WAITSBURG - Waitsburg has a new ballot dropoff box by City Hall so voters can save a stamp.

Karen Martin, the Walla Walla County auditor, said at last week's council meeting the county would install a secure drop box in time for next month's general election. Eighteen days prior to the election, voters can fill out their ballot and drop it into the box for pickup, saving them the stamp it would take if it was dropped in the mail.

The box was installed Friday afternoon. Martin said the drop box is a new alternative to staffing a poll site in town. She said it is becoming too expensive to sta...