Worries about long lines and paperless trails have hundreds of
Santa Clara County residents casting their votes early. Not willing
to wait for absentee ballots, at least 300 citizens took time last
weekend to mark their ballots at the Registrar of Voter
’s office.
Worries about long lines and paperless trails have hundreds of Santa Clara County residents casting their votes early.
Not willing to wait for absentee ballots, at least 300 citizens took time last weekend to mark their ballots at the Registrar of Voter’s office.
Voters can do so again today, Oct. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 31, 9am-3pm and during business hours, 8am-5pm, Monday.
The polls will be open 7am-8pm Tuesday, Nov. 2. Early voters will have the option of using either touch screen voting machines or paper optical scan ballots and they can take advantage of audio voting and ballot information in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Tagalog.
Voters who are in line at the polling place by 8 pm will be allowed to vote. Lines are often longer in the early morning and after 5pm.
Absentee ballots must be turned in at the Registrar’s office or at any polling place by 8pm on Nov. 2. Postmarks will not be accepted. To find your polling place, check the back cover of the sample ballot or visit www.smartvoter.org or www.sccvote.org/
To find nonpartisan, easy-to-understand descriptions of the 16 statewide ballot measures in a choice of languages, check out www.easyvoter.org/
More information can be found at www.sccvote.org or toll free, 866-430-8683 for English, 408-282-3080 for Spanish, 282-3086 for Chinese or 535-3916 for Tagalog.
Other voting information: Secretary of State, www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm/ Information on candidates can be found at www.smartvoter.org
