Peninsula voters who haven’t yet weighed in on this fall’s election still have ample opportunity to cast their ballots on Election Day, when 39 vote centers will open doors in every city in San Mateo County.
Breanna Jones, 28, of San Mateo spent the most time researching Proposition 10. As a former teacher, she's seen the impacts of Prop 13 on schools and doesn't think expansion of property tax exemptions is a good idea. Jones laments the complexity of many propsitions and the research required to truly understand them, saying "it's good to hear the voice of the people, but it's difficult when the people are confused."
- Andrea K Laue
Election voters 2018
Peninsula voters who haven’t yet weighed in on this fall’s election still have ample opportunity to cast their ballots on Election Day.
Jilma Rodriguez, 54, of Redwood City votes because "it's my right, my obligation." The gubenatorial race is important to Rodriguez, as are the propositions regarding rent control and road repairs.
- Andrea K Laue
Jedediah Chow, 32, of Belmont spent a lot of time reseraching the propositions. As a father, Chow is worried about all the debt California takes on. "Now that I have kids, my kids will pay for it" he worries.
- Andrea K Laue
Breanna Jones, 28, of San Mateo spent the most time researching Proposition 10. As a former teacher, she's seen the impacts of Prop 13 on schools and doesn't think expansion of property tax exemptions is a good idea. Jones laments the complexity of many propsitions and the research required to truly understand them, saying "it's good to hear the voice of the people, but it's difficult when the people are confused."
- Andrea K Laue
Jose Manuel Hernandez, 63, voted for the first time in this election. He's lived and worked in San Mateo for 28 years.
- Andrea K Laue
Fire stations, community centers, libraries and schools are among the dozens of vote centers officials have established throughout the county. Offering paper and electronic ballots, an opportunity to cast a provisional vote for those who have not yet registered, multilingual assistance and options for voters with disabilities, the centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Along with ballot drop-off locations and city halls, vote centers will also accept the vote-by-mail ballots mailed to all registered voters in San Mateo County.
Following the June 5 primary election, Tuesday’s election marks the second conducted under the Voter’s Choice Act, which ushers in increased opportunities for voters to cast their ballots, ensures there are resources available to voters with disabilities and leverages technology to ensure a voter’s ballot is available in multiple locations. The nearly 400,000 vote-by-mail ballots distributed to registered voters in San Mateo County can be returned with no postage required in any mailbox or at ballot boxes throughout the county, but must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by Friday, Nov. 9.
Also included among the changes are an increasing number of vote centers open in the days leading up to the election. Beginning with four centers that opened Oct. 9, five more centers opened Oct. 27, with an additional 30 opening doors Nov. 3 to bring the total open between Nov. 3 and Nov. 6 to 39.
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Voters can also track and confirm the acceptance of their ballots using the “Track and Confirm” tool on the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Elections Office’s website.
San Mateo County will be one of 35 jurisdictions in 19 states monitored by officials from the Department of Justice for compliance with the federal voting rights laws, according to a Department of Justice press release. Since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, the department’s Civil Rights Division has monitored elections across the country in an effort to protect the rights of all voters, according to the release.
The Elections Office said it welcomed the Department of Justice and met with officials Monday. Sacramento and San Mateo counties are the largest two of five counties which implemented this year the California Voter’s Choice Act, which authorizes an all-mail ballot that includes vote center elections with ballot drop-off locations, according to the Elections Office.
San Mateo County vote centers will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 39 locations. Visit smcacre.org/vote-center-locations or call (650) 312-5222 for a full list of the 39 Vote Centers open in San Mateo County Tuesday. Call (888) 762-8623 to access the Registration and Elections Division’s toll-free hotline, which offers assistance in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Filipino.
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