California’s Primary is just two months away – March 3. In just over a month a supermajority of California voters will begin voting by mail for candidates and issues in the 2020 primary.
We citizens get the opportunity to vote twice in 2020. Traditional polling places will be open on March 3 (Primary) and November 3 (General election).
Our state has made it incredibly easy to perform the action of casting a ballot. What’s not so easy is deciding who to vote for, particularly once you get past the big name contests.
First off, you need to ask yourself:
- Are you registered to vote?
- Have you checked your voter registration status?
- Are you signed up for vote by mail? Find out how.
- Did you know that only the top two candidates from the primary for most offices will be listed on the general election ballot? Find out how this works.
- Do you want to vote for a [fill in the name of a political party] candidate, but are registered as an independent (NPP is the term in CA)? If you’re a Republican, Green, or Peace and Freedom voter tough. You can only vote for your party because that’s the rules they made up. If you’re registered as anything else, here’s what you need to do.
Key Dates
- Monday, February 17: Last day to register to vote at a poll or by mail (received, not postmarked)
- February 18 – March 3: Register late and vote conditionally at the Registrar of Voters Office
- Tuesday, February 25: Last day to request a Vote-by-Mail (VBM) ballot (received, not postmarked)
- Tuesday, March 3: Election Day and last day for a Vote-by-Mail (VBM) ballot to be postmarked
Taken from Doug Porter’s column on his Primary Coverage.
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