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What should I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First of all: Am I registered to vote?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The official deadline to\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\"> register online to vote \u003c/a>is Monday, October 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you're unsure whether you're already registered to vote or can't remember which party preference you already have, \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">check your voter registration details\u003c/a> ASAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you've changed your name or the political party choice you previously registered to vote with, you'll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">reregister\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making sure you're registered — and to the right address — is crucial for getting your ballot on time. Read more about how to \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">make sure you receive your ballot, and what to do if your ballot hasn't arrived\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you miss the deadline to register, don't panic: After October 24, you can still complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (also known as \"conditional voting\") and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What's on my 2022 midterm elections ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Depending on which county you live in, your California ballot will present you with a mix of races to vote on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Use the links below to jump straight to our information on that particular race or county, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">browse the KQED Voter Guide\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your ballot will ask you to cast your vote on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#state-races\">Statewide offices\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/governor\">Governor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/senator\">U.S. senator\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/attorneygeneral\">Attorney general \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/controller\">Controller\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lieutenant governor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Secretary of state\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Treasurer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Insurance commissioner\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Member of State Board of Equalization\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>State superintendent of public instruction\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#propositions\">Statewide propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-1-abortion-amendment\">Proposition 1 (abortion and the California constitution)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-26-sports-betting-tribal-casinos\">Proposition 26 (sports betting at tribal casinos and horse racetracks)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-27-sports-betting-online\">Proposition 27 (online sports betting)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-28-arts-education\">Proposition 28 (arts education)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-29-kidney-dialysis-clinics\">Proposition 29 (dialysis clinic regulation)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-30-electric-cars-tax\">Proposition 30 (climate and electric cars)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-31-flavored-tobacco-ban\">Proposition 31 (flavored tobacco products)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/propfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listen to each proposition broken down on KQED's Prop. Fest podcast episodes\u003c/a>, or read episode transcripts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#local-races\">\u003cstrong>Local measures and races for your Bay Area county\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda\">All Alameda County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/contracosta\">All Contra Costa County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/marin\">All Marin County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/napa\">All Napa County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco\">All San Francisco city and county races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanmateo\">All San Mateo County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara\">All Santa Clara County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/solano\">All Solano County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sonoma\">All Sonoma County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For a complete list of \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> that will be on your ballot this year, \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.votersedge.org/ca\">input your address into the KQED/Voter's Edge site\u003c/a> and get a full rundown of all the races you'll be voting on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11841798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How do I return my ballot when I've completed it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ballots can be returned through the Postal Service (the return postage is already paid) or dropped off at a \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">voting location or in a ballot drop box\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that the Postal Service must postmark your ballot envelope by the end of Election Day for your vote to count — and the last collection at many mailboxes is 5 p.m. If it's getting late in the day on November 8, you might consider using a county drop box instead of a USPS mailbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to vote by mail?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. Just as in the 2020 general election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">if you're registered to vote, you'll be receiving a mail-in ballot by default\u003c/a> for the 2022 midterms, without requesting it (as you had to in previous years). But voting by mail is still just one option that's open to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can still vote in person, either at an early voting location before Election Day or on Election Day (November 8) itself. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">Early voting locations will open starting October 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mistake\">\u003c/a>How do I fix a mistake on my ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that each county is slightly different on how they'd prefer for you to address a mistake on your ballot, and will often provide specific details about corrections \u003cem>on\u003c/em> the ballot itself. If you have a specific question about your ballot that isn't answered here, you can always \u003ca href=\"#contact\">contact your local registrar of voters for advice and instructions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I have problems with my signature?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're done filling out your ballot, you must sign the envelope. But two big mistakes people make with their signatures are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forgetting to sign their ballot entirely.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making a signature that doesn't match the signature they made when they registered to vote.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Why \u003cem>wouldn't\u003c/em> your signature match the one on file? If you registered to vote at a young age, maybe your signature has changed over time. Or perhaps you registered to vote at the DMV and provided your signature on a screen with a stylus, which doesn't quite replicate how you'd make your signature with a pen on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you registered this way, one simple way to avoid any signature problems is to take a quick glance at the signature that's on your driver's license or state ID — because that's the one you want your ballot signature to match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you didn't register at the DMV, that signature on your most recent license or state ID is still very likely the one to emulate. That's because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV \u003cem>currently\u003c/em> has for you, and this information is regularly updated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further set your mind at rest, know that California isn't an \"exact match\" state, and doesn't demand voters' signatures 100% replicate the signature that's on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I just don't know my 'correct' signature I'm registered to vote with?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> worried about the signature on your envelope not matching the signature you're registered to vote with, there are two good solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One: If it's on or before October 24, you can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">reregister to vote with your current signature\u003c/a>, to be sure that the state now has your most recent one on file. If you are reregistering after October 24, you'd need to complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (also known as \"conditional voting\") and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a>, told us there's another solution if you're worried about your signature: Go vote in person, if you're able.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because the signature goes only on your ballot's \u003cem>envelope\u003c/em> — and if you're voting in person, there's no envelope, because that ballot then goes straight into the ballot box without needing that envelope at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you want that satisfaction of seeing your ballot drop in the box and know that it's not going to get held up because of some signature issue, you can go and vote in person,\" said Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I already mailed my ballot but now I'm paranoid about my signature. What if I messed it up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rest assured: There's a whole system in place to help you correct your mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your county's election office detects a signature mismatch on your ballot, they'll reach out to you via mail to verify and work with you to correct it, so that your ballot can be counted after all. It's called \"curing\" a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This system is also applied when it looks like a member of a voter's family might have signed their ballot, instead of the voter. This happens a \u003cem>surprising\u003c/em> amount, when one household has several voters who all receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to get peace of mind: \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Sign up to track your ballot\u003c/a>, and you'll find out about any issues with your ballot or your signature quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11842571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident hands their mail-in ballot to US Postal Service employee Elmer Padilla on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I made a mistake on my ballot. How do I fix it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, don't panic. People make mistakes on ballots and find good ways to correct them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties give different directions to voters about what to do if they make a mistake (remember: Read the instructions!) but you can usually simply x out the choice you didn't intend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The job of county elections officials — once they've verified your signature — is to make sure your ballot can be read correctly. If that means that your corrections on your ballot have resulted in readability issues, officials working in teams of two will actually remake it for you according to the intent you've signaled with your corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties, like Alameda, ask that you actually contact them first if you make a serious mistake — including voting for the wrong candidate — so they can send you a replacement ballot. So, wherever you live, it's a good idea to check with your local elections office first to see what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> recommend if you made a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, there's always this option ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I just want a new ballot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've made a big mistake on your ballot — too big to fix — your best plan of action may be to focus on getting a new one. And that's totally OK. You can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call your county elections office and ask them to cancel that ballot and issue a new one to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to your county elections office with your spoiled ballot during business hours and vote right there at the counter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take advantage of the early voting options available in many counties.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to a voting site on Election Day, November 8, turn in your spoiled ballot there and get a new ballot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also do this if you've accidentally damaged your ballot in some way (coffee spills happen).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident puts on an 'I Voted!' sticker after completing their mail-in ballot on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I think I put the wrong date on my envelope.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, that date should be the date you signed your envelope — not your date of birth. (We had many questions during the 2020 election about this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you're worried you messed up the date, don't worry. Elections officials say that the date they're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> looking for is the date that the ballot is postmarked, to make sure it was submitted on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election officials will only truly scrutinize the date you've written if they receive your ballot \u003cem>after\u003c/em> Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like maybe you mailed it Monday before Election Day,\" John Gardner, assistant registrar of voters for Solano County, told us in 2020. \"That's when we have to start looking at postmarks on the ballot, or date that the voter signed the envelope, to determine if we can count the ballot or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you haven't mailed your envelope yet, it's an easy fix: Just clearly cross out the incorrect date on the envelope and write in the correct one above it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I use assistive technology to complete forms?