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Office of the Registrar of Voters

News Release

February 3, 2020

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


MARCH 3, 2020 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY 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 March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary 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 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). 

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Key Election Dates


​​Monday, February 3

​Mailing of ballots to all registered voters has begun


​​Monday, February 3

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

​​Tuesday, February 18

Close of voter registration for March 3 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

Wednesday, February 19

Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) begins

Saturday, February 22

11 Day Vote Centers open


​​Tuesday, February 25

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 at any of the 84 Vote Centers

​​Saturday, February 29

All Vote Centers​ open throughout the County

​Tuesday, March 3​

​Election Day


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