Ballots arriving in mailboxes as Nov. 5, 2024 presidential election gets underway.
Ballots are organized at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
During the primary election in March, the Contra Costa County registrar’s office received 78,000 vote-by-mail ballots on Election Day. Statewide, vote-counting stretched on for weeks — so long that Plus, procrastination puts voters at risk of missing the 8 p.m. deadline when polls close on Election Day. That’s when staff will start turning away in-person voters.
Long vote counts can frustrate voters and candidates. However, experts say that’s no sign of a “rigged” election, a common refrain of election skeptics.“We hope that most people would try to vote early,” said Steve Goltiao, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. “We just want people to come out and show up at the polls.”
U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old still have plenty of time to register to vote before Election Day. The deadline to do so online or by mailAfter that, you still can register conditionally and vote in-person on the same day at the registrar’s office or a voting location.
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