While vote by mail ramps up, Monterey Co elections will still see in person voting

Governor Newsom signed a bill last month, that will send every California voter a mail-in ballot.

IN OUR COMMITMENT2020 COVERAGE.THE CENTRAL COASTIS GEARING UP FOR THENOVEMBER ELECTION....AND THE CHANGES INSTORE BECAUSE OF THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.GOVERNOR NEWSOMSIGNED A BILL LASTMONTH, THAT WILL SENDEVERY CALIFORNIAVOTER A MAIL-INBALLOT.HERE ON THE CENTRALCOAST, OF THE ROUGHLY400-THOUSANDREGISTERED VOTERS,MOST ALREADY VOTE BYMAIL... ABOUT 80-PERCENT IN ALL THREECOUNTIES.THE COUNTIES WILL BEADDING ADDITIONALDROP BOXES THIS YEAR,FOR VOTE BY MAILBALLOTS....MANYACCESSIBLE BY CAR.AND THEY WILL ALSOBE OFFERING BALLOTTRACKING AGAIN...SOWHEN BALLOTS AREMAILED OUT IN EARLYOCTOBER, VOTERS ARENOTIFIED EVERY STEP OFTHE WAY.ELECTIONS OFFICIALSARE ENSURING VOTERSTHAT VOTING BY MAIL ISSECURE AND GOING TOBE THE SAFEST WAY TOVOTE THISSECURE AND GOING TOBE THE SAFEST WAY TOVOTE THISNOVEMBER.###04.02 ELECTION SECURITY ISPROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT TO US ANDWE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

0704.20 WE ONLY SEND VOTE BY MAILBALLOTS TO ACTIVE VOTERS AND ASTHEBALLOTS RETURN, EACH SIGNATUREONTHE ENVELOPE IS VERIFIED WITHTHESIGNATURE WE HAVE ON FILE FORTHATVOTER.

35THERE WILL STILL BEA NUMBER OF POLLINGPLACES AVAILABLE ONTHE CENTRAL COAST....MANY WILL BE LARGERFACILITIES TO ENSUREPHYSICAL DISTANCING.POLL WORKERS WILLALSO BE WEARING P-P-E,SANITIZING, ANDREQUIRING VOTERS TOWEAR MASKS.ALL THREE COUNTIESWILL BE DOING A LOT OFOUTREACH OVER THENEXT FEW MONTHS...TO ANSWER QUESTIONSABOUT THE UPCOMINGELECTION.SANTA CRUZ COUNTYWILL HOST ITS FIRST'VOTING MATTERS' ZOOMMEETING NEXTTHURSDAY.###