This story also appeared in South Florida Sun Sentinel and Stateline In 2020, ballot drop boxes were a sturdy, metallic symbol of increased voter access amid a pandemic. Absentee and mail voting surged across the country, and voters used drop boxes to return 41% of those ballots. Two years later, they’ve become a symbol of […]
Author Archives: Pratheek Rebala
Pratheek Rebala is an investigative journalist and news developer at the Center for Public Integrity. His work at the Center has received a Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting as well as other honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, Editors & Publishers, Society of Environmental Journalists and more. Prior to joining the Center, Rebala worked on the data team at Time Magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University.
