An overflowing official ballot drop box at the Point Loma/Hervey Library on Voltaire Street in San Diego left ballots on the ground and forced voters to turn away, according to an eyewitness video and account.
The witness said election workers in high-visibility vests slowly emptied the jammed box into two bags, loaded them into an unmarked minivan, and that one worker told her to delete the video she was recording.
She refused.
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🚨 VERY IMPORTANT: DISTURBING REPORT FROM SAN DIEGO BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATION
An eyewitness reports that the ballot drop box at the library on Voltaire Street was so full that voters were being turned away.
According to the witness, ballots were on the ground as election workers slowly emptied the overflowing box, filling TWO bags.
The witness says one worker then loaded the bags into an unmarked minivan.
When she began recording, an election worker allegedly told her to DELETE THE VIDEO.
She refused.
— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) November 3, 2026
Activist Amy Reichert posted about the incident and included the roughly 90-second video, describing the box as so full that workers were turning voters away.
The witness reported seeing completed ballots on the ground while workers in County of San Diego Registrar of Voters vests handled the overflow.
The workers can be heard discussing the open box and the need to secure it.
A follow-up video from Reichert provides the eyewitness’s full account of what she observed and whom she contacted.
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@_Firelight Eyewitness account of what she saw and who she called https://t.co/fGFqwCBg57
— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) November 3, 2026
No immediate public statement from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters specifically addressing the Voltaire Street overflow, the ballots on the ground, the unmarked minivan, or the alleged request to delete video was available at the time of publication.
California law requires that ballots placed in official drop boxes by the close of polls be counted, provided they are properly sealed and signed.
Voters who used the Voltaire Street box or nearby locations can track their mail ballot status through the California Secretary of State’s online tracking tool once results processing begins.
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