One more week to request vote-by-mail ballot

There is still time to request a ballot by mail; the deadline is Tuesday, November 1 .

According to the Santa Cruz County Elections Office, more than 96,000 of Santa Cruz County’s 155,067 registered voters have requested to vote by mail.

The deadline to register to vote was October 24 . County elections officials are still processing registration which means that voter registration numbers have not been finalized.

To request a vote-by-mail ballot, voters can do one of the following:

-Go online to www.votescount.com and fill out the online application.
-Call their offices at 831-454-2060 or
-Complete the application that can be found on the back cover of the county’s Voter Information Guide that has been mailed to voters and either take in person or FAX it to 831-454-2445

Election officials want to also remind everyone that vote-by-mail ballot applications are available at the City Clerk’s Offices in Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville.

Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin said voters have the legal right to deliver the application directly to the local elections official rather than the political campaign. Officials are also warning that a returned vote-by-mail application may cause a delay that could interfere with the voter’s right to vote.