Update, a. Remember you have the option to go to an open voting location before polls close at 8 p. You can also sign up to track your ballot after you submit it, to find out quickly whether there are any issues with it. Find your polling place, closest secure ballot drop box or voting location. Or are you just not sure how to fill it out in the first place?
Keep reading to learn how to fill out your ballot, how important your signature is and your options if you need to start again with a fresh ballot. Or jump straight to:. People make mistakes on ballots, and they also find good ways to correct them. Jump straight to how you can get a new ballot. You should not sign or initial the correction, Goltiao said.
Read more information for Santa Clara voters about marking and returning ballots. You can request that new ballot in person at your polling place and, from the San Francisco elections office at City Hall, and by calling or emailing the Department of Election scroll to the bottom of this link for contact details. You can also use their Voter Portal online to request a replacement ballot. This process is all documented, Tuteur said, so elections staff always know which adjudicator reviewed which ballot and what they decided.
You can:. If you registered to vote at a young age, maybe your signature has changed over time. If you are re-registering after Oct. This happens a surprising amount when one household has several voters who all receive a ballot in the mail. First off, that date should be the date you signed your envelope β not your date of birth.
We had many questions during the election about this. Disabled voters can also choose to use the Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail system to vote privately and independently at home, using their usual assistive device on their home computer to fill out the ballot on their screen and then print and mail it. Every voting location in California is also equipped with an accessible voting unit. Here, voters with blindness or low vision or who have a disability that limits their dexterity will be able to use the assistive device of their choice that allows them to vote privately and independently.
