3. Return your ballot:
1. By Drop Box – All counties offer secure drop boxes to return your ballot. They are set up about 3 weeks before Election Day, and ballots are collected every day.
Make sure your ballot is deposited before 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
2. By Mail – No stamp is required to return your ballot through the US Postal Service.
To ensure your ballot is postmarked by by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Mail Early (best to mail a WEEK BEFORE, or at LEAST by the Friday before)
3. In Person – You can return your ballot to a Vote Center or the county elections office - by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
Santa Clara County will have early voting locations available days before Election Day.
Vote Centers offer voter registration, replacement ballots, accessible voting machines, and language assistance.
- You can NOT vote on your phone
- You can NOT send in your vote on your computer
Reminder: There is NO full online voting in California.
In some cases you can use a computer to help fill out your ballot, using RAVBM,
BUT you then must print it out and submit it by one of the 3 methods shown above.
Find a Ballot Drop Off or Vote Center