelope.
Same terms for every side
Every party, candidate, committee, union and cause gets the same product on the same price list. The registry confirms who sent a piece. It never rates or labels the sender.
Counts, not voters
A tap records the time, the ZIP code and the chip. No names, no phone numbers, no matching to voter files, no sale of data. Areas with too few taps to stay anonymous are hidden.
Rules and risks, state by state.
Mailers have to carry the right disclaimer before a chip adds anything. These guides cover the 2027 races and the rules that apply.
Fake political mailers
Look-alike mailers and fake sample ballots: how to spot one and where to report it.
Read the guide →Virginia 2027Virginia political mail rules
House of Delegates and Senate, 2027: disclaimers and sample-ballot rules.
Read the guide →New Jersey 2027New Jersey political mail rules
Senate and General Assembly, 2027: who paid, and where they are.
Read the guide →Kentucky 2027Kentucky political mail rules
An open governor's race in 2027: what every circular must say.
Read the guide →TechnologyThe chip
What the chip does on a tap, and the standards it meets.
Read the guide →ExplainerNFC vs QR
Why a printed code can be copied and a chip answers differently each time.
Read the guide →Verified Mailer, answered.
Is this a chip on the ballot?
No. Verified Mailer is for campaign mail only. Official ballots and ballot envelopes are printed and handled by election offices and never carry an Aeroz chip.
How does a voter verify a political mailer?
By holding a phone to the marked spot on the mailer. The phone opens a result page that shows the committee that sent it, its filing ID and the paid-for-by line. Phones without NFC can scan the printed QR code, which recognises the piece but does not give the full check.
Can someone copy the chip onto a fake mailer?
The chip answers each tap with a new one-time code that Aeroz checks, so a code copied from another mailer can be flagged as unverified. A look-alike printed with no chip, or with a different chip, does not show as verified.
Who can use Verified Mailer?
Any candidate committee, party committee, PAC, union or nonprofit that sends political mail, on identical terms. Committees are checked against their public filing and confirmed with the treasurer named in it.
What data do campaigns get?
Counts of taps by day and by ZIP code, clicks on the committee's buttons, and reports of look-alike pieces. Never the identity of anyone who tapped.
Does it work with my mail house?
Yes. Aeroz supplies the chips and an encoding file for each drop. The mail house embeds the chip and prints the 'Tap here' copy beside it, as USPS requires for its NFC promotion.
Sources: USPS 2027 Integrated Technology promotion · Sheridan, 2027 USPS promotions · Federal Register, USPS 2027 promotions notice · USPS 2024 post-election report. Checked 1 November 2026.
Verified Mailer puts a clone-resistant NFC chip in political campaign mail. A tap shows the registered committee that sent the piece; unverified pieces can be reported. It is offered to every party and committee on the same terms and never goes on official ballots.
- Goes on
- campaign mail
- Never on
- official ballots
- Data kept
- counts only
- USPS credit
- 5% proposed, 2027