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Santa Barbara County Elections Officials Address Concerns Over Deceptive Unofficial Ballot Boxes

An official Santa Barbara County ballot box in Montecito's Manning Park

Santa Barbara County Elections officials are responding to concerns about unofficial ballot drop boxes showing up in the state by putting out a list of the county's official boxes.

The county has installed 30 secure ballot drop boxes.  Also, each of the 35 official polling place locations opening in Santa Barbara County October 31st will have dropoff boxes.

Elections officials are asking people who see what appear to be unauthorized, or unofficial ballot boxes to report them to the Santa Barbara County Elections office.

Link to official Santa Barbara County ballot boxes: SBCVote.com

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.