Despite approval for a drop box at the Schuylkill County Elections office, there isn’t one there.

“We want to make sure it is one ballot per person,” Albert Gricoski, director of elections said.

Gricoski said he made the decision not to put the drop box there but will reevaluate.

“It is approved if necessary,” he said of the drop box.

The election board discussed the topic last month.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled previously county boards of elections are permitted by the election code to collect mail-in ballots at sites other than the election office. The court also extended the time for absentee and mail-in ballots so that those postmarked by 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and received by the respective election offices by 5 p.m. Nov. 6 can be counted.

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