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting physical assistance with filling out your ballot from someone you trust is always fine, whether you're voting at home or at a voting site. You just need to make sure your signature is your own, and matches the one you're registered to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disabled voters can also choose to use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail \u003c/a>system to vote privately and independently at home, using their usual assistive device on their home computer to fill out the ballot on their screen and then print and mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every voting location in California is also equipped with an accessible voting unit. Here, voters with blindness or low vision or who have a disability that limits their dexterity will be able to use the assistive device of their choice that allows them to vote privately and independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How can I make sure my mail-in ballot gets there on time? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified in elections is that voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself (after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected), or after Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be counted in this election, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day, November 8, at the latest. Your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on November 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A few other common ballot mistakes to watch out for ...\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you're filling out and signing the ballot and envelope with \u003cem>your\u003c/em> name on it:\u003c/strong> It's common to see partners or roommates accidentally mix up their ballots. So make sure you're signing the document that bears your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you use a black or blue pen:\u003c/strong> It reads better, and it doesn't slow workers down when they have to check to see what voter intent was. (Don't use a felt-tip or a Sharpie that bleeds through the paper and marks other pages on your ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mail an empty envelope:\u003c/strong> It does happen. Keeping your envelope and your ballot together in your home might be a helpful way of avoiding this problem. And of course, when you're ready to mail your ballot, make sure it's actually inside the envelope before you seal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't bother with a stamp:\u003c/strong> Your ballot envelope is postage-paid. You don't need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11879395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao holds her 'I Voted' sticker after voting in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"missingballot\">\u003c/a>My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you're worried that your ballot hasn't arrived yet, make sure you're not worrying too early, as the deadline for counties to send out ballots is October 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if it gets to late October and your ballot still hasn't materialized, don't panic: You have options. Here's what to do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check that you’re actually registered to vote — and to the right address.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the secretary of state's voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status. This will show whether you're actually registered to vote, and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where's My Ballot? tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're registered to the wrong address, you can update it before October 24. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you update your voter registration and address using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state's voter status page\u003c/a> before the October 24 deadline to register online, you county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it turns out your ballot \u003ci>was \u003c/i>missing because your voter registration wasn't updated, don't feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registrations accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Voter Foundation's Kim Alexander confirms that updating your address at the post office doesn't in fact update your voter registration. The DMV, on the other hand, \u003cem>will\u003c/em> update your voter registration details if you update your address with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up, you still have options.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's more than six days before Election Day, you can \u003ca href=\"#contact\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>and ask them to send a new ballot. \u003ca href=\"#contact\">Find your county elections office in our contact list (below). \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office won't mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day, because it can't be sure it'll reach you in time. So if you're trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From October 10, your county elections office will be open for early voting through November 8, so you could also go there in person during opening hours and vote right there at the counter. More early voting locations will be opening throughout October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a>, also known as conditional voter registration, at a voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"contact\">\u003c/a>Contact your county directly\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. Here's the contact information for your county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (925) 335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (415) 473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 253-4321 or email the elections office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (415) 554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (888) 762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at (866) 430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Call (707) 784-6675 or (888) 933-VOTE (8683). You can also email elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 565-6800 or toll-free at (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10035\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10035.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"From the signature on your envelope to what happens if you make a mistake on your ballot, we have answers to your questions about voting in the 2022 midterm elections.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1667843838,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":85,"wordCount":3149},"headData":{"title":"Election 2022: How to Fill Out Your California Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake | KQED","description":"From the signature on your envelope to what happens if you make a mistake on your ballot, we have answers to your questions about voting in the 2022 midterm elections.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Election 2022: How to Fill Out Your California Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake","datePublished":"2022-10-07T19:56:14.000Z","dateModified":"2022-11-07T17:57:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11927744 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11927744","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/10/07/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake/","disqusTitle":"Election 2022: How to Fill Out Your California Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929944/elecciones-2022-como-llenar-su-boleta-electoral-y-como-corregir-un-error\">Leer en español.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask us: What do you want to know about voting in the 2022 midterm elections?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mistake\">Jump to: How to fix a mistake on your ballot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Yes, we know that, for many of you, it feels like you've voted a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> in the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, another election season is upon us: the 2022 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a registered California voter, your ballot is on its way — if it hasn't already arrived. But what if you're unsure of how to fill it out according to how you want to vote? Or if you've made a mistake?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to learn how to fill out your ballot, how important your signature is, and your options if you need to start again with a fresh ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First of all: Am I registered to vote?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The official deadline to\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\"> register online to vote \u003c/a>is Monday, October 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you're unsure whether you're already registered to vote or can't remember which party preference you already have, \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">check your voter registration details\u003c/a> ASAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you've changed your name or the political party choice you previously registered to vote with, you'll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">reregister\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making sure you're registered — and to the right address — is crucial for getting your ballot on time. Read more about how to \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">make sure you receive your ballot, and what to do if your ballot hasn't arrived\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you miss the deadline to register, don't panic: After October 24, you can still complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (also known as \"conditional voting\") and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What's on my 2022 midterm elections ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Depending on which county you live in, your California ballot will present you with a mix of races to vote on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Use the links below to jump straight to our information on that particular race or county, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">browse the KQED Voter Guide\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your ballot will ask you to cast your vote on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#state-races\">Statewide offices\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/governor\">Governor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/senator\">U.S. senator\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/attorneygeneral\">Attorney general \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/controller\">Controller\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lieutenant governor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Secretary of state\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Treasurer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Insurance commissioner\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Member of State Board of Equalization\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>State superintendent of public instruction\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#propositions\">Statewide propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-1-abortion-amendment\">Proposition 1 (abortion and the California constitution)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-26-sports-betting-tribal-casinos\">Proposition 26 (sports betting at tribal casinos and horse racetracks)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-27-sports-betting-online\">Proposition 27 (online sports betting)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-28-arts-education\">Proposition 28 (arts education)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-29-kidney-dialysis-clinics\">Proposition 29 (dialysis clinic regulation)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-30-electric-cars-tax\">Proposition 30 (climate and electric cars)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/proposition-31-flavored-tobacco-ban\">Proposition 31 (flavored tobacco products)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/propfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listen to each proposition broken down on KQED's Prop. Fest podcast episodes\u003c/a>, or read episode transcripts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide#local-races\">\u003cstrong>Local measures and races for your Bay Area county\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda\">All Alameda County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/contracosta\">All Contra Costa County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/marin\">All Marin County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/napa\">All Napa County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco\">All San Francisco city and county races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanmateo\">All San Mateo County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara\">All Santa Clara County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/solano\">All Solano County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sonoma\">All Sonoma County races\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For a complete list of \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> that will be on your ballot this year, \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.votersedge.org/ca\">input your address into the KQED/Voter's Edge site\u003c/a> and get a full rundown of all the races you'll be voting on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11841798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How do I return my ballot when I've completed it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ballots can be returned through the Postal Service (the return postage is already paid) or dropped off at a \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">voting location or in a ballot drop box\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that the Postal Service must postmark your ballot envelope by the end of Election Day for your vote to count — and the last collection at many mailboxes is 5 p.m. If it's getting late in the day on November 8, you might consider using a county drop box instead of a USPS mailbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to vote by mail?