Submitting Mail-In Ballots
By Saturday, Oct. 26, 184,534 Montgomery County voters had requested mail-in ballots, with 86,311 already returned. The Montgomery County Board of Elections encourages voters to complete, sign, and submit their ballots by mail or drop box.
Voters can drop off mail-in ballots at any U.S. Postal Service mailbox or one of the county’s 58 official drop boxes. To locate the nearest drop box, text “BOX” and your ZIP code to 77788, visit 777vote.org, or call 240-777-8500.
Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 5 to be counted, with most post offices closing at 5 p.m.
Voting with a Provisional Ballot
Montgomery County voters have cast 60,126 ballots during the first three days of early voting as of Saturday, Oct. 26. Of these, voters submitted more than 2,500 provisional ballots across the county’s 14 early voting centers. Most provisional ballots come from voters who requested mail-in ballots but decided to vote in person instead. Voting provisionally involves additional paperwork and time at the polls.
Voters who have requested a mail-in ballot must use a provisional ballot if they later choose to vote in person. This applies to early voting and Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Provisional ballots also allow someone who thinks they are eligible to vote. If election workers cannot find your name on the list of voters at the precinct where you went to vote, you moved and did not update your address for voting, or you tried to register earlier and your eligibility could not be confirmed, you can vote provisionally.
Election officials count provisional ballots after confirming the voter didn’t cast another ballot on Election Day.
