INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Postal Service is pulling out all the stops to ensure all ballots make it home by the noon deadline on Nov. 3.

If you have not yet returned your ballot, the Postal Service is offering you the opportunity to hand off your ballot to a USPS employee at the Main Post Office location in downtown Indianapolis (125 W. South Street) starting Saturday, Oct. 31 through Tuesday morning of Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.

USPS employees will be collecting ballots on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on Monday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Marion County ONLY).

 “This is an effort for us to be there for any voter who has waited until the last minute, to make sure their vote counts, too,” said Christi Johnson-Kennedy, acting district manager for the Greater Indiana District.

The Postal Service has offered a drop-off option for many years with tax returns, but Johnson-Kennedy said this will be the first time USPS has done this for ballots.

“As customers drive by, they can hand our employee the ballot,” Johnson-Kennedy said.

Employees date stamp the ballot, and then send it on to be sorted and prepared for the applicable election board.  All USPS employees will be following social distance guidelines and wearing face coverings, she said.

“We will be sorting the ballots on the spot to ensure a quick turnaround,” she said.

“On Saturday, they’ll be ready for delivery on Sunday. As it’s mail, we can’t deliver to the election board on Sunday, but it will be prepared and ready for delivery first thing Monday morning., The ballots we receive on Sunday will be staged and ready to be handed off to the election board on Monday morning. The election boards will have the ballots we receive on Monday by early Tuesday morning. And on Tuesday, any ballots we receive will be delivered before noon,” Johnson-Kennedy said.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

###