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. Just as in the 2020 general election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">if you're registered to vote, you'll be receiving a mail-in ballot by default\u003c/a> for the 2022 midterms, without requesting it (as you had to in previous years). But voting by mail is still just one option that's open to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can still vote in person, either at an early voting location before Election Day or on Election Day (November 8) itself. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">Early voting locations will open starting October 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mistake\">\u003c/a>How do I fix a mistake on my ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that each county is slightly different on how they'd prefer for you to address a mistake on your ballot, and will often provide specific details about corrections \u003cem>on\u003c/em> the ballot itself. If you have a specific question about your ballot that isn't answered here, you can always \u003ca href=\"#contact\">contact your local registrar of voters for advice and instructions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I have problems with my signature?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're done filling out your ballot, you must sign the envelope. But two big mistakes people make with their signatures are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forgetting to sign their ballot entirely.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making a signature that doesn't match the signature they made when they registered to vote.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Why \u003cem>wouldn't\u003c/em> your signature match the one on file? If you registered to vote at a young age, maybe your signature has changed over time. Or perhaps you registered to vote at the DMV and provided your signature on a screen with a stylus, which doesn't quite replicate how you'd make your signature with a pen on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you registered this way, one simple way to avoid any signature problems is to take a quick glance at the signature that's on your driver's license or state ID — because that's the one you want your ballot signature to match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you didn't register at the DMV, that signature on your most recent license or state ID is still very likely the one to emulate. That's because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV \u003cem>currently\u003c/em> has for you, and this information is regularly updated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further set your mind at rest, know that California isn't an \"exact match\" state, and doesn't demand voters' signatures 100% replicate the signature that's on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I just don't know my 'correct' signature I'm registered to vote with?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> worried about the signature on your envelope not matching the signature you're registered to vote with, there are two good solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One: If it's on or before October 24, you can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">reregister to vote with your current signature\u003c/a>, to be sure that the state now has your most recent one on file. If you are reregistering after October 24, you'd need to complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (also known as \"conditional voting\") and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a>, told us there's another solution if you're worried about your signature: Go vote in person, if you're able.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because the signature goes only on your ballot's \u003cem>envelope\u003c/em> — and if you're voting in person, there's no envelope, because that ballot then goes straight into the ballot box without needing that envelope at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you want that satisfaction of seeing your ballot drop in the box and know that it's not going to get held up because of some signature issue, you can go and vote in person,\" said Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I already mailed my ballot but now I'm paranoid about my signature. What if I messed it up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rest assured: There's a whole system in place to help you correct your mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your county's election office detects a signature mismatch on your ballot, they'll reach out to you via mail to verify and work with you to correct it, so that your ballot can be counted after all. It's called \"curing\" a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This system is also applied when it looks like a member of a voter's family might have signed their ballot, instead of the voter. This happens a \u003cem>surprising\u003c/em> amount, when one household has several voters who all receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to get peace of mind: \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Sign up to track your ballot\u003c/a>, and you'll find out about any issues with your ballot or your signature quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11842571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident hands their mail-in ballot to US Postal Service employee Elmer Padilla on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I made a mistake on my ballot. How do I fix it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, don't panic. People make mistakes on ballots and find good ways to correct them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties give different directions to voters about what to do if they make a mistake (remember: Read the instructions!) but you can usually simply x out the choice you didn't intend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The job of county elections officials — once they've verified your signature — is to make sure your ballot can be read correctly. If that means that your corrections on your ballot have resulted in readability issues, officials working in teams of two will actually remake it for you according to the intent you've signaled with your corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties, like Alameda, ask that you actually contact them first if you make a serious mistake — including voting for the wrong candidate — so they can send you a replacement ballot. So, wherever you live, it's a good idea to check with your local elections office first to see what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> recommend if you made a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, there's always this option ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I just want a new ballot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've made a big mistake on your ballot — too big to fix — your best plan of action may be to focus on getting a new one. And that's totally OK. You can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call your county elections office and ask them to cancel that ballot and issue a new one to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to your county elections office with your spoiled ballot during business hours and vote right there at the counter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take advantage of the early voting options available in many counties.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to a voting site on Election Day, November 8, turn in your spoiled ballot there and get a new ballot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also do this if you've accidentally damaged your ballot in some way (coffee spills happen).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident puts on an 'I Voted!' sticker after completing their mail-in ballot on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I think I put the wrong date on my envelope.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, that date should be the date you signed your envelope — not your date of birth. (We had many questions during the 2020 election about this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you're worried you messed up the date, don't worry. Elections officials say that the date they're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> looking for is the date that the ballot is postmarked, to make sure it was submitted on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election officials will only truly scrutinize the date you've written if they receive your ballot \u003cem>after\u003c/em> Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like maybe you mailed it Monday before Election Day,\" John Gardner, assistant registrar of voters for Solano County, told us in 2020. \"That's when we have to start looking at postmarks on the ballot, or date that the voter signed the envelope, to determine if we can count the ballot or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you haven't mailed your envelope yet, it's an easy fix: Just clearly cross out the incorrect date on the envelope and write in the correct one above it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if I use assistive technology to complete forms?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting physical assistance with filling out your ballot from someone you trust is always fine, whether you're voting at home or at a voting site. You just need to make sure your signature is your own, and matches the one you're registered to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disabled voters can also choose to use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail \u003c/a>system to vote privately and independently at home, using their usual assistive device on their home computer to fill out the ballot on their screen and then print and mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every voting location in California is also equipped with an accessible voting unit. Here, voters with blindness or low vision or who have a disability that limits their dexterity will be able to use the assistive device of their choice that allows them to vote privately and independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How can I make sure my mail-in ballot gets there on time? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified in elections is that voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself (after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected), or after Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be counted in this election, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day, November 8, at the latest. Your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on November 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A few other common ballot mistakes to watch out for ...\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you're filling out and signing the ballot and envelope with \u003cem>your\u003c/em> name on it:\u003c/strong> It's common to see partners or roommates accidentally mix up their ballots. So make sure you're signing the document that bears your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you use a black or blue pen:\u003c/strong> It reads better, and it doesn't slow workers down when they have to check to see what voter intent was. (Don't use a felt-tip or a Sharpie that bleeds through the paper and marks other pages on your ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mail an empty envelope:\u003c/strong> It does happen. Keeping your envelope and your ballot together in your home might be a helpful way of avoiding this problem. And of course, when you're ready to mail your ballot, make sure it's actually inside the envelope before you seal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't bother with a stamp:\u003c/strong> Your ballot envelope is postage-paid. You don't need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11879395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao holds her 'I Voted' sticker after voting in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"missingballot\">\u003c/a>My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you're worried that your ballot hasn't arrived yet, make sure you're not worrying too early, as the deadline for counties to send out ballots is October 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if it gets to late October and your ballot still hasn't materialized, don't panic: You have options. Here's what to do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check that you’re actually registered to vote — and to the right address.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the secretary of state's voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status. This will show whether you're actually registered to vote, and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where's My Ballot? tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're registered to the wrong address, you can update it before October 24. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you update your voter registration and address using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state's voter status page\u003c/a> before the October 24 deadline to register online, you county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it turns out your ballot \u003ci>was \u003c/i>missing because your voter registration wasn't updated, don't feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registrations accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Voter Foundation's Kim Alexander confirms that updating your address at the post office doesn't in fact update your voter registration. The DMV, on the other hand, \u003cem>will\u003c/em> update your voter registration details if you update your address with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up, you still have options.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's more than six days before Election Day, you can \u003ca href=\"#contact\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>and ask them to send a new ballot. \u003ca href=\"#contact\">Find your county elections office in our contact list (below). \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office won't mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day, because it can't be sure it'll reach you in time. So if you're trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From October 10, your county elections office will be open for early voting through November 8, so you could also go there in person during opening hours and vote right there at the counter. More early voting locations will be opening throughout October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a>, also known as conditional voter registration, at a voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"contact\">\u003c/a>Contact your county directly\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. Here's the contact information for your county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (925) 335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (415) 473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 253-4321 or email the elections office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (415) 554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (888) 762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at (866) 430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Call (707) 784-6675 or (888) 933-VOTE (8683). You can also email elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 565-6800 or toll-free at (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"10035","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10035.