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• There are nine vote centers and 22 vote-by-mail drop boxes, and turnout so far is at least 33%.
  — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 12 May 2020
• Back in town, Biff and Cindi Bowen retrieved a mail drop and stuffed themselves on pizza, ice cream, and beer.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2015
• Actually, the men, Hani Hanjour and Nawaf al-Hazmi, didn’t need the mail drop that long.
  — Mike Kelly, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021
• The lobby will continue to be open 24/7 for PO box access and mail drop boxes.
  — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 6 July 2020
• Those who do not wish to use a vote center may mail their ballots or submit them at one of the county’s 400 vote-by-mail drop boxes.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021
• The new law limits how vote-by-mail drop boxes can be used, requires voters to ask for a vote-by-mail ballot and prohibits non-poll workers from giving food or drink to voters waiting in line.
  — Mike Schneider, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2021
• Residents using other Alaska post offices are encouraged to mail returns early in the day and check the collection times on each mail drop box to ensure Tuesday pickup.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2018
• With just a week left until Election Day, local election officials are suggesting Hoosiers using voting absentee-by-mail drop off their ballots in person.
  — Lydia Gerike, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2020
• California voters can return their ballots via the United States Postal Service or any official vote-by-mail drop box, or drop them off at any participating vote center in certain counties.
  — Maeve Reston and Ethan Cohen, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021
• Supervisors in the three counties also can relocate and consolidate polling places and designate new locations for vote-by-mail drop boxes — which the state now calls secure ballot intake stations.
  — Hurricane Ian, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 13 Aug 2024