The Maryland State Board of Elections completed the installation this week of 286 ballot drop boxes across the state. Voters can use any drop box to cast their mail-in ballots, which may arrive in homes as early as next week.

The drop box is located in the alley alongside the Finance Department's customer center, 100 N. Appleton St. The alley, though, is blocked with construction equipment — and will remain so through December — so voters cannot drive up to the drop box to deliver their ballot as they could in the past.

By Thursday, all absentee ballots for those across Wisconsin who have already requested them will have been sent out.

Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots have been sent to Maryland voters, with more on the way, as the country rapidly approaches one of the most highly-anticipated presidential elections in American history.

After filling out your ballot, insert it in the provided envelope and mail it to your county elections office. Mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day — Tuesday, Nov. 5 — and received by the elections office no later than seven days after Election Day, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.

The Maryland State Board of Elections announced that over 660,000 mail-in ballots will be sent out on Friday to registered voters who requested them. Of those 660,000 ballots, over 578,000 will be mailed and over 91,

County Manager Romilda Crocamo announced there will be no mail ballot drop boxes in Luzerne County during the November 5 General Election. Crocamo says she has made the decision not to deploy drop boxes for the upcoming election due to fears the drop box locations offer a potential for illegal activities