Safe Drop Act News Today

Bucks County adds ballot drop box, but advocates say more needed Bucks County advocates for expanding mail-in drop box locations say a recent change is encouraging but still a very small step in improving access. The Bucks County Board of Elections voted 2-1 on Monday to add a drop box location at the Bucks County Free Library Yardley-Makefield branch in Lower Makefield for the May 18 primary. The library adds to the countys previous drop boxes at its election offices in Doylestown, Levittown...

Two state bills from a Bucks County state senator could give voters more access to mail-in ballot drop boxes across the state and counties more time to prepare those ballots for the final Election Day tally.  Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, of Lower Makefield, introduced the Safe Drop Act on Tuesday requiring at least one ballot drop box for every 20,000 residents.  An upcoming bill to be introduced in the coming week would change state law from limiting a county’s precanvassing start ...