The Santa Cruz County Clerk is alerting the public of an error related to the voting instructions found in the ballot packets sent by mail to voters the week of Oct. 10.
On the back of the instruction sheet (which includes your “I Voted” sticker), incorrect deadlines for returning ballots by mail are listed.
The correct information should read:
“Mail ━ ballot must be postmarked on or before Nov. 8, 2022, and received by the County by Nov. 15, 2022.”
All other ballot ━ related instructions and other information in the voter guide is correct.
Voters should cross off the June dates on the ballot instruction sheet and replace them with the dates above.
Because local mail is not immediately postmarked, County Clerk Tricia Webber also recommends that any voters who want to return their ballot by mail Nov. 5 or later go to a local U.S. Post Office and request a hand postmark from a postal clerk.
Vote by mail ballots may also be dropped off at a local ballot drop boxes or at any in-person voting location.
For a full list of locations , dates and hours they are open , visit www.votescount.us.
Ballots and voter guides were mailed to local residents the second week of October. Voting is available now through Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022.
For more information, please contact the County Clerk/Elections Department at 831 – 454-2060, or visit us online at www.votescount.us
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Don’t Forget to Vote: You Can Vote Early!
In-person voting locations
Due to COVID-19, ballots have been mailed to all voters in the State of California, according to the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.
In addition, in-person voting locations will be provided. Per the Governor’s Executive Orders and new laws, counties can adopt a model of voting that requires in person voting locations based on the number of registered voters: 1/10,000 voters.
Any voter can go to any location.
Services will include:
- obtaining a replacement ballot — you do not need to bring in the ballot we mailed you. We can void the previously issued ballot when you come in to vote.
- voting and turning in the ballot mailed to you,
- using the Tablet to vote on an accessible ballot or a ballot in Spanish, and
- registering and voting on the same day.
All locations will adhere to public safety protocols including wearing masks, disinfecting services, using hand sanitizer, keeping physical distances, and washing hands frequently.
Once a location opens for voting, it will remain open through Election Day, Nov. 8, for the following hours each day:
- Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm
- Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm (begins Oct. 29)
- Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm (begins Oct. 30)
- Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 7 am to 8 pm
Locations are subject to change. Check back here before you go!
Opens Oct. 10
Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections, 701 Ocean St., Room 310.
Watsonville — Watsonville City Clerk’s Office, 275 Main St., 4th Floor.
Opens Oct. 29
Aptos — Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd.
Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, 5200 Soquel Ave.
Scotts Valley — Scotts Valley Community Center, 360 Kings Village Rd.
Opens Nov. 5
Aptos — St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Dr.
Boulder Creek — Boulder Creek Fire Station, 13230 Highway 9
Capitola — New Brighton Middle School, 250 Washburn Ave.
Felton — Zayante Fire Department, 7700 E Zayante Rd.
Santa Cruz — Bonny Doon Elementary School, 1492 Pine Flat Rd.
Santa Cruz — Depot Park, 119 Center St.
Santa Cruz — Masonic Center, 828 N. Branciforte Ave.
Santa Cruz — UCSC Stevenson Event Center, 520 Cowell-Stevenson Rd.
Scotts Valley — Scotts Valley High School, 555 Glenwood Dr.
Soquel — Soquel High School, 401 Soquel San Jose Rd.
Watsonville — La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Ave.
Watsonville — Pajaro Valley Community Trust, 85 Nielson St.
Watsonville — Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, 2601 East Lake Ave.
Vote Mobile
Santa Cruz County has a mobile voting trailer that will be used throughout the county.