First, the vote is double enveloped, should you choose to do that. Not everyone does. It gets validated, then passed along for counting. Second, if you want,

First, the vote is double enveloped, should you choose to do that. Not everyone does. It gets validated, then passed along for counting. Second, if you want, you may drop your ballot into any drop box, or hand deliver it to elections, who will validate it and put it into the counting queue.