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Drop box

A secured official container for returning mail ballots without using the postal service. L.A. County operated 424 of them in June 2026.

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  • Routes from voter to countCapability
  • The Voter's Choice Act let counties replace assigned precincts with mailed ballots…Claim
  • The Voter's Choice Act re-architects the polling placeTimeline step
  • SB 450 (2016) — California Voter's Choice ActLaw
  • Get-out-the-vote (GOTV): doors, phones, texts, mailCampaign operation
  • Nearly six million mail ballots were in circulation before Election Day — the…Claim

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