If you get a vote by mail ballot, do not forget to bring it with you. Make sure your friends and family know as it seems people are being changed automatically to "permanent" vote by mail and will have to follow the new rules to be able to vote in person.
Even if you receive your vote-by-mail ballot, you can change your mind and vote at a polling place on Election Day. To do so, you can:
Mark your ballot and seal it inside the mailing envelope provided by your county elections official. Be sure to sign and date the outside of the envelope in the space provided. Then bring the sealed envelope to any polling place in your county, or to your county elections office between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
OR
Bring your unused vote-by-mail ballot to your local polling place anytime between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Election Day and give it to a poll worker, who will exchange it for a polling place ballot you can use instead.
If you do not bring your vote-by-mail ballot with you, you will not lose your opportunity to vote at a polling place on Election Day. A poll worker will provide you with a provisional ballot, which will be counted after your county elections official has confirmed you are registered to vote in that county and did not vote more than once in that election.
So USPS loses a ballot, and you’re in-person vote is second-class counted much later. And then someone else finds that ballot, votes, and your provisional is tossed. Great system.
If you get a vote by mail ballot, do not forget to bring it with you. Make sure your friends and family know as it seems people are being changed automatically to "permanent" vote by mail and will have to follow the new rules to be able to vote in person.
From the California state web site:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/voting-california/if-you-applied
Even if you receive your vote-by-mail ballot, you can change your mind and vote at a polling place on Election Day. To do so, you can:
Mark your ballot and seal it inside the mailing envelope provided by your county elections official. Be sure to sign and date the outside of the envelope in the space provided. Then bring the sealed envelope to any polling place in your county, or to your county elections office between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
OR
Bring your unused vote-by-mail ballot to your local polling place anytime between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Election Day and give it to a poll worker, who will exchange it for a polling place ballot you can use instead.
If you do not bring your vote-by-mail ballot with you, you will not lose your opportunity to vote at a polling place on Election Day. A poll worker will provide you with a provisional ballot, which will be counted after your county elections official has confirmed you are registered to vote in that county and did not vote more than once in that election.
So USPS loses a ballot, and you’re in-person vote is second-class counted much later. And then someone else finds that ballot, votes, and your provisional is tossed. Great system.