Mail-in ballots are headed to local mailboxes in the next week. The nearly 18,000 voters using the vote-by-mail system should receive their ballots in the next seven days, according to Angela Curro, assistant county clerk-recorder-registrar of voters, in a presentation to county supervisors Tuesday.
Mail-in ballots are headed to local mailboxes in the next week.
The nearly 18,000 voters using the vote-by-mail system should receive their ballots in the next seven days, according to Angela Curro, assistant county clerk-recorder-registrar of voters, in a presentation to county supervisors Tuesday.
The county’s sample ballots were delivered to the San Jose Post Office on Monday and should arrive at the Hollister Post Office on Tuesday, Curro said.
She said it should take four to seven days for the mail-in ballots to arrive in mailboxes.
In other news for the elections office, Curro noted a 30 percent increase in the number of contested races, mostly due to a bump in candidates in special districts.
“It’s caused us to have more ballot types this election than usual, which means there’s more variation of the ballot,” she said.
She also told stressed that some polling places have changed and voters should take note of that, while there will be signs at prior locations directing residents to their new polling places.
Early voting also has started. Residents can vote in the elections office from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. during the week. There will be weekend voting in the days before the election.
