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If you are registered to vote, you may apply
for a Vote by Mail ballot by:
1. Completing an Application from one of the following
sources:
• Vote By Mail Application (pdf)
• County Sample Ballot/Voter Information Pamphlet
• Voters need to go directly to www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm#apply to access the online application
• Candidate/Committee Organizations
2.
Sending a written request for a Vote By Mail
ballot to the Elections Division which includes:
• The election for which you are requesting a ballot
• Your name
• Your residence address
• The address to which you would like your ballot
mailed (if different from residence)
• Your Signature
3. Applying in person at the Elections Division:
• Complete written application and receive Vote by Mail ballot at the time of your application
Regardless of how you apply, you may request a Vote by Mail ballot as early as 29 days prior to an election.
If your written request or application is received prior
to 29 days before the election, it will be held until
the 29th day. The last date for requesting a Vote By Mail
ballot by mail is 7 days prior to an election, after which
time, Vote By Mail ballots are available only
by applying in person at the Elections Division, or by
sending a representative, authorized by you in writing,
to the Elections Division to pick up your ballot for you.
In Madera County, you may vote your Vote by Mail ballot
with a #2 black lead pencil. After voting your ballot,
place the ballot card(s) into the blue secrecy envelope
provided and then into the Identification envelope.
IMPORTANT! You must sign where indicated on
the Blue Identification Envelope or your ballot will
not be counted!
Voted Ballots may returned as follows:
• By mail to the Elections Division at any time,
provided your voted ballot is received by the Elections
Division no later than 8:00 p.m. on election day. POSTMARKS
ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
• Personally to the Elections Division at any
time, provided your voted ballot is received by the
Elections Division no later than 8:00 p.m. on election
day.
• Personally to any polling place in Madera County
prior to 8:00 p.m. on election day.
• By a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, sibling
or any person residing in the same household authorized
by you, in writing, to the Elections Division at any
time, provided your voted ballot is received by the
Elections Division no later than 8:00 p.m. on election
day.
• By a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, sibling
or any person residing in the same household authorized
by you, in writing, to any polling place in Madera County
prior to 8:00 p.m. on election day.
Check the status of your Vote by Mail Ballot
