My county is not messing around. Voter press release just now...

[gristy]

I would guess that all counties in CA are doing much of the same thing. Bolding below is mine. There's a nice photo of the very nice ballot drop box at the first link below.

https://countyofsb.org/asset.c/5727

ELECTIONS DIVISION
4440-A Calle Real, Suite A • Santa Barbara, CA 93110
[phone] or 1-800-SBC-VOTE • FAX [phone]
www.sbcvote.com

PRESS RELEASE
Media Contact: September 24, 2020
Joseph E. Holland, Clerk-Recorder-Assessor
[phone]; [e-mail]

MORE THAN 30 COUNTYWIDE SECURE BALLOT DROP BOXES AVAILABLE OCTOBER 5!

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – With only 41 days until the
Presidential General Election on Tuesday, November 3, Santa
Barbara County elections officials announced recently that more
than 30 official ballot drop box locations will be available
throughout the county for the upcoming November 3 Presidential
General Election.

“The ballot drop boxes provide a safe, secure and easy way to return a completed and
signed ballot,” said Joe Holland, Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters. “If voters
are concerned about postal delivery delays, I encourage them to use an official drop
box to return their ballot; the locations will be listed in their voter’s guide and on our
website.”

All registered voters will receive their ballot in the mail in early October. Voters are
encouraged to vote their ballot and return it early. Drop boxes will be available 24 hours
a day, beginning October 5 until 8 p.m. on Election Day. A list of all drop box locations
in Santa Barbara County will be included with the vote ballot and posted on the website
at SBCVote.com.

“Using the ballot drop box ensures that the ballot will arrive at the Elections Office in
time to be processed and counted timely,” added Holland.

Due to the pandemic, all registered voters in the State of California will automatically
receive a ballot in the mail around the beginning of October. If a voter does not receive
their ballot by October 12, they should immediately contact the Santa Barbara County
Registrar of Voters office at [phone].

Voters may mail their ballot with no postage required, postmarked by Election Day,
November 3. The Postal Service advises voters to mail their ballots no later than
October 27 to reach the elections office in time to be counted.

To make address and other updates to voter registration, or for eligible citizens to
register to vote, go to www.registertovote.ca.gov. Voters can verify the accuracy of their
voter registration at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status or
www.sbcvote.com.

Santa Barbara County Elections is staffing approximately 35 in-person voting sites over
four days for those who would like additional services including language assistance or
a replacement ballot. These sites will be open October 31 through Election Day,
Tuesday, November 3. Facial coverings will be required and voters should expect a
socially distanced waiting line. Voters have been assigned to polling place locations that
will be listed on the back cover of the voter’s County Voter Information Guide. Beginning
October 5, voters can also use the Sample Ballot and Polling Place Look-Up tool at
SBCVote.com.

For information about becoming a poll worker at one of these sites, please call
[phone] or go to https://countyofsb.org/care/elections/officers/information.sbc.
The three election offices in the county will be open for voting, voter registration and
voter questions from October 5 through Election Day, November 3.

Office locations and regular business hours:
Santa Barbara, 4440-A Calle Real
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, except holidays
Lompoc, 401 E. Cypress St, Room 102
8 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, except holidays
NOTE: To better serve voters, the Lompoc Office will move to the Lompoc Veteran’s
Memorial Building at 100 E. Locust starting October 22, 2020.
Santa Maria, 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Suite 134
8 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, except holidays

[soothsayer]

1. Great! Except I wish people would put a stamp anyway to get a postmark

Or does that not matter?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Save your money-- these aren't using the PO. County people will be picking up the ballots.

[soothsayer]

3. Awesome

[moonscape]

4. I registered to vote in CA over 40 years ago but

always have voted in person. The recent article about young people being most likely to have their ballots rejected based on changed handwriting had me wondering.

I have no clue how I signed my voter registration when I first arrived in this state in my late 20's. I'll be 70 before election day and am sure my signature, how I signed it exactly (handwriting, how many middle names/initials, etc), has changed somewhat.

Even though CA doesn't need my vote to go blue, I really don't want my ballot rejected based on signature.