Here's a list of all the states that allow early voting.

As an example, Mass allows for

"Early voting sites, which includes the local election office.

Additional locations may be provided at the discretion of the city or town registrar"

Many others allow you to vote early at the registrar of voters in your town as a rule, do you wouldn't necessarily need locations set up and staffed.

For sure - I'm just using my experience to illustrate an occurrence when early voting is very useful. Drop boxes are safe and secure (if conducted properly) and the tallied votes end up at the registrar of voters anyway, so dropping off your ballot is essentially saving someone dropping it off later.

Thanks for spreading ways to help folks vote and have their ballot counted, every vote is important!

Anecdotally, I volunteer as a poll worker but due to personnel needs I am not at my polling location. I can either vote absentee or vote early; I cannot go in person as I can't leave the location I'm working at. Early voting removes the need to vote absentee for me and saves the envelope/ postage.

Piggybacking on this, you can also inquire with Aflac, the administrator of the program on the eligibility requirements.