Tamper-Evident Electoral Labels for Ballot Drop Boxes

Ballot drop boxes sit unattended between pickups, so election officials need more than a lock — they need a way to tell whether anyone got past it. Federal election security guidance recommends sealing every drop box with a tamper-evident seal in addition to its lock, and logging that seal's number each time the box is opened and re-sealed.

TamperGuard® Non-Residue Electoral Labels

Intertronix's TamperGuard® Non-Residue Security Labels are built for exactly this kind of chain-of-custody use: attempting to peel one triggers a permanent VOID pattern across the label itself, so it can't be pressed back down and resealed, while the label lifts cleanly without leaving adhesive residue on the box. As electoral labels, custom printing supports company logos, sequential serial numbers, and 1D/2D barcodes or QR codes, so each drop box's seal can carry a scannable ID and be logged and matched against a chain-of-custody record. They're also available in 10+ colors for agencies that want their seals to match existing signage or color-code by location, in quantity tiers from 250 to 10,000.

Why it matters

Guidance from CISA's Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council recommends that, "in addition to locks, all drop boxes should be sealed with one or more tamper evident seals," and calls for election staff to record the security seal number both when a box is opened and again when it's locked and re-sealed. Uniquely numbered, scannable electoral labels are what make that chain-of-custody record possible.

Source: CISA Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council, Ballot Drop Box Guidance