10/16/2020
Official Ballot Drop Boxes will be operational and ready to except Mail-In & Absentee Ballots on 20 OCTOBER.
The Delaware County Bureau of Elections has finalized the list of 32 ballot drop box locations, located in municipalities across the county. By 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20, each of the 32 ballot drop boxes will be open and accepting ballots from Delaware County residents.
The ballot drop boxes, approved by the County and purchased with funds provided by a grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, are designed to provide a safe, sound and secure method of voting to augment traditional in-person voting and vote-by-mail options also available to residents of Delaware County.
The convenient drop boxes allow residents to vote without the need for in-person interaction or a reliance on mail carriers during COVID-19 pandemic. Voters can cast their vote* with confidence while practicing social distancing outdoors.
Unlike the requirement that in-person voters must vote at a specific polling place, Delaware County voters can use any ballot drop box in the county, in addition to the three ballot boxes located at the Voter Service Centers in Media, Upper Darby, and Chester.
Each of the ballot drop boxes is safely secured in place, locked and sealed, and under 24/7 video surveillance. Completed ballots will be retrieved daily by County election personnel.
The list of locations is available on the Delco Votes! website at delcopa.gov/dropbox
Voting Reminders (Don’t Vote Naked!)
Voters who want to make sure their vote is counted are reminded to carefully follow the vote-by-mail instructions enclosed with their ballot. Ballots must be filled out with blue or black ink, and ballot boxes must be filled out completely.
The completed ballot should first be placed in the smaller secrecy envelope marked “OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT”, which should then be sealed. The secrecy envelope containing the completed ballot is then placed in the larger return envelope marked “VOTER’S DECLARATION” and then signed, dated and sealed.
Note: Return of a ballot by anyone other than the voter is prohibited unless the person returning the ballot is rendering assistance to a disabled voter or an emergency absentee voter. Such assistance requires a declaration signed by the voter and by the person rendering assistance. The form (labeled “Third Party Ballot Delivery for Mail Voting Form”) can be downloaded from the Voter Resources page of the Delco Votes! website at https://www.delcopa.gov/vote/voterresources.html and can be returned to any Voter Service Center.
