Additional vote centers and six super centers open Saturday allowing voters to cast their ballot early at any one of more than 200 vote centers in the county. These locations will be open for four days leading up to and including the final day of voting, Nov. 5.
The hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 4. On the final day of voting, Tuesday, Nov. 5, all vote centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In preparation for an increased voter turnout, the Registrar’s office has added more vote centers, including six super centers, equipped with additional check-in stations, voting booths and poll workers.
The super centers are located in:
- Chula Vista: MAAC Community Center, 1387 3rd Ave.
- El Cajon: Wells Park, 1153 E. Madison Ave.
- Encinitas: Encinitas Community Center, Manzanita Room, 1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
- Kearny Mesa: Registrar of Voters, 5600 Overland Ave.
- San Diego: San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre St.
- San Marcos: San Marcos Community Center, Mail Hall, 3 Civic Center Dr.
If you plan to vote in person, be prepared. Read your voter information pamphlet and mark your selections on the sample ballot in advance. When you go inside the voting booth at the vote center, you can refer to your choices on the sample ballot to conveniently mark your selections on your official ballot.
You can visit any vote center in the county. Find a location near you at sdvote.com.
Vote centers have replaced polling places and provide more services. You can:
- Vote in person or drop off a mail-in ballot
- Vote using an accessible ballot marking device
- Receive assistance and voting materials in multiple languages
- Register to vote or update your voter registration and vote on the same day
Voters can use a touch screen to make their selections on ballot marking devices. When finished, the voter will print out the official ballot, review it, place it in a secrecy sleeve and hand it to a poll worker to insert it in the ballot box to be counted at the Registrar’s office. The ballot marking device does not store, tabulate or count any votes.
Remember that campaigning or electioneering within 100 feet of a vote center or official ballot drop box is not allowed. This includes the visible display or audible dissemination of information that advocates for or against any candidate, measure or proposition on the ballot. Additionally, an individual may not circulate any petitions, including those for initiatives, referenda, recall or candidate nominations.
Don’t delay! With a significant number of contests on the ballot, the voting process may take longer than usual. The Registrar’s office recommends using early voting options to avoid long lines.
If you have been holding onto your ballot, act now.
- Vote from home.
- Sign and date your return envelope, seal your completed ballot inside.
- Return it promptly by mail.
- Mail ballots postmarked on or before Nov. 5 and received by the Registrar’s office no later than Nov. 12 will be considered timely cast.
- Or return it to one of 150 official ballot drop boxes. The secure stand-alone boxes feature the Registrar’s logo along with the County seal and are labeled “Official Ballot Drop Box.”
- Go to a vote center.
- You can bring the official ballot you received in the mail, check in at the vote center, sign the electronic roster and cast your ballot free of its return envelope.
Find an official ballot drop box close to you through the Registrar’s locator map, your voter information pamphlet or online at sdvote.com. Most of these drop boxes are available 24/7. The rest depend on the hours of operation of the location. Check each location’s hours of operation before heading out to return your ballot. All will close at 8 p.m., Nov. 5.
The sooner the Registrar’s office receives your ballot, the sooner it is processed for the first release of election night results.
If you already returned your mail ballot, you can confirm when it was received by the Registrar’s office at sdvote.com or you can track it through the U.S. Postal Service by signing up for “Where’s My Ballot?”.
Learn more about voting in the November Presidential General Election at sdvote.com, or call (858) 565-5800 or toll free at (800) 696-0136.
