Editor's Note: This story was updated Thursday, Oct. 12. To clarify for voters, there are no errors or issues with the mail-in ballot and the two envelopes themselves ...

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 ...

Voters casting ballots by mail, rather than voting in person, must include postage on the return envelope they receive with their ballot. Mail ballots must be received in the Lancaster County ...