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7.1.D. - Page 9 <br /> requires that there be a polling place and ballot drop-off location in every city in which <br /> the all vote-by-mail election is conducted. Moreover, election officials may be required to <br /> include more drop-off locations and polling places as requested by the city, county, or <br /> elections district. Additionally the dates for the pilot program are changed such that the <br /> bill remained in effect until the end of 2014 while the current code will stay in effect until <br /> the end of 2017. Lastly, it also specifies that the ballot drop-off location will consist of a <br /> locked ballot box in a secure public location that meets polling place accessibility <br /> requirements. <br /> In order to analyze the effectiveness of the all vote-by-mail system in the pilot <br /> program, the legislation calls for a comparative study of past similar elections including <br /> an analysis of turnout and cost for the all vote-by-mail election. It further states that <br /> analysis on turnout should include data on different populations as described by race, <br /> gender, ethnicity, age, disability, permanent VBM status and political party affiliation. <br /> Last, it calls for data on how many ballots were not counted and why they were rejected, <br /> including any instances of voter fraud or other problems that arose during the election. <br /> History of Vote-By-Mail Elections <br /> The first all vote-by-mail election in the United States was held in Monterey <br /> County in 1977 for a flood control measure6. Then, in the early 1990s Stanislaus County <br /> 6 Harris,Rachel. "Voting-By-Mail:A Look at Modernizing the Electoral System."California State Library.California <br /> Research Bureau,July 1999.Web. 15 Nov.2013.<http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/99/notes/v6n3.pdf>. <br /> 3 <br />