Helpful Voter Information
No Party Preference Voting
Watch this informative video from the SCC Registrar of Voters’ Office on NPP voting! Learn about crossover ballots, which parties offer them, and how to get one.
Return your Vote-by-mail ballot
All California registered voters will be mailed vote-by-mail ballots. Be sure to register to vote by the registration deadline to have your vote-by-mail ballot mailed to you.
You can still apply for conditional voter registration in person at the Country Registrar of Voters Office or at an in-person vote center if you miss this deadline. But avoid the line.
Vote by mail ballots will be mailed to voters beginning 29 days before the election.
Important! Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day AND must be received no later than 7 days after Election Day.
There is NO POSTAGE REQUIRED if you return your ballot by mail in the return envelope. All Vote by Mail return envelopes are postage paid.
Take your Ballot to a Ballot drop-off location
You can drop off your ballot in an official ballot drop box until 8pm on Election Day.
Voting at a Vote Center
Registered in Santa Clara County? You can vote at any of the Vote Centers in Santa Clara County!
Check Your Voter Registration Status
Not sure if you are registered to vote? Check your California voter registration status on the California Secretary of State website. Review your address, party registration, and other information here.
Information about the 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election—September 14, 2021
The recall ballot will ask two questions: 1) do you want to recall Governor Newsom? and 2) If the governor is recalled, who do you want to replace him?
If 50% or more vote NO, the governor would remain in office.
If more than 50% vote YES, the governor would be removed from office and the person with the most votes would replace him.
Voters can vote on either one or both parts of the recall ballot.
CA Secretary of State certified list of recall replacement candidates.
NEW! CALIFORNIA’S VOTER’S CHOICE ACT
“Approved by California lawmakers in 2016, the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) expands voters’ options for how, when and where they cast their ballots” http://futureofcaelections.org/voters-choice-ca/.
What's changing in Santa Clara County?
“Starting with the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election:
Every registered voter will receive a Vote By Mail ballot starting 29 days before Election Day
Voters can vote at any of the Vote Centers in Santa Clara County
Approximately 22 Vote Centers will open for 11 days including Election Day and approximately 88 Vote Centers will be open for 4 days including Election Day for a total of 110 Vote Centers throughout the County on Election Day
Vote Centers will offer more space, additional services and new enhanced voting equipment
VOTERS will have more options and will get to choose WHEN, WHERE, and HOW to vote!”
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/VCA/Pages/home.aspx
See the California Secretary of State website for additional information about the Voter’s Choice Act and to see when your county will implement the Voter’s Choice Act.