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake","authors":["3243","227"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27370","news_28639","news_28403","news_23969","news_17968","news_2027"],"featImg":"news_11927933","label":"news"},"news_11885679":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11885679","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11885679","score":null,"sort":[1629489710000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake","title":"How to Fill Out Your Recall Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake","publishDate":1629489710,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask us: What do you want to know about voting in the Newsom recall election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mistake\">Skip to: How to fix a mistake on your ballot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 14, there'll be a recall election to decide whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will be replaced — and the stakes are high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of the total voters in this recall election say \"yes\" to recalling Newsom, he will be recalled and whichever replacement candidate gets the most votes will become governor of California for the rest of Newsom’s term, ending in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a registered California voter, you've probably already received your ballot (and \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">here's what to do if hasn't arrived yet\u003c/a>). But what if you're unsure of how to fill it out according to how you want to vote — or if you've made a mistake?\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"news_11884716\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke with Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a>, for expert answers to \u003ca href=\"#ask\">the questions we've received\u003c/a> on how to fill out your ballot, how important your signature is and your options if you need to start again with a fresh ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>How to fill out your recall ballot properly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'How do I make \u003cem>very\u003c/em> sure I'm voting for or against recalling Newsom?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your ballot has two things to vote on, in the form of two questions: whether you want to recall Newsom, and which candidate you want to succeed him if he is recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Question 1 reads: “Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?” Yes or No.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you vote \"yes,\" you're voting to recall Newsom and remove him from his position as governor of California.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you vote \"no,\" you're voting to keep Newsom as governor of California.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It's important to clarify this, because the yes/no expression of Question 1 might be confusing to some folks. For example, some might think a \"yes\" vote means a thumbs-up for Newsom (as in \"yes, I support him\"). It doesn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you accidentally mark the wrong box, we have \u003ca href=\"#mistake\">advice on how to address that mistake on your ballot\u003c/a> below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I don't want to recall Newsom. Do I just leave Question 2 blank and forget about choosing a replacement candidate?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's up to you. Question 2 has a list of 46 candidates who could succeed Newsom if he \u003cem>is\u003c/em> recalled. You can choose one, even if you voted \"no\" on the recall itself in Question 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why would you want to choose a potential replacement for Newsom, if you don't want him to be recalled? If Newsom is recalled, your choice of candidate will still count toward who replaces him as governor. And answering Question 2 by choosing a succession candidate doesn't affect or invalidate a \"no\" answer to Question 1 about the recall itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, by voting on Question 2, you'll have a say in who California's next governor is if Newsom were to be recalled, even if you vote against the recall. But if you leave Question 2 blank, you won't have that say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882472\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11882472\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom at a conference.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1020x681.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1920x1282.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom (L) speaks during a news conference after touring the vaccination clinic at City College of San Francisco with San Francisco Mayor London Breed (R) on April 6, 2021, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'If I don't want to recall Newsom, can I write in his name instead of choosing from the replacement candidates?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can, but your write-in won't be counted. That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs#qandr\">Newsom can't run against himself in the recall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This also applies to \u003cem>any\u003c/em> other candidates you write in who aren't official replacement candidates (i.e., listed on the ballot) or who haven't formally applied to be a write-in candidate. That leads us to ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'So what's the difference between replacement candidates and write-in candidates?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That list on Question 2 of your ballot contains \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list.pdf\">46 replacement candidates\u003c/a>. These are the people who want to replace Newsom as governor of California. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/recall\">Read more about the top six replacement candidates in our recall voter guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Replacement candidates had to file their candidacy by July 16, but if a candidate wants to apply after that date, they have to file as a write-in candidate. This means that voters have to literally write in that person's name to cast a vote for them in Question 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A write-in vote is only counted if the person whose name you're writing has actually applied to be \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list-writein.pdf\">a write-in candidate\u003c/a>, or is on the list of replacement candidates on the ballot. Writing in any other name (including Newsom's, remember) won't be counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list-writein.pdf\">The certified list of write-in candidates is now available as of Sept. 3\u003c/a>. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs\">how write-in candidates work on your ballot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'If choosing a replacement candidate at least gives me a say in California's potential next governor, why is Newsom telling me not to do it?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good question. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885054/recall-heats-up-as-newsom-challengers-rally-supporters\">Gov. Newsom is urging voters to skip answering Question 2 on the ballot\u003c/a>. \"It's a simple thing,\" he has said. \"Just vote 'no' and go to the mailbox and get these ballots back.\" Why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmarzorati\">Guy Marzorati\u003c/a> of KQED's California Politics and Government Desk, who says he thinks Newsom's \"just vote 'no'\" strategy is \"for simplicity of communication.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Newsom's campaign worked for months to successfully discourage high-profile Democrats from putting their names on the ballot,\" says Marzorati. \"So it's not like Newsom has an ally to recommend as a backup anyway.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation says it's important to remember that in 2003, in California's last recall election, a Democrat — then Governor Gray Davis — \u003cem>did\u003c/em> put himself forward as an ostensible strong backup candidate on the ballot. California's then Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante filed as a replacement candidate on that ballot, with the message \"Vote 'No' on the recall and 'Yes' on Bustamante.\" He was beaten by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger anyway, who served as California governor until 2011. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870960/should-a-democrat-run-in-the-newsom-recall-we-asked-cruz-bustamante\">Read more about the 2003 Cruz Bustamante situation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This time around, there's been a lot more, I would say, discipline among the Democratic Party leaders to keep anybody from doing the same thing that Cruz Bustamante did,\" says Alexander. \"And so as a result, you have a very high-powered campaign supporting the retention of Gov. Newsom that is being supported by the Democratic Party, that is very vocal in urging people to vote 'no' on the recall, but then is completely silent on the question of what to do with the replacement choice.\" That silence, says Alexander, is \"contributing to voter confusion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing all this, if you don't want Newsom to be recalled, what \u003cem>should\u003c/em> you do with Question 2 on your ballot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's entirely up to you — but if you want a say in choosing your next California governor if Newsom is recalled, the only way to do so is by picking an official replacement candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11841798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"mistake\">\u003c/a>How to fix a mistake on your ballot\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that each county is \u003cem>slightly\u003c/em> different on how they'd prefer you to address a mistake on your ballot, and will often provide specific details about corrections \u003cem>on\u003c/em> the ballot itself. If you have a specific question about your ballot that isn't answered here, you can always \u003ca href=\"#contact\">contact your local registrar of voters for advice and instructions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I have problems with my signature?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're done filling out your ballot, you must sign the envelope. But two big mistakes people make with their signatures are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forgetting to sign their ballot entirely, or...\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making a signature that doesn't match the signature they made when they registered to vote.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Why \u003cem>wouldn't\u003c/em> your signature match the one on file? If you registered to vote at a young age, maybe your signature has changed over time. Or perhaps you registered to vote at the DMV and provided your signature on a screen with a stylus, which doesn't quite replicate how you'd make your signature with a pen on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you registered this way, one simple way to avoid any signature problems is to take a quick glance at the signature that's on your driver's license or state I.D. — because that's the one you want your ballot signature to match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you didn't register at the DMV, that signature on your most recent license or state I.D. is still very likely the one to emulate. That's because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV \u003cem>currently\u003c/em> has for you, and this information is regularly updated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further set your mind at rest, know that California isn't an \"exact match\" state, and doesn't demand voters' signatures 100% replicate the signature that's on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I just don't know my 'correct' signature I'm registered to vote with?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> worried about the signature on your envelope not matching the signature you're registered to vote with, there are two good solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One: If it's before Aug. 30, you can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">re-register to vote with your current signature\u003c/a>, to be sure that the state now has your most recent one on file. If you are re-registering after Aug. 30, you'd need to complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (aka conditional voting) and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other solution if you're worried about your signature, says Kim Alexander? Go vote in person, if you're able.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because the signature only goes on your ballot's \u003cem>envelope\u003c/em> — and if you're voting in person, there's no envelope, because that ballot then goes straight into the ballot box without needing that envelope at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you want that satisfaction of seeing your ballot drop in the box and know that it's not going to get held up because of some signature issue, you can go and vote in person,\" says Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I already mailed my ballot but now I'm paranoid about my signature. What if I messed it up?