General Discussion

to a post office drop box.

Around here, post office hours include Saturdays. And a lot of jobs aren't M-F 9-5. My daughter works S-W 5:30-7:30. For most of my life I've worked 11 AM - 11 PM (or later).

Asking the postal worker to hand cancel it really is something anyone who cared about their ballot should have been doing anyway. It is worth GOTV focusing on, but it as been raised here at least a half dozen times - and is typically described as if it is some radical new thing that has no solution.

Montana is not an all-mail-in ballot. There are only 8 states and DC: California, Colorado, D.C., Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington. All have designated drop boxes (not mail boxes) specifically to collect ballots, and even in those states you can still vote in person. It is just that the ballot is mailed to everyone without the individual making a specific request.

Frankly, if I couldn't mail it back at least 2 week in advance, I'd drive it to the county board of elections drop box.