Gov. Abbott issues proclamation allowing just one mail-in-ballot drop-off location per county

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29. we are doing drive in drop off in Tarrant County at our County Elections Office

This is where drop off have always been handled. Of course up until this year the only folks who dropped off ballots were the ones who woke up on ELection Day and realized they did not mail the ballot. This year between the USPS issues and COVID folks are very interested in not mailing and not having to go inside.

SO they took them to the office. Up until this year, we could only do this on Election Day. Now we can do this all the way through the Early Voting period and on Election Day.

Elections set up tents which resemble a bank drive through; you pull in, the clerk checks your ID, takes the ballot and you are on your way. It is very efficient. I think there are 5 or 6 of them encircling the building, they are really nice; the tent arrangement keeps evrything dry and away from wind. Voters can drop off ballots during regular business hours until 7 pm Nov 3. There is a great traffic management team out there to keep the line moving.

On October 5, between drive in mail drop and last minute voter registrations, traffic backed up down the street and onto the cross street and was steady all day. The registration drops were a different color and there were maybe 7 of them. The traffic folks managed to get folks to the spot they needed with no issues. The building was supposed to close at 5; stayed open until 10 pm