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rest assured: There's a whole system in place to help you correct your mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your county's election office detects a signature mismatch on your ballot, they'll reach out to you via mail to verify and work with you to correct it, so that your ballot can be counted after all. It's called curing a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This system is also applied when it looks like a member of a voter's family might have signed their ballot, instead of the voter. This happens a \u003cem>surprising\u003c/em> amount, when one household has several voters who all receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to get peace of mind: \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Sign up to track your ballot\u003c/a>, and you'll find out about any issues with your ballot or your signature quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11842571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident hands their mail-in ballot to U.S. Postal Service employee Elmer Padilla on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I made a mistake on my ballot. How do I fix it?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, don't panic. People make mistakes on ballots and find good ways to correct them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties give different directions to voters about what to do if they make a mistake (remember: Read the instructions!) but you can usually simply \"X\" out the choice you didn't intend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The job of county elections officials — once they've verified your signature — is to make sure your ballot can be read correctly. If that means that your corrections on your ballot have resulted in readability issues, officials working in teams of two will actually remake it for you according to the intent you've signaled with your corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, because there are only two questions on your recall ballot, you should be extra-concerned with getting them right. Some counties, like Alameda, ask that you actually contact them first if you make a serious mistake — including voting for the wrong candidate — so they can send you a replacement ballot. So, wherever you live, it's a good idea to check with your local elections office first to see what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> recommend if you made a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, there's always this option ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I just want a new ballot?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've made a big mistake on your ballot — too big to fix — your best plan of action may be to focus on getting a fresh new one. And that's totally OK. You can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call your county elections office and ask them to cancel that ballot and issue a new one to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to your county elections office with your spoiled ballot and vote right there at the counter during business hours.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take advantage of the early voting options available in many counties.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to a voting site on Election Day, Sept. 14, turn in your spoiled ballot there and get a new ballot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also do this if you've accidentally damaged your ballot in some way. (Coffee spills happen.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident puts on an \"I Voted!\" sticker after completing their mail-in ballot on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I think I put the wrong date on my envelope.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, that date should be the date you signed your envelope — not your birthday. (We had many questions during the 2020 election about this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you're worried you messed up the date, don't worry. Elections officials say that the date they're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> looking for is the date that the ballot is postmarked, to make sure it was submitted on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election officials will only truly scrutinize the date you've written if they receive your ballot \u003cem>after\u003c/em> Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like maybe you mailed it Monday before Election Day,\" John Gardner, assistant registrar of voters for Solano County, told us in 2020. \"That's when we have to start looking at postmarks on the ballot, or date that the voter signed the envelope, to determine if we can count the ballot or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you haven't mailed your envelope yet, it's an easy fix: Just clearly cross out the incorrect date on the envelope and write in the correct one above it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I use assistive technology to complete forms?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting physical assistance with filling out your ballot from someone you trust is always fine, whether you're voting at home or at a voting site. You just need to make sure your signature is your own, and matches the one you're registered to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disabled voters can also choose to use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail \u003c/a>system to vote privately and independently at home, using their usual assistive device on their home computer to fill out the ballot on their screen and then print and mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every voting location in California is also equipped with an accessible voting unit. Here, voters who are sight-impaired or have a disability that limits their dexterity will be able to use the assistive device of their choice that allows them to vote privately and independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'How can I make sure my mail-in ballot gets there on time?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified in elections is because voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself (after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected), or after Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to be counted in this recall election, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day (Sept. 14) at the latest. Your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this recall election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A few other common ballot mistakes to watch out for ...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you're filling out and signing the ballot and envelope with \u003cem>your\u003c/em> name on it\u003c/strong>: It's common to see partners or roommates accidentally mix up their ballots. So make sure you're signing the document that bears your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you use a black or blue pen\u003c/strong>: It reads better, and it doesn't slow workers down when they have to check to see what voter intent was. (Don't use a felt tip or a Sharpie that bleeds through the paper and marks other pages on your ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mail an empty envelope\u003c/strong>: It does happen. Keeping your envelope and your ballot together in your home might be a helpful way of avoiding this problem. And of course, when you're ready to mail your ballot, make sure it's actually inside the envelope before you seal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't bother with a stamp\u003c/strong>: Your ballot envelope is postage paid. You don't need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11879395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao holds her \"I Voted\" sticker after voting in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"missingballot\">\u003c/a>My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're worried that your ballot hasn't arrived yet, that's probably a reasonable concern, since the deadline for counties to send out ballots was Aug. 16. But if you're in this situation, don't panic: You have options. Here's what to do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check you’re actually registered to vote — and to the right address.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the Secretary of State's voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status. This will show whether you're actually registered to vote, and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where's My Ballot tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're registered to the wrong address, you can update it before Aug. 30. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you update your voter registration and address using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the Secretary of State's voter status page\u003c/a> before the Aug. 30 deadline to register online, you county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it turns out your ballot \u003ci>was \u003c/i>missing because your voter registration wasn't updated, don't feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registration accordingly. Kim Alexander also reminds you that updating your address at the post office doesn't in fact update your voter registration. The DMV, on the other hand, \u003cem>will\u003c/em> update your voter registration details if you update your address with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up, you still have options.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's more than six days before Election Day (Sept. 14), you can \u003ca href=\"#contact\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>ask them to send a new ballot. \u003ca href=\"#contact\">Find your county elections office in our contact list. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county election office won't mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day, because it can't be sure it'll reach you in time. So if you're trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office is also now open for early voting through Sept. 14, so you could also go there in person during opening hours and vote right there at the counter. More early voting locations will be opening soon in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a>, aka conditional voter registration, at a voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"contact\">\u003c/a>Contact your county directly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. Here's the contact information for your county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (925) 335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: You can call (415) 473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections page to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 253-4321 or email the election office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: You can get in touch with the department by calling (415) 554-4375 or emailing sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (888) 762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: You can call toll-free at (866) 430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Call (707) 784-6675 or (888) 933-VOTE (8683). You can also email elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 565-6800 or toll-free at (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"8544\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8544.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"From the signature on your envelope to what happens if you make a mistake on your ballot, we have answers to your questions about voting in the Newsom recall election.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1634533800,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":92,"wordCount":3641},"headData":{"title":"How to Fill Out Your Recall Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake | KQED","description":"From the signature on your envelope to what happens if you make a mistake on your ballot, we have answers to your questions about voting in the Newsom recall election.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How to Fill Out Your Recall Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake","datePublished":"2021-08-20T20:01:50.000Z","dateModified":"2021-10-18T05:10:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11885679 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11885679","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/08/20/how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake/","disqusTitle":"How to Fill Out Your Recall Ballot — and How to Correct a Mistake","path":"/news/11885679/how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask us: What do you want to know about voting in the Newsom recall election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mistake\">Skip to: How to fix a mistake on your ballot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 14, there'll be a recall election to decide whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will be replaced — and the stakes are high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of the total voters in this recall election say \"yes\" to recalling Newsom, he will be recalled and whichever replacement candidate gets the most votes will become governor of California for the rest of Newsom’s term, ending in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a registered California voter, you've probably already received your ballot (and \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">here's what to do if hasn't arrived yet\u003c/a>). But what if you're unsure of how to fill it out according to how you want to vote — or if you've made a mistake?\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11884716","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke with Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a>, for expert answers to \u003ca href=\"#ask\">the questions we've received\u003c/a> on how to fill out your ballot, how important your signature is and your options if you need to start again with a fresh ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#missingballot\">My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>How to fill out your recall ballot properly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'How do I make \u003cem>very\u003c/em> sure I'm voting for or against recalling Newsom?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your ballot has two things to vote on, in the form of two questions: whether you want to recall Newsom, and which candidate you want to succeed him if he is recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Question 1 reads: “Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?” Yes or No.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you vote \"yes,\" you're voting to recall Newsom and remove him from his position as governor of California.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you vote \"no,\" you're voting to keep Newsom as governor of California.