I’m hoping someone can please clarify the in person voting “rules” for me. According to the Secretary of State’s website, if you vote in person your vote is provisional until all mail in ballots are counted. Does this mean that if you bring your mail in ballot in person, and you hand it in that it is still provisional? I am having trouble making sense of this. I do not want my ballot to be provisional so I’m not clear if that means I have to drop off the mail in ballot [I am not mailing it at this point]. Thanks.
Voting In Person
Andrea Smith
October 27, 2020, 8:45 am
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Not necessary to vote in this state. Necessary in red states because of their “huge” voter fraud problems.
PITMIX really? B/C the first time I personally experienced voter fraud was when I moved to CA. Roommate voted her dead mother’s ballot for a couple of years.
I don’t see what you are talking about on the SOS website. We were all given mail-in ballot but can also vote in person starting Saturday if we want. The provisional stuff you are confused by is for people in a regular election who requested an absentee ballot but then want to vote in person and don’t have the absentee ballot with them. They have to do a provisional vote and then they check to make sure the absentee ballot wasn’t submitted already before processing the provisional ballot. Voting 2x is voter fraud and that can have serious consequences- 5 yr jail sentence for a woman in Texas.
From http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/provisional-voting
What Happens After You Cast a Provisional Ballot?
Your provisional ballot will be counted after elections officials have confirmed that you are registered to vote in that county and you did not already vote in that election.
You may vote a provisional ballot at any polling place in the county in which you are registered to vote, however, only the elections contests you are eligible to vote for will be counted.
Request for a different clarification: My “over the fence” neighbor told me to be sure to bring “valid” identification with me when I vote in person. Is this a new requirement? I don’t ever remember having to show ID when voting, but maybe I missed the memo on that for this election. (I have a valid CDL and a US passport, which I will have with me when I vote).
11:28 AM – Take a tour of the County Elections office and you will see that your fears are groundless. Machines separate the ballots from their envelopes.
The election info book says that to vote in person take your (BLANK) mail-in ballot and surrender it to the check-in clerk who will then issue you another ballot to vote on site. IF you do not have your mail-in ballot with you they will issue you a PROVISIONAL ballot that won’t be counted until they verify that you did not complete another ballot. Mail-in or drop , is convenient; HOWEVER IT IS POTENTIALLY NOT PRIVATE – your ballot is in an envelope with your name on it and although election officials will assure you that the ballot and envelope are disassociated, if you are not there, you really don’t know!