Voter Registration and Elections
Office of the Registrar of Voters

News Release

​October 5, 2020

Contact: Voter Registration and Elections
voterinfo@saccounty.net
(916) 875-6451



PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION UPDATE
Voting has Officially Begun


Voter Registration and Elections (VRE) has delivered Vote by Mail (VBM) ballots to the U.S. Postal Service for distribution to all currently registered voters in the County for the November 3, 2020, Presidential General Election.

Voters may use any Ballot Drop Box throughout the County to return their ballot. VRE has a drive-through Ballot Drop Box in the Election's Office parking lot at 7000 65th Street, Sacramento. This Ballot Drop Box is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and until 8:00 p.m. on Election Night.

Voters are encouraged to return their ballots early and sign their pink VBM envelope in order for their ballot to be counted. Information on the days and hours of operation for Ballot Drop Boxes or upcoming Vote Centers is available on the VRE website at www.elections.saccounty.net, or use the direct links in the Key Election Dates below. No postage is necessary for voters returning their ballots by U.S. Mail using the pink Vote by Mail envelope.

For more information, contact VRE at (916) 875-6451, email voterinfo@saccounty.net,  or use the toll-free voter assistance hotline at (800) 762-8019. The hotline has the ability to connect voters with disabilities with TTY (Text Telephone).​


​​​Key Election Dates

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Monday, October 5

Mailing of ballots to all registered voters begins


Monday, October 5

Voted ballots may be returned in any of the Ballot Drop Boxes located throughout the County

Monday, October 19

Close of voter registration for the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. Voter registration forms must be postmarked by this date or delivered to the VRE Office at 7000 65th Street, Suite A, Sacramento 95823 by 5:00 p.m. Online voter registration must be completed before midnight on this date at www.registertovote.ca.gov​

Tuesday, October 20

Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) begins

Saturday, October 24

11 Day Vote Centers open

Tuesday, October 27

Last day a Vote by Mail (VBM) ballot can be mailed to you. After this date, VBM ballots are only available at the VRE Office or Vote Centers

Saturday, October 31

All Vote Centers open throughout the County

Tuesday, November 3

Election Day