In Marin County, officials have added election drop boxes near two affected post offices to help ensure ballots are collected on time.<\/p>\n
Registrar of Voters Natalie Adona said delays could catch some voters off guard.<\/p>\n
“That becomes an issue for folks who are sort of hanging on to their ballot, because you might, you know, think, oh, I’ve dropped this off in the mailbox surely, they’ll postmark it on the same day,” Adona said. “Especially if they’re waiting until Election Day to drop off the ballot to go inside and ask for that, that time stamp, it’s called a round stamp.”<\/p>\n
Unlike USPS mailboxes, county-run ballot drop boxes are handled directly by election officials and collected frequently.<\/p>\n
Alameda County interim Registrar of Voters Cynthia Cornejo said those drop boxes offer a more reliable alternative as Election Day nears.<\/p>\n
“They’re picked up every day at times as we get busier, as we get closer to the election, two, three, four times a day, those boxes are picked up and brought back directly to our central location here in Oakland,” Cornejo said. “Definitely use drop boxes.”<\/p>\n
MORE: California’s billionaire tax proposal is on track to qualify for the November ballot, backers say<\/a><\/p>\n Still, experts note that many voters wait until late in the process to make decisions, which could increase the risk of delays.<\/p>\n Mitchell advised those voters to act sooner.<\/p>\n “So while some voters are interested in waiting till the very end to determine who to vote for, mail your ballot within a week of the election if you’re living somewhere that is not an urban center,” he said.<\/p>\n
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