Oregon law permits a person to return mail ballots on behalf of voters. (d) After the 2020 election, a discredited film claimed without evidence that a multistate network of Democrat-aligned ballot mules were paid to illegally collect and drop off ballots in five states. district, as the case may be, shall send to the absent voter by mail, at the expense of Here's why. identification envelope. Each ballot envelope has a unique identifier associated with each voter, which ensures that elections officials only count one ballot per person even if someone were to put multiple ballots in a drop box, or try to flood a drop box with fake ballots, she said. In most states, you can drop off a ballot for someone else but there might be restrictions. On Wednesday, an appeals court upheld a 2016 Arizona law banning people from picking up and dropping off other voters' ballots. I HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE ARKANSAS LAW. If an authorized representative is not available, a deputy sheriff or constable may deliver and return the emergency ballot. Laws allowing ballot collection are designed to make voting more convenient, and to make it possible for people who cant travel to deliver a ballot on their own. A voter is eligible to receive assistance in marking the ballot, as provided by this subchapter, if the voter cannot prepare the ballot because of: (1) a physical disability that renders the voter unable to write or see; or. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r