Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose last month permitted each of Ohio’s 88 counties to put one absentee ballot drop box outside its respective board of elections office. Franklin County ...

ALBANY — In two recent but separate decisions, Delaware and Schoharie counties stopped the use of outdoor ballot drop boxes by voters due to security concerns, according to local officials.

The system appeared to have worked in the Portland drop box, and security staffers were nearby to help put out the fire. Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott said the county has ...

Other states have restricted their use, including Ohio and Iowa, which now permits only one drop box per county, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Washington and Oregon, which are both vote ...