By Pamela Cruz with information from Raúl Ayala. Peninsula 360 Press.
?San Mateo County offers its voters options. Registered voters receive a ballot by mail??, thus begins an advertisement that the county distributed among radio stations and Internet platforms to inform voters about the election this Tuesday, March 5, the day on which the elections will be held. primary elections. The countdown begins!
Jim Irizarry, assistant chief of Elections for San Mateo County, told Peninsula 360 Press what will be voted on this Tuesday, March 5.
?It is called: the presidential primary, which will decide who will represent various parties in the November general election; But within that general election there are several elections that are also happening here (on a statewide basis)? Irizarry said.
?We also have, locally, the board of supervisors that are running, and several cities that are coordinating elections for measures and proposals and, if they pass, they will become law, that is more at the level of cities and school districts.
And if people haven't voted yet, what should they do?
?Voting began on February 5 in San Mateo County, when we opened the voting centers; We send all registered voters ballots that are already in the voters' hands. You can vote before March 5. With that ballot you can send it by mail, you can vote (in person) at a voting center, or you can leave it in a ballot box that we have placed in the county?
Additionally, he said, there is another way that people can vote: "We have a program called Remote Accessible Vote-By-Mail (RAVBM)" Remote Voting by Mail Access for Voters?, and if a person wants to request their ballot electronically, they call us and we will send it to them, can they mark the ballot and mail it to us?
The assistant chief of elections also told us what the Voting Centers located in cities in the county are for.
?March 5 is election day and all voting centers will be open from 7:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night; This weekend we have 49 voting centers that people can go to vote. Voting centers are there to help voters with questions they have, for example, if they want to register to vote can they go there and do it until election day?
The official added that ?the voting centers are there to provide services, but also to be able to vote in person. All voting centers have voting machines. So, if there are people who feel more comfortable voting in a machine, can they go to the voting centers and vote there?
Also, he explained, "these centers help people who may have disabilities. Also on election day we have what is called Curbside Voting, where people can go to the voting centers, we have 16 that are accepting ballots on the street?
And what is the most important thing that voters who received the ballot and want to send or deliver it should keep in mind in order for their vote to count?
?The most important thing is that people sign their envelope when they send their ballot to the office or put it in the voting box. If they are voting at a voting center, we have all that information there and we confirm the voter's performance and they can and can vote on a machine, but most people vote by mail, so they send it to the postal system or use one of the boxes. The most important thing is that, if you are going to send it by mail, be sure that it is sent no later than March 5 at 12 midnight. Does it have to have a stamp with date and time to prove that it was sent on election day before 12 midnight?
Does the voter have to bring any identification?
?To register yes, to vote no. Only people who are registered can vote. When they send the ballot by mail, there is no identification that is required, we already have the identification because we sent the ballot, the most important thing, again in that case, is that you sign your envelope, because then you don't know who is voting if you don't sign the envelope. about?.
On Tuesday the 5th, until what time can you vote?
?Until 8:00 at night. We start at 7:00 in the morning and finish until 8:00 at night; If they want to vote inside a voting center they can do so until 8:00 at night, if they are in line they can vote it does not matter if it is at 9:00, but they have to be in line before 8:00 at night. the night?.
And what's the best way to find out where the voting centers and special drop boxes are?
"You can call us at 6503125222, it's our phone number, we have people there, in all languages, they can come to the voting center, here at 40 Tower Road, in San Mateo, and they can also go to our website which is smcvote.govIs there all the information about this election?
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