On the day before the election, Dan Morain, writing in WhatsMatters, noted that CRP chairman Jim Brulte found out two days prior that his absentee ballot was not received by the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters—though sent ten days prior. He then had to go into the ROV office and vote. If it were not for a fluke, he would never have known. Have you checked to see if your absentee ballot was received and counted?
“After this year’s June primary, California lawmakers passed the Every Vote Counts Act, which gives voters time to correct a mismatched or missing signature. The law was enacted after a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which argued that 45,000 ballots were rejected last year because of mismatching signatures.
Already county offices are contacting voters asking them to fix their signature issues, such as this instance detailed by a Shasta county voter.
But other voters found out on their own—by checking themselves—including well-connected Democratic communications guru Roger Salazar.
Later he tweeted a follow-up:
Obviously this was not a political fraud, just a problem with the system. Leading Democrats and Republicans had the same problem. The next election is in 16 months—we need to fix the problems now.
Vote by mail? Better double-check that your ballot wasn’t rejected
Elizabeth Castillo, CalMatters, 11/9/18
Oct. 22 is the last day to register to vote in California.
Millions of Californians dropped off their ballots on Tuesday or mailed them in, but they might want to double-check online—because either a missing or a mismatched signature could void their vote.
Counties are contacting voters because they’re now required by law to do outreach. Still, voters should confirm online that their ballots were tallied. If not, they should call their county election office to be sure their vote counts, said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation.
“Voters need to be alert and aware,” she said.
After this year’s June primary, California lawmakers passed the Every Vote Counts Act, which gives voters time to correct a mismatched or missing signature. The law was enacted after a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which argued that 45,000 ballots were rejected last year because of mismatching signatures.
Already county offices are contacting voters asking them to fix their signature issues, such as this instance detailed by a Shasta county voter.
But other voters found out on their own—by checking themselves—including well-connected Democratic communications guru Roger Salazar.
Later he tweeted a follow-up:
Voters who failed to sign their ballots have eight days after Election Day to make their ballots count.
Voters whose signatures don’t match have two days prior to the certification of an election to fix their ballots, Sam Mahood, press secretary for the Secretary of State Alex Padilla, confirmed in an email. This year, county officials have until Dec. 7 to certify election results. Alexander warned that some counties may certify their results sooner.
As of today, the state still has millions of unprocessed ballots. California’s massive size along with other measures the state takes to count and certify ballots mean the state takes much longer than other states to officially call some contests.
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