Fifty-five ballot drop boxes are now open across D.C., allowing voters who have received a mail ballot to make their choices ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

The locations of the drop boxes are listed here; they will remain open until 8 p.m. on Election Day. (Note: The drop boxes look very similar to the boxes used by D.C. Health for COVID-19 tests, so make sure you drop your ballot in the right box. City workers do check both for ballots, so fear not if you do make a mistake.)

Mail ballots and drop boxes were first introduced two years ago during the November 2020 general election, as city elections officials pushed to adapt to pandemic-era restrictions. In both that election and the June 2022 primary, roughly two-thirds of voters opted to vote using their mail ballot. And among those using the mail ballot in June, some 56% chose to leave them at a drop box as opposed to mailing them in.

The D.C. Council is soon expected to give final approval to a bill that would make mail ballots and ballot drop boxes a permanent feature of elections.

For those who want to vote early at a polling place, early in-person voting opens Oct. 31 and runs until Nov. 6 at 25 vote centers around the District. Mail ballots can also be dropped off at vote centers during early in-person voting or on Election Day; if they are mailed in, they just have to be postmarked by Nov. 8 and received within seven days so as to be counted.

Need to brush up on what’s on the ballot this year? Read our full voter guide here, and get up to speed on the tipped-wage ballot initiative here. Take note: the ballot initiative is on the backside of your ballot.