2016 What will be different for the voters?

Polling Place vs VBM 
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Picture of Sacramento County Drop Box

Ballot Drop Off 
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Picture of Sacramento County Drop Box

Percentage of VBM Dropped  Off
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Postmark plus 3
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Picture of VBM Ballot
SB 29  passed in  2014
Allows a ballot to be counted if postmarked by Election Day 
and received in the Election Office within 3 days.
Extended the Election Canvass to 30 days

AB 477 – Unsigned Ballot Envelopes	
8 days for voters to submit a statement to Election Office

June 2012 		210
Nov 2012 		403
June 2014 		232
Nov 2014 		294

New Bills
AB 44 – Statewide Recounts
AB 363 – Authorizes a County to pick up ballots prior to the close of the polls for processing
AB 554 – Allows a student that is a Legal Permanent Resident to work at the polls
AB 1443 – The SOS to establish a Language Accessibility Advisory Committee
SB 365  - SOS to adopt regulations for Mail Ballot Drop Boxes
SB 439 – SOS to adopt regulations/standards for electronic poll books, Ballot on Demand systems

Vote Centers
SB 450
Mail all voters a ballot
Vote Centers - 1/30,000 for 10 days and 1/15,000 on Election Day
Drop Off Boxes - 1/15,000 for 29 days

VoteCal
Pilot Counties – Sacramento and Orange Counties, July 20, 2015
El Dorado
San Joaquin
Tehama
Mendocino	
Santa Barbara
Nevada
Solano
Tulare
San Luis Obispo
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Mariposa
Colusa
Mono
Placer
Sutter
San Benito
Yuba
Completed by March 2016

VoteCal
More accurate Voter File
Duplicate records	
Death list
Felon list
Data from DMV/COA sent to Counties in near Real Time 
Address changes at DMV move voter to new county

Voters can:
Verify polling place, eligibility to vote, Perm VBM status
Opt in/out of Voter Information Guide
Verify VBM ballot counted
Verify Provisional ballot counted