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It's important to clarify this, because the yes/no expression of Question 1 might be confusing to some folks. For example, some might think a \"yes\" vote means a thumbs-up for Newsom (as in \"yes, I support him\"). It doesn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you accidentally mark the wrong box, we have \u003ca href=\"#mistake\">advice on how to address that mistake on your ballot\u003c/a> below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I don't want to recall Newsom. Do I just leave Question 2 blank and forget about choosing a replacement candidate?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's up to you. Question 2 has a list of 46 candidates who could succeed Newsom if he \u003cem>is\u003c/em> recalled. You can choose one, even if you voted \"no\" on the recall itself in Question 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why would you want to choose a potential replacement for Newsom, if you don't want him to be recalled? If Newsom is recalled, your choice of candidate will still count toward who replaces him as governor. And answering Question 2 by choosing a succession candidate doesn't affect or invalidate a \"no\" answer to Question 1 about the recall itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, by voting on Question 2, you'll have a say in who California's next governor is if Newsom were to be recalled, even if you vote against the recall. But if you leave Question 2 blank, you won't have that say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882472\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11882472\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom at a conference.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1020x681.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1311148803-scaled-1-1920x1282.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom (L) speaks during a news conference after touring the vaccination clinic at City College of San Francisco with San Francisco Mayor London Breed (R) on April 6, 2021, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'If I don't want to recall Newsom, can I write in his name instead of choosing from the replacement candidates?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can, but your write-in won't be counted. That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs#qandr\">Newsom can't run against himself in the recall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This also applies to \u003cem>any\u003c/em> other candidates you write in who aren't official replacement candidates (i.e., listed on the ballot) or who haven't formally applied to be a write-in candidate. That leads us to ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'So what's the difference between replacement candidates and write-in candidates?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That list on Question 2 of your ballot contains \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list.pdf\">46 replacement candidates\u003c/a>. These are the people who want to replace Newsom as governor of California. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/recall\">Read more about the top six replacement candidates in our recall voter guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Replacement candidates had to file their candidacy by July 16, but if a candidate wants to apply after that date, they have to file as a write-in candidate. This means that voters have to literally write in that person's name to cast a vote for them in Question 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A write-in vote is only counted if the person whose name you're writing has actually applied to be \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list-writein.pdf\">a write-in candidate\u003c/a>, or is on the list of replacement candidates on the ballot. Writing in any other name (including Newsom's, remember) won't be counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2021-recall/certified-list-writein.pdf\">The certified list of write-in candidates is now available as of Sept. 3\u003c/a>. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs\">how write-in candidates work on your ballot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'If choosing a replacement candidate at least gives me a say in California's potential next governor, why is Newsom telling me not to do it?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good question. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885054/recall-heats-up-as-newsom-challengers-rally-supporters\">Gov. Newsom is urging voters to skip answering Question 2 on the ballot\u003c/a>. \"It's a simple thing,\" he has said. \"Just vote 'no' and go to the mailbox and get these ballots back.\" Why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmarzorati\">Guy Marzorati\u003c/a> of KQED's California Politics and Government Desk, who says he thinks Newsom's \"just vote 'no'\" strategy is \"for simplicity of communication.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Newsom's campaign worked for months to successfully discourage high-profile Democrats from putting their names on the ballot,\" says Marzorati. \"So it's not like Newsom has an ally to recommend as a backup anyway.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation says it's important to remember that in 2003, in California's last recall election, a Democrat — then Governor Gray Davis — \u003cem>did\u003c/em> put himself forward as an ostensible strong backup candidate on the ballot. California's then Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante filed as a replacement candidate on that ballot, with the message \"Vote 'No' on the recall and 'Yes' on Bustamante.\" He was beaten by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger anyway, who served as California governor until 2011. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870960/should-a-democrat-run-in-the-newsom-recall-we-asked-cruz-bustamante\">Read more about the 2003 Cruz Bustamante situation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This time around, there's been a lot more, I would say, discipline among the Democratic Party leaders to keep anybody from doing the same thing that Cruz Bustamante did,\" says Alexander. \"And so as a result, you have a very high-powered campaign supporting the retention of Gov. Newsom that is being supported by the Democratic Party, that is very vocal in urging people to vote 'no' on the recall, but then is completely silent on the question of what to do with the replacement choice.\" That silence, says Alexander, is \"contributing to voter confusion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing all this, if you don't want Newsom to be recalled, what \u003cem>should\u003c/em> you do with Question 2 on your ballot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's entirely up to you — but if you want a say in choosing your next California governor if Newsom is recalled, the only way to do so is by picking an official replacement candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11841798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45270_008_KQED_ElectionStockPhotos_TikaHall_10062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"mistake\">\u003c/a>How to fix a mistake on your ballot\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that each county is \u003cem>slightly\u003c/em> different on how they'd prefer you to address a mistake on your ballot, and will often provide specific details about corrections \u003cem>on\u003c/em> the ballot itself. If you have a specific question about your ballot that isn't answered here, you can always \u003ca href=\"#contact\">contact your local registrar of voters for advice and instructions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I have problems with my signature?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you're done filling out your ballot, you must sign the envelope. But two big mistakes people make with their signatures are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forgetting to sign their ballot entirely, or...\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Making a signature that doesn't match the signature they made when they registered to vote.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Why \u003cem>wouldn't\u003c/em> your signature match the one on file? If you registered to vote at a young age, maybe your signature has changed over time. Or perhaps you registered to vote at the DMV and provided your signature on a screen with a stylus, which doesn't quite replicate how you'd make your signature with a pen on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you registered this way, one simple way to avoid any signature problems is to take a quick glance at the signature that's on your driver's license or state I.D. — because that's the one you want your ballot signature to match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you didn't register at the DMV, that signature on your most recent license or state I.D. is still very likely the one to emulate. That's because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV \u003cem>currently\u003c/em> has for you, and this information is regularly updated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further set your mind at rest, know that California isn't an \"exact match\" state, and doesn't demand voters' signatures 100% replicate the signature that's on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I just don't know my 'correct' signature I'm registered to vote with?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> worried about the signature on your envelope not matching the signature you're registered to vote with, there are two good solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One: If it's before Aug. 30, you can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">re-register to vote with your current signature\u003c/a>, to be sure that the state now has your most recent one on file. If you are re-registering after Aug. 30, you'd need to complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (aka conditional voting) and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other solution if you're worried about your signature, says Kim Alexander? Go vote in person, if you're able.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because the signature only goes on your ballot's \u003cem>envelope\u003c/em> — and if you're voting in person, there's no envelope, because that ballot then goes straight into the ballot box without needing that envelope at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you want that satisfaction of seeing your ballot drop in the box and know that it's not going to get held up because of some signature issue, you can go and vote in person,\" says Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I already mailed my ballot but now I'm paranoid about my signature. What if I messed it up?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rest assured: There's a whole system in place to help you correct your mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your county's election office detects a signature mismatch on your ballot, they'll reach out to you via mail to verify and work with you to correct it, so that your ballot can be counted after all. It's called curing a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This system is also applied when it looks like a member of a voter's family might have signed their ballot, instead of the voter. This happens a \u003cem>surprising\u003c/em> amount, when one household has several voters who all receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to get peace of mind: \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Sign up to track your ballot\u003c/a>, and you'll find out about any issues with your ballot or your signature quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11842571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45341_023_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident hands their mail-in ballot to U.S. Postal Service employee Elmer Padilla on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I made a mistake on my ballot. How do I fix it?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, don't panic. People make mistakes on ballots and find good ways to correct them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties give different directions to voters about what to do if they make a mistake (remember: Read the instructions!) but you can usually simply \"X\" out the choice you didn't intend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The job of county elections officials — once they've verified your signature — is to make sure your ballot can be read correctly. If that means that your corrections on your ballot have resulted in readability issues, officials working in teams of two will actually remake it for you according to the intent you've signaled with your corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, because there are only two questions on your recall ballot, you should be extra-concerned with getting them right. Some counties, like Alameda, ask that you actually contact them first if you make a serious mistake — including voting for the wrong candidate — so they can send you a replacement ballot. So, wherever you live, it's a good idea to check with your local elections office first to see what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> recommend if you made a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, there's always this option ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I just want a new ballot?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've made a big mistake on your ballot — too big to fix — your best plan of action may be to focus on getting a fresh new one. And that's totally OK. You can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call your county elections office and ask them to cancel that ballot and issue a new one to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to your county elections office with your spoiled ballot and vote right there at the counter during business hours.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take advantage of the early voting options available in many counties.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to a voting site on Election Day, Sept. 14, turn in your spoiled ballot there and get a new ballot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also do this if you've accidentally damaged your ballot in some way. (Coffee spills happen.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45338_019_KQED_SanFrancisco_Election2020_TanyaYule_10092020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident puts on an \"I Voted!\" sticker after completing their mail-in ballot on Oct. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'I think I put the wrong date on my envelope.