By: John Raspante
Out of the eight Vote-By-Mail
ballot drop boxes across Will County, only one will remain open on Election
Day. The ballot drop box outside of the Will County Clerk’s Office located at
302 N. Chicago Street in downtown Joliet will remain open on November 3, and
close promptly at 7 p.m. along with all polling places.
The seven boxes that will close are located inside local
libraries and inside Governors State University. Since several of the libraries
will be closed on Election Day and officials want to secure ballot collection
points in an orderly fashion, the Will County Clerk’s Office will close these
drop boxes starting in the late afternoon on November 2.
Election Judges representing both political parties will begin
closing library and university Vote-By-Mail drop boxes according to the
following schedule on November 2:
Wilmington Public Library
– 4:30 p.m.
Plainfield Public Library
– 4:30 p.m.
Naperville 95th
Street Library – 5:15 p.m.
Governors State University
– 5:30 p.m.
Frankfort Public Library –
6 p.m.
Fountaindale Public
Library – 6 p.m.
White Oak Library – 6:45
p.m.
The closing times listed above are approximate, but no
ballot drop box will be closed earlier than the times listed.
These drop boxes have been open since September 24 of
this year, and were strategically placed throughout Will County in order to serve
voters in every region.
Will County Clerk Lauren Staley Ferry commissioned these
drop boxes where voters could turn in their completed Vote-By-Mail envelopes. “The
drop boxes offer another way to submit a completed Vote-By-Mail packet for
anyone who has concerns about mail delivery,” Ferry said in a statement. “These
public places have either evening or weekend hours that provide convenient drop
off times for voters. Locating boxes inside our local public libraries or our
universities also will increase security surrounding our ballots.”
For more info about the exact location of each of the
eight drop boxes, visit this link.
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