Of the two small cities and the four towns I am currently most familiar with, I can’t remember seeing any of the standard blue mailboxes anywhere BUT at the Post Office for many years..
Maybe the the two small cities still have a few street corner boxes, but I haven’t run across them, and there were a few times I was actively looking for one. I know the small towns don’t have them. In fact my main town Post Office used to have six drive-up boxes out front, one on either side of the main entrance (in addition to the drop slots inside)... for the last ten years or so, there have been just two drive-up boxes, and no door side boxes.
I imagine in the big cities, there are still a few at strategic locations, but I try to stay well away from big cities these days.
I just don’t get the furor (other than for propaganda purposes) If you RECEIVE mail, then you can send it via whatever receptacle the mail delivery person uses to get your mail to you, or just hand it to one one of the ‘couriers as they go about the swift completion of their appointed rounds’.
And if you don’t receive mail, how did you get your ballot in the first place?
Exactly. If you get mail via a PO Box, they will have a box or slot to drop mail off at. If you have a condo/apartment style multi-unit box, one of one will be for outgoing mail or if you have box on you house/end of driveway you can leave your outgoing mail in that and they will take it.
Do people really think the ONLY way to mail a letter is the corner blue drop box?