Voting in the September 14, 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election has started.
The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters today, Aug. 16, delivered ballots to the U.S. Postal Service for the county’s 1.1 million active registered voters.
The county’s voters, however, do not have to wait for Election Day Tuesday, Sept. 14, or even wait to receive a ballot in the mail, to vote early.
Voters can obtain and cast a ballot now at the Registrar of Voters office, 777 E. Rialto Avenue in San Bernardino during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The office will also be open for voting on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7, five additional early vote sites will open in Apple Valley, Joshua Tree, Ontario, San Bernardino, and Victorville. These sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Sept. 7 through Saturday, Sept. 11 and on Monday, Sept. 13.
An early vote site is just one of four ways to cast a ballot in San Bernardino County.
Voters may also return their voted ballot by mail for free. The County has pre-paid the postage on the return envelope. Ballots must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, Sept. 14 to be eligible to be counted.
The Registrar of Voters also has more than 70 mail ballot drop-off locations throughout the county that will be open by tomorrow, Aug. 17, through 8 p.m. on Election Day. To find a location closest to them, voters may use the Mail Ballot Drop-Off Locations tool on the Registrar of Voters website http://www.SBCountyElections.com.
On Tuesday, Sept. 14, voters may also cast their ballots from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at their neighborhood polling place or the Registrar of Voters office.
Eligible adult citizens who have not previously voted may register to vote online or with a paper voter registration application until Monday, Aug. 30. Mail ballot deliveries will continue as additional voters register or update their address up until Tuesday, Sept. 7.
After Aug. 30, new voters must conditionally register to vote in person at the Registrar of Voters office, an early vote site, or a polling place. They will then be able to cast a provisional ballot in the recall election.
To assist San Bernardino County voters, County Voter Information Guides began mailing on Saturday, Aug. 7. The guides include a sample ballot, voting instructions, early voting sites, and other important information about this election.
The Secretary of State is mailing a separate State Voter Information Guide that contains qualification statements from the candidates seeking to replace Gov. Newsom should voters recall him in this election.
Voters can also access both guides by visiting the Registrar of Voters website, www.SBCountyElections.com, and clicking on the Elections menu tab.
Voters can find their assigned neighborhood polling place on the back cover of their County Voter Information Guide, by using the My Elections Gateway application on the Registrar of Voters website, or by calling (909) 387-8300.
