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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith Respect To Mail-In Voting - Can A State Set-Up A Number Of Drop Off Points Where....
people can drive-up and deposit their filled out ballots?
I seem to recall that on April 15th (Income Tax Day) that there were drop offs set-up where one could drive up and deposit their filled income tax forms before the midnight deadline.
Couldn't such a system be set-up for the mail-in votes?
Happening.
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/05/voters-encouraged-to-drop-off-ballots-at-drive-up-box-near-kalamazoo-city-hall.html
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/04/13/we-can-hold-safe-elections-in-november-heres-how-we-get-started-now/
https://www.pottsmerc.com/news/montgomery-county-adds-5-ballot-drop-off-boxes-for-tuesday-election/article_95e0bcd0-a42a-11ea-952a-b36949dd7759.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,786 posts)You can either hand your ballot to a person at the designated location or drop it in the box yourself.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Nor can a person change from mail-in ballot to in-person voting! 🤬
Check your laws, folks!
GP6971
(31,189 posts)in WA State. It works well.
Sneederbunk
(14,297 posts)Vote by mail since 1998.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)cos dem
(903 posts)They have them at all the DMV locations. I always use that method to drop off my ballot. More hassle, for sure, as it's about a 20 min round trip, but you bet I'm not taking any chances this year!
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Every city hall usually has a drop box for ballots.
As for income taxes, Back when I made enough money to have to file one, I mailed it on April 16th every year, as a pointless protest, and NEVER got called on it.
FirstLight
(13,362 posts)JI7
(89,259 posts)any measures which makes voting more convenient, accessable, and fair for everyone.
We have one here in Austin.
The governor has also extended the
time period through early voting.
themaguffin
(3,826 posts)global1
(25,261 posts)votes are counted? It is just unbelievable. How did we let it get this bad?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)We don't have any special boxes for ballots.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)One of the drop off boxes is directly in front of the Federal Building downtown.
There are many others in town.
Not rocket surgery.
Sogo
(4,989 posts)their county courthouse, where they can drop off their ballot to the auditor's office directly....
Retrograde
(10,142 posts)a phrase that's going to be repeated over and over until the election is over.
California already does this.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,103 posts)I almost always use the drop box instead of the mail.