With Respect To Mail-In Voting - Can A State Set-Up A Number Of Drop Off Points Where....

[global1]

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?

[elleng]

1. Yes.

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]

2. That's being done here.

You can either hand your ballot to a person at the designated location or drop it in the box yourself.

[SheltieLover]

3. If drop off is allowed. It is not allowed in shithole TN!

Nor can a person change from mail-in ballot to in-person voting! 🤬

Check your laws, folks!

[GP6971]

4. We have drop off boxes

in WA State. It works well.

[Sneederbunk]

5. There are drop off boxes in Oregon.

Vote by mail since 1998.

[CentralMass]

9. Yes we do.

[cos dem]

6. CO provides drop boxes.

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. They always do that here in Oregon.

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]

8. we had that here in our county...grocery stores, etc had big metal boxes... n/t

[JI7]

10. Yes , States can do many things. The bigger issue is that Republicans in many states oppose

any measures which makes voting more convenient, accessable, and fair for everyone.

[ananda]

11. Yes

We have one here in Austin.

The governor has also extended the
time period through early voting.

[themaguffin]

12. Yes, trump is sueing PA for doing just that

[global1]

14. What Message Is Sent That A President Of The U.S. Is Sueing A State For Assuring Americans.....

votes are counted? It is just unbelievable. How did we let it get this bad?

[LisaL]

13. Here these drop off boxes are called mailboxes.

We don't have any special boxes for ballots.

[displacedtexan]

15. We have those in San Francisco

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]

16. In Iowa, where I am, no one is ever very far from

their county courthouse, where they can drop off their ballot to the auditor's office directly....

[Retrograde]

17. Depends on the state's election laws

a phrase that's going to be repeated over and over until the election is over.

California already does this.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. We do that in Washington

I almost always use the drop box instead of the mail.