Here’s what you need to know about mail-in ballots, drop boxes, or early voting

As of Tuesday, thousands of people in Sangamon County had already used new drop boxes to return their completed ballots — but some of them incurred some unnecessary expense: postage.The drop boxes can be used 24 hours a day through the time the polls close, at 7 p.m. Nov. 3.But the various documents and envelopes within the vote by mail packets have prompted questions from some voters. The most frequent is about postage, Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray said. […]