“We prefer they use drop boxes instead of crowding vote centers.”Įlection officials say county drop boxes have become especially popular this year after President Donald Trump repeatedly railed against voting by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic - including saying that it would make this year’s elections “the most inaccurate and fraudulent in history.” Earlier cutbacks by the U.S. Still, Swensen urges voters to vote with their ballots sent by mail if at all possible. Some of the extra workers will help with disinfecting against COVID-19, and some will be line coordinators to help with social distancing - and will use tablets to check voter registration while people stand in line to help speed the process. It will make everybody’s life, including your own, much easier,” Koch said. “Please cast the ballot that was sent to you. People may also pick up replacement ballots at those voting centers and may even register to vote there on Election Day, but officials warn that lines could be long. on Tuesday or may take them to one of 119 in-person vote centers statewide that day. They still may deposit ballots in county drop boxes before polls close at 8 p.m. People who miss mailing ballots by Monday will still be able to vote Tuesday. “If you put it in the post office box outside the post office - the big blue box - that may not be postmarked until the next day, depending on when the pickup time is.” 2 date,” said Justin Lee, state elections director for Lt. “The best advice is for someone to physically take the ballot into the post office and make sure it’s stamped with that Nov.
POST MARKED HOW TO
The trick is how to ensure that ballots mailed on Monday receive a postmark. They are counted as long as they arrive before individual counties certify election results, which occurs one to two weeks later. Utah law requires that ballots sent through the mail must be postmarked - not just mailed - the day before the election.