Campaign/Election Resources

VOTING INFORMATION - NOV 2008

CHECKING YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS
Do you want to see if you are registered to vote?

Call: 916-875-6377 or

Online Voter Registration and Vote by Mail (Absentee) Ballot Lookup:
https://shadow.saccounty.net/PollingPlaceLookupEn/LookupPollingPlace_VoterRegLookup.aspx


LOCATING YOUR POLLING PLACE
To look up your polling place:
http://www.pollingplacelookup.saccounty.net/


VOTE EARLY!!!!
Do you want to vote EARLY? You can vote at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters:
Voter Registration and Elections
7000 65th Street, STE A
Sacramento, CA 95823
916-875-6451

SATURDAY VOTING - Now open on Saturdays for voting
Saturdays, October 18, 25 and November 1 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm


VOTE BY MAIL DROP OFF SITES:

Additional sites where you may drop off your Vote by Mail ballot:

Dates: October 27 through October 31

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Locations:

County of Sacramento
700 H Street, Room 2450
Sacramento, CA 95814

City of Sacramento
915 “I” Street – 1st Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

City of Citrus Heights
6237 Fountain Square Drive
Citrus Heights, CA 95621

City of Elk Grove
8380 Laguna Palms Way – 200
Elk Grove, CA 95758

City of Folsom
50 Natoma Street
Folsom, CA 95630

City of Galt
380 Civic Drive
Galt, CA 95632

City of Isleton
101 2nd Street
Isleton, CA 95641

City of Rancho Cordova
2729 Prospect Park Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

PROVISIONAL BALLOT
If, for any reason, your name does not appear on the list of voters at a polling place, you have the right to cast a “provisional” ballot. This is a ballot just like a regular ballot, but it will be placed in a
special envelope and will be counted after the elections official confirms that you are eligible to vote. The official at the polling place will give you information about how to find out if your ballot was counted, and, if it was not counted, the reason why.

Provisional Voting

A voter is asked to vote a provisional ballot at the polls due to one of the following reasons:

The voter’s name is not on the official roster of voters and the election officer cannot verify the voter’s voting eligibility on Election Day. The Elections Official’s Office will check the registration records. If further research determines that the voter is eligible to vote in the election, the provisional ballot will be counted.

A voter has moved within the county, but did not re-register to vote. The Elections Official will verify the voter’s prior registration before the provisional ballot will be counted. The voter’s registration will then be updated with the voter’s current address.

Records indicate that the voter requested a vote-by-mail ballot and the voter fails to turn in the vote-by-mail ballot at the polls on Election Day. The Elections Official’s Office will check the records, and if the voter did not vote a vote-by-mail ballot, the voter’s provisional ballot will be counted.

The voter is a first-time Federal Election voter in the county and was unable to provide the required proof of identification. The Elections Official’s Office will verify the voter’s eligibility to vote by comparing the signature on the voter’s registration with the signature on the provisional ballot envelope.

Provisional ballots are counted when:

Prior to the completion of the official canvass, the elections official determines that the voter is indeed a registered voter who was entitled to cast a ballot; or
A court directs the elections official to count the voter’s ballot.

For more information, visit online at http://www.ss.ca.gov, or call 800.345.VOTE [8683]

Free Access System

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) requires each state or local elections official to establish a “Free Access System,” such as a toll-free telephone number for voters to call or an Internet website that voters can access free of charge, to ascertain if they voted a provisional ballot at the polls, whether or not their vote was counted, and, if it was not counted, the reason why it was not counted.

Each county elections office has established a free access system for voters to determine if their provisional ballot was counted and, if it was not counted, the reason why it was not counted. Information on each county elections official’s free access system can be found at Provisional Voting Free Access System.


THE PROCESS OF VOTING BY MAIL

Any registered voter may vote using a vote by mail ballot instead of going to the polls to cast a ballot on Election Day.

All valid vote-by-mail ballots are counted in every election in California, regardless of the outcome or closeness of any race. For additional canvass of the vote information please visit our web site at http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_oc.htm.

Once your application is processed by your county elections official, the proper ballot will be sent to you. After you have voted, insert your ballot in the envelope provided for this purpose, making sure you complete all required information on the envelope. You may return your voted vote-by-mail ballot by 1) mailing it to your county elections official; 2) returning it in person to a polling place or elections office within your county on Election Day; or 3) authorizing a legally-allowable third party (relative or person residing in the same household as you) to return the ballot on your behalf. Regardless of how the ballot is returned, it MUST be received by the county elections office by the time polls close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots are not counted.

Once your vote by mail ballot is received by your county elections official, your signature on the return envelope will be compared to the signature on your voter registration card to determine whether you are the authorized voter. To preserve the secrecy of your ballot, the ballot will then be separated from the envelope and the ballot becomes as anonymous and secret as any other ballot.


LIVE ELECTION RESULTS FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY:
http://www.elections.saccounty.net/ElectionInformation/SAC_VRE_DF_LIVE_Election_Resul