Primary 2020 Election Day arrives in Stanislaus County
Finally, your mailbox is going to get a break.
All the mailers, emails and various other political messages you’ve been getting have been leading up to Tuesday, the California 2020 Primary Election.
California’s election, historically held later in the year, was moved up to give the state more power in determining who will be on the ballot for the general election in November.
And it’s not too late, even if you’re not registered to vote.
California has expanded what is called conditional voter registration, allowing people to register and vote in Tuesday’s primary at county election offices, polling places and anywhere else they can vote. The conditional voter law, which took effect in 2018, had allowed conditional voter registration only at county election offices, according to Donna Linder, Stanislaus County’s registrar of voters.
But these voters’ ballots will not be counted until after the voters’ eligibility has been confirmed during the 30 days after Tuesday’s primary. Linder stressed that people must register as conditional voters at the county election office, the four satellite offices or polling places. She said they cannot register online.
Primary voters in Stanislaus County will be casting votes for candidates for state Senate and Assembly, California Congressional District 10, three seats on the county Board of Supervisors, and three Superior Court judgeships. More information is available at stanvote.com/pdf/candidate-list.pdf.
This story was originally published March 2, 2020 at 2:59 PM.