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, that date should be the date you signed your envelope — not your birthday. (We had many questions during the 2020 election about this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you're worried you messed up the date, don't worry. Elections officials say that the date they're \u003cem>really\u003c/em> looking for is the date that the ballot is postmarked, to make sure it was submitted on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election officials will only truly scrutinize the date you've written if they receive your ballot \u003cem>after\u003c/em> Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like maybe you mailed it Monday before Election Day,\" John Gardner, assistant registrar of voters for Solano County, told us in 2020. \"That's when we have to start looking at postmarks on the ballot, or date that the voter signed the envelope, to determine if we can count the ballot or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you haven't mailed your envelope yet, it's an easy fix: Just clearly cross out the incorrect date on the envelope and write in the correct one above it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'What if I use assistive technology to complete forms?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting physical assistance with filling out your ballot from someone you trust is always fine, whether you're voting at home or at a voting site. You just need to make sure your signature is your own, and matches the one you're registered to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disabled voters can also choose to use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail \u003c/a>system to vote privately and independently at home, using their usual assistive device on their home computer to fill out the ballot on their screen and then print and mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every voting location in California is also equipped with an accessible voting unit. Here, voters who are sight-impaired or have a disability that limits their dexterity will be able to use the assistive device of their choice that allows them to vote privately and independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'How can I make sure my mail-in ballot gets there on time?'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified in elections is because voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself (after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected), or after Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to be counted in this recall election, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day (Sept. 14) at the latest. Your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this recall election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A few other common ballot mistakes to watch out for ...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you're filling out and signing the ballot and envelope with \u003cem>your\u003c/em> name on it\u003c/strong>: It's common to see partners or roommates accidentally mix up their ballots. So make sure you're signing the document that bears your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make sure you use a black or blue pen\u003c/strong>: It reads better, and it doesn't slow workers down when they have to check to see what voter intent was. (Don't use a felt tip or a Sharpie that bleeds through the paper and marks other pages on your ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mail an empty envelope\u003c/strong>: It does happen. Keeping your envelope and your ballot together in your home might be a helpful way of avoiding this problem. And of course, when you're ready to mail your ballot, make sure it's actually inside the envelope before you seal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't bother with a stamp\u003c/strong>: Your ballot envelope is postage paid. You don't need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11879395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Oakland-by-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao holds her \"I Voted\" sticker after voting in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"missingballot\">\u003c/a>My ballot is missing or hasn't arrived. What should I do?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're worried that your ballot hasn't arrived yet, that's probably a reasonable concern, since the deadline for counties to send out ballots was Aug. 16. But if you're in this situation, don't panic: You have options. Here's what to do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check you’re actually registered to vote — and to the right address.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the Secretary of State's voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status. This will show whether you're actually registered to vote, and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where's My Ballot tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're registered to the wrong address, you can update it before Aug. 30. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you update your voter registration and address using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the Secretary of State's voter status page\u003c/a> before the Aug. 30 deadline to register online, you county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it turns out your ballot \u003ci>was \u003c/i>missing because your voter registration wasn't updated, don't feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registration accordingly. Kim Alexander also reminds you that updating your address at the post office doesn't in fact update your voter registration. The DMV, on the other hand, \u003cem>will\u003c/em> update your voter registration details if you update your address with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up, you still have options.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's more than six days before Election Day (Sept. 14), you can \u003ca href=\"#contact\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>ask them to send a new ballot. \u003ca href=\"#contact\">Find your county elections office in our contact list. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county election office won't mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day, because it can't be sure it'll reach you in time. So if you're trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office is also now open for early voting through Sept. 14, so you could also go there in person during opening hours and vote right there at the counter. More early voting locations will be opening soon in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a>, aka conditional voter registration, at a voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"contact\">\u003c/a>Contact your county directly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. Here's the contact information for your county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (925) 335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: You can call (415) 473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections page to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 253-4321 or email the election office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: You can get in touch with the department by calling (415) 554-4375 or emailing sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (888) 762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: You can call toll-free at (866) 430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Call (707) 784-6675 or (888) 933-VOTE (8683). You can also email elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call (707) 565-6800 or toll-free at (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"8544","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8544.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11885679/how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_29465","news_27370","news_28639","news_28403","news_28988","news_17968","news_21509","news_29647","news_2027"],"featImg":"news_11843210","label":"news"},"news_11884716":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11884716","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11884716","score":null,"sort":[1628892629000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"newsom-recall-election-what-you-might-not-know-about-voting","title":"California's Newsom Recall Election: How to Vote, and What You Might Not Expect","publishDate":1628892629,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask us: What do you want to know about voting in the Newsom recall election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885191/como-votar-en-la-eleccion-revocatoria-de-newsom-en-california\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 14, there'll be a recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom, in which California voters will decide whether he should be replaced. Ballots are already being sent out to the state's registered voters in some counties, and all voters should have their ballots by next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last gubernatorial recall election in California was back in 2003, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected to replace then-governor Gray Davis. Read on for the key points about the 2021 Newsom recall election, from what's on your ballot to how voting works — there could be some elements you might not be aware of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in why this election is even happening and how we got here, take a look at this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884520/your-guide-to-the-gavin-newsom-recall-election\">explainer from our friends at Bay Curious\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Even if you don't want to recall Newsom, you should still vote\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of the total voters in this recall election say \"yes\" to recalling Newsom, he will be recalled and whichever replacement candidate gets the most votes will become governor in late October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The replacement candidate won't need a majority of votes. It also won't matter how few votes they get. They will become governor of California for the next year and a half, for the rest of Newsom’s term.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']The deadline to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">register online to vote\u003c/a> is Monday, Aug. 30.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of voters say \"no\" to the recall, Newsom will continue as governor until his term ends on Jan. 2, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this means that even if you believe Newsom should remain governor of California, you should actively vote for that outcome, rather than sitting it out. Your lack of a vote won't count as a vote against the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Everyone's getting a mail-in ballot (again)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Just as in the 2020 general election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">if you're registered to vote you'll be receiving a mail-in ballot by default\u003c/a> for the recall election, without requesting it.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Election Day for the recall is Sept. 14.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: Your ballot will be sent to the address at which you're registered to vote, so \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">check now that your address is correct\u003c/a> — especially if you moved in the last year. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">if you're not already registered to vote, you can do it online or by mail until Aug. 30\u003c/a>. If you miss that deadline, you can still conditionally register at any voting location through Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>You might find the recall question you're voting on confusing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Your ballot has two things to vote on, in the form of two questions: whether you want to recall Newsom, and which candidate you want to succeed him if he is recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Question 1 reads: “Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?” Yes or no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that if you vote \"yes,\" you're voting to recall Newsom and remove him from his position as governor of California. If you vote \"no,\" you're voting to keep Newsom as governor of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to clarify this, because the yes/no expression of Question 1 might be confusing to some folks. For example, some might think a \"yes\" vote means a thumbs-up for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next on your ballot, Question 2 has a list of 46 candidates who could succeed Newsom if he is recalled. You can choose one. Which leads us to ...\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Even if you don't want to recall Newsom, you can still vote for a hypothetical replacement...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even if you vote \"no\" on recalling Newsom on Question 1 of your ballot, you can still answer Question 2 by choosing a candidate to succeed him in the event that the recall effort is successful. And for folks who didn't vote in the last recall election back in 2003, or don't remember it, that concept might not be obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're voting \"no\" on the recall, you might think \"if I don't want Newsom to be recalled, why should I choose his potential replacement?\" The answer to that is: If Newsom \u003cem>is\u003c/em> recalled, your choice of candidate will still actively count toward who replaces him as governor. Answering Question 2 by choosing a succession candidate doesn't affect or invalidate a \"no\" answer to Question 1 about the recall itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, by voting on Question 2, you'll have a say in who California's next governor is if Newsom were to be recalled, even if you vote against the recall. But if you leave Question 2 blank, you won't have that say.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>... and you can't just write in Newsom's name\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're voting \"no\" on the recall in Question 1, you may also be tempted to write in Gavin Newsom's name in Question 2 rather than choosing one of the replacement candidates listed. But if you do this, your write-in won't be counted, as Newsom can't run against himself in the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This also applies to any other candidates you write in who aren't official replacement candidates (i.e., listed on the ballot) or who haven't formally applied to be a write-in candidate. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs\">Read more about how write-in candidates work on your ballot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11833305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020.png\" alt=\"Election 2020 is drawing closer. Get to know the crucial dates.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-800x539.