It is recommended that there should be one ballot drop box for every 15,000 to 20,000 registered voters.

The official ballot drop boxes are a lot more secure than you think, and almost half of mail-in ballots are being collected this way. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura ...

An official Alameda County Registrar of Voters drop-off ballot box stands outside the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2020.

Official ballot drop boxes are secured in designated locations and marked with a county seal. “Any misuse of a county seal is a violation of law,” Mr. Padilla said.

Richard Lamberson, of Montclair, drops off his ballot in the official ballot drop off box at the Montclair Civic Center in Montclair on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.

The unstaffed, 24-hour ballot drop boxes should be made of durable material such as steel and permanently cemented into the ground, generally at a cost of about $6,000 each, the commission says.

The County of Santa Barbara issued the following press release about the deployment of official ballot boxes ready to receive votes across the county until 8 p.m. Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.

The Registrar’s 29 official ballot drop boxes are open 24 hours a day up until 8 p.m. April 8. A county spokesperson, Tracy DeFore, said to return a ballot, ...

Fires at two ballot drop boxes in the Portland, Oregon, area this week as well as a similar fire earlier this month have raised questions about the role of drop boxes in the upcoming election.