DROP BOX Definition & Meaning

drop box

noun

Textiles.

a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of drop box¹

First recorded in 1855–60

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Reminders sent by text message said: “Drop your ballot at a nearby drop box or voting location by 8 pm on.”

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They could have mailed them on or before election day, put them in a drop box or authorized someone to return the ballots on their behalf.

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If a vote-by-mail ballot is dropped off in another county’s drop box, election officials must send it to the correct county recorder’s office to be tallied.

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Hundreds of ballots in that drop box were destroyed after an internal fire suppression system failed.

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“It appears that a device was attached to the outside of the ballot drop box that resulted in the ballots being ignited,” Kimsey told The Oregonian.

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