Historians point to 1864 as the year America began absentee voting on a large scale. President Abraham Lincoln wanted the votes of soldiers fighting in the Civil War, so they mailed ballots from the ...

Only about half the country has access to the secure drop boxes that give voters an alternative way to return a mail-in ballot without relying on the U.S. Postal Service. Data compiled by Yahoo News ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Sacramento, Calif. – Ballot drop boxes are now open throughout the state ahead of the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special ...

If you’re thinking that you can vote as you normally would in this election, the year 2020 has another nasty surprise for you: You can’t. Your normal polling place may be closed due to COVID-19; the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ballot drop boxes in Ohio can only be used by people to submit their own early absentee ballots for the 2024 general election, under a directive issued Friday by Secretary of State ...

WAUSAU – City of Wausau voters may now use the clerk’s office drop box to drop off absentee ballots after its return Monday. It had been removed by Mayor Doug Diny over a week ago. Clerk Kaitlyn ...

UPDATE: You can see an updated list of where drop boxes can be found here. Mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election are already going out in some counties in New Jersey, including Union and Hunterdon ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's voting laws were changed last year in a way that particularly impacts the use of drop boxes as a means for submitting absentee by mail ballots. While the law substantially scales ...

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