The Lackawanna County Department of Elections and Voter Registration today began mailing absentee and mail ballots to county registered voters who have requested them. It also installed ballot “drop boxes” at six secure locations where voters may deposit the ballots if they choose not to mail them.

The drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, will be available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5. Locations and hours for the other drop boxes follow.

Fallbrook Senior Community Center, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Clarks Summit Borough Building, 304 State St., Clarks Summit, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dickson City Borough Building, 901 Enterprise St., Dickson City, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Moosic Borough Building, 715 Main St., Moosic, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Roaring Brook Twp. Municipal Building, 430 Blue Shutters Road, Roaring Brook Twp., Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All of the boxes will be under around-the-clock video surveillance. Under state election law, voters may deposit only their own ballots in the boxes.

The Oct. 21 is the deadline for voters to register; Oct. 29 is the last day to apply for an absentee or mail ballot. The department will accept mail or absentee ballots until the polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5.

Registration and mail and absentee ballot applications are available online at lackawannacounty.org, on the Department of Elections and Voter Registration page.