With less than a week to go before Election Day, Lane County Clerk Cheryl Betschart recommends (as of Thursday) voters hand-deliver their ballots to official drop sites instead of putting them in the mail.
“The post office is saying it takes 5 to 7 days to deliver with a first-class stamp.” Betschart says, “We have our 21 drop sites (in Lane County) that are open and they will remain open through 8 o’clock Election Day and of course no stamp is required for those.”
Betschart says if you have questions about your ballot you can contact your county elections office. She also reminds people to sign the back of the ballot envelope. Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to turn in ballots. Postmarks do not count.
Lane County and the state plan to post initial results at or a little after 8 p.m. on Election night. Betschart says Lane County updates its returns online every 2 hours after that.
