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You need a stamp to mail most ballots. You do not need a stamp to put ballots in a dropbox.

• jedberg 6y ago
  In California all ballots are postage paid.
• modeless 6y ago
  In California all ballots do not require a stamp AFAIK. Mine didn't. Even if you do drop it in a drop box, you still have to seal it in the provided postage paid envelope.
• Cerium 6y ago
  You do not need a stamp in California. https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2019-news-releases-and-advisories/no-stamp-no-problem-all-vote-mail-ballots-now-come-prepaid-postage-return-envelopes?fbclid=IwAR2sEPUpSZblc4n1WK06kECqYtkbyn-yuGwrbMvysWcN4wfz6B4qomf7Bho https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advi...
• PragmaticPulp 6y ago
  This isn’t true in California and I don’t know of any other state that requires stamps to mail in ballots. Driving any distance to drop off a ballot is more expensive than mailing it from home. It’s more likely that these people have consumed a lot of exaggerated news stories about the mail system and therefore think that dropping it off is safer. Meanwhile, we’re all getting the rest of our mail on time without exceptional delays.
• Larrikin 6y ago
  I've never had a mail in ballot that didn't have the postage prepaid, although when I lived abroad I had to obviously cover the international cost. I've voted by mail in nearly every election since my first in 2008 and never had a problem. This year when the president knew a large amount of people were going to vote by mail he installed a mega donor with no experience and I began receiving my mail extremely late. I absolutely did not trust it this year and turned my ballot into a drop box at a polling site. Drop box usage was thankfully expended this year in my state.