All registered voters in California would receive mail-in ballots, under a bill moving forward in the Assembly that supporters hope will improve turnout. But traditional, election-day-only, neighborhood polling places would be a thing of the past. Instead, Nevada County Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz says vote centers would be established for every 15-thousand residents, which would be 5 or 6 in this county. And they would be open four days before election day…
Counties would also have to opt in to the new system. But Diaz says Nevada County has already been chosen as one of 13 counties to participate. He says his concerns are mainly financial…
Mail-in ballots would still be received 28 days before an election. Ballots could also still be mailed to a clerk-recorder’s office and would be counted, as long as they were postmarked on election day. There are also an increasing number of residents who show up at polling places, forgetting that they were registered to vote by mail. In that case, they must fill out a provisional ballot, which has to be hand-verified, slowing down final results even further.
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