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Bucks County adds ballot drop box, but advocates say more needed Bucks County advocates for expanding mail-in drop box locations say a recent change is encouraging but still a very small step in improving access. The Bucks County Board of Elections voted 2-1 on Monday to add a drop box location at the Bucks County Free Library Yardley-Makefield branch in Lower Makefield for the May 18 primary. The library adds to the county s previous drop boxes at its election offices in Doylestown, Levittown and Quakertown. Election board member and County Commissioner Gene DiGirolamo said he opposed the increase over a number of logistical concerns and a lack of guidance or mandates from the state legislature. ....
Two state bills from a Bucks County state senator could give voters more access to mail-in ballot drop boxes across the state and counties more time to prepare those ballots for the final Election Day tally. Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, of Lower Makefield, introduced the Safe Drop Act on Tuesday requiring at least one ballot drop box for every 20,000 residents. An upcoming bill to be introduced in the coming week would change state law from limiting a county’s precanvassing start time to 7 a.m. on Election Day, to up to 20 days beforehand. Santarsiero said the bills would help ensure mail-in ballots are returned to a respective voter s local election board in a timely fashion and strengthen public trust in the vote-counting process. ....