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-1020x687.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-160x108.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-1536x1035.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2021 California recall election is drawing closer. Get to know the crucial dates. \u003ccite>(cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Why you might want to mail your ballot early, or deliver it in person\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In order to be counted, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day (Sept. 14) at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this recall election, your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office. (That's versus the 17 days that it had for the 2020 election.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified is because voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself, after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected, or after Election Day. So in this recall election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Missed the deadline to register to vote? Don't panic\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you miss the Aug. 30 deadline to register to vote, you can register via what's called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">Same Day Voter Registration\u003c/a> (also known as Conditional Voter Registration). If you're doing this on Election Day itself, you can register and vote at the same time at your polling place — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place\">find details of your polling place here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> — deadline Aug. 30 — or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request. You can also do it on the day you vote in person, with Same Day Voter Registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdfs/votesafe-displaced-voters.pdf\">If you have been displaced from your home by a wildfire\u003c/a> and won't be able to access your ballot, you can fill out a \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/vote-by-mail-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one-time Vote-by-Mail Ballot Application\u003c/a> and list a new mailing address where you'd like to receive your ballot for the recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"8544\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8544.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"From the election date to how to vote, what you need to know about the 2021 California recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1629265887,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1337},"headData":{"title":"California's Newsom Recall Election: How to Vote, and What You Might Not Expect | KQED","description":"From mail-in ballots to polling places, the COVID-19 pandemic means that there are several big changes to how you'll vote in the 2020 election.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California's Newsom Recall Election: How to Vote, and What You Might Not Expect","datePublished":"2021-08-13T22:10:29.000Z","dateModified":"2021-08-18T05:51:27.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11884716 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11884716","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/08/13/newsom-recall-election-what-you-might-not-know-about-voting/","disqusTitle":"California's Newsom Recall Election: How to Vote, and What You Might Not Expect","path":"/news/11884716/newsom-recall-election-what-you-might-not-know-about-voting","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask us: What do you want to know about voting in the Newsom recall election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885191/como-votar-en-la-eleccion-revocatoria-de-newsom-en-california\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 14, there'll be a recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom, in which California voters will decide whether he should be replaced. Ballots are already being sent out to the state's registered voters in some counties, and all voters should have their ballots by next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last gubernatorial recall election in California was back in 2003, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected to replace then-governor Gray Davis. Read on for the key points about the 2021 Newsom recall election, from what's on your ballot to how voting works — there could be some elements you might not be aware of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in why this election is even happening and how we got here, take a look at this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884520/your-guide-to-the-gavin-newsom-recall-election\">explainer from our friends at Bay Curious\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Even if you don't want to recall Newsom, you should still vote\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of the total voters in this recall election say \"yes\" to recalling Newsom, he will be recalled and whichever replacement candidate gets the most votes will become governor in late October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The replacement candidate won't need a majority of votes. It also won't matter how few votes they get. They will become governor of California for the next year and a half, for the rest of Newsom’s term.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"The deadline to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">register online to vote\u003c/a> is Monday, Aug. 30.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than 50% of voters say \"no\" to the recall, Newsom will continue as governor until his term ends on Jan. 2, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this means that even if you believe Newsom should remain governor of California, you should actively vote for that outcome, rather than sitting it out. Your lack of a vote won't count as a vote against the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Everyone's getting a mail-in ballot (again)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Just as in the 2020 general election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">if you're registered to vote you'll be receiving a mail-in ballot by default\u003c/a> for the recall election, without requesting it.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"Election Day for the recall is Sept. 14.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: Your ballot will be sent to the address at which you're registered to vote, so \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">check now that your address is correct\u003c/a> — especially if you moved in the last year. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">if you're not already registered to vote, you can do it online or by mail until Aug. 30\u003c/a>. If you miss that deadline, you can still conditionally register at any voting location through Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>You might find the recall question you're voting on confusing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Your ballot has two things to vote on, in the form of two questions: whether you want to recall Newsom, and which candidate you want to succeed him if he is recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Question 1 reads: “Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?” Yes or no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that if you vote \"yes,\" you're voting to recall Newsom and remove him from his position as governor of California. If you vote \"no,\" you're voting to keep Newsom as governor of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to clarify this, because the yes/no expression of Question 1 might be confusing to some folks. For example, some might think a \"yes\" vote means a thumbs-up for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next on your ballot, Question 2 has a list of 46 candidates who could succeed Newsom if he is recalled. You can choose one. Which leads us to ...\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Even if you don't want to recall Newsom, you can still vote for a hypothetical replacement...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even if you vote \"no\" on recalling Newsom on Question 1 of your ballot, you can still answer Question 2 by choosing a candidate to succeed him in the event that the recall effort is successful. And for folks who didn't vote in the last recall election back in 2003, or don't remember it, that concept might not be obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're voting \"no\" on the recall, you might think \"if I don't want Newsom to be recalled, why should I choose his potential replacement?\" The answer to that is: If Newsom \u003cem>is\u003c/em> recalled, your choice of candidate will still actively count toward who replaces him as governor. Answering Question 2 by choosing a succession candidate doesn't affect or invalidate a \"no\" answer to Question 1 about the recall itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, by voting on Question 2, you'll have a say in who California's next governor is if Newsom were to be recalled, even if you vote against the recall. But if you leave Question 2 blank, you won't have that say.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>... and you can't just write in Newsom's name\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're voting \"no\" on the recall in Question 1, you may also be tempted to write in Gavin Newsom's name in Question 2 rather than choosing one of the replacement candidates listed. But if you do this, your write-in won't be counted, as Newsom can't run against himself in the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This also applies to any other candidates you write in who aren't official replacement candidates (i.e., listed on the ballot) or who haven't formally applied to be a write-in candidate. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs\">Read more about how write-in candidates work on your ballot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11833305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020.png\" alt=\"Election 2020 is drawing closer. Get to know the crucial dates.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-800x539.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-1020x687.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-160x108.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/election2020-1536x1035.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2021 California recall election is drawing closer. Get to know the crucial dates. \u003ccite>(cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Why you might want to mail your ballot early, or deliver it in person\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In order to be counted, your ballot must be postmarked on Election Day (Sept. 14) at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this recall election, your ballot has seven days to reach your county elections office. (That's versus the 17 days that it had for the 2020 election.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, one big reason that ballots get disqualified is because voters mail them too late: either too late on Election Day itself, after U.S. Postal Service mailboxes have already been collected, or after Election Day. So in this recall election, it's as crucial as ever to make sure you have a plan for voting on time — and if you're not voting in person, that means making sure you get your ballot into a mailbox or into a secure voting drop box, at a polling location or your county elections office, by the time polls close on Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Missed the deadline to register to vote? Don't panic\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you miss the Aug. 30 deadline to register to vote, you can register via what's called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">Same Day Voter Registration\u003c/a> (also known as Conditional Voter Registration). If you're doing this on Election Day itself, you can register and vote at the same time at your polling place — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place\">find details of your polling place here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> — deadline Aug. 30 — or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request. You can also do it on the day you vote in person, with Same Day Voter Registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdfs/votesafe-displaced-voters.pdf\">If you have been displaced from your home by a wildfire\u003c/a> and won't be able to access your ballot, you can fill out a \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/vote-by-mail-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one-time Vote-by-Mail Ballot Application\u003c/a> and list a new mailing address where you'd like to receive your ballot for the recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you want to know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"8544","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8544.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11884716/newsom-recall-election-what-you-might-not-know-about-voting","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_28606","news_18538","news_27370","news_28639","news_16","news_28404","news_28403","news_28988","news_17968"],"featImg":"news_11885022","label":"news"},"news_11872161":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11872161","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11872161","score":null,"sort":[1620175803000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"voting-rights-advocates-take-aim-at-alameda-registrar-after-devastating-errors-in-2020-election","title":"Voting Rights Advocates Take Aim at Alameda Registrar After 'Devastating Errors' in 2020 Election","publishDate":1620175803,"format":"audio","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Voting rights advocates lobbed criticisms at the top elections official in Alameda County, and the county's five-member board of supervisors, during a Tuesday hearing reviewing the 2020 election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time since a series of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11851601/voting-issues-in-alameda-county-raise-questions-about-election-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issues plagued the county in the administration\u003c/a> of the November election, Alameda County Registrar Tim Dupuis spoke publicly before the board to defend his office. He also detailed his plans to improve the voting process before the county is set to hold multiple elections later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But voting rights attorneys at the hearing expressed little confidence in the county's elections leadership after an election in which ballots were inadvertently discarded, ballot language requirements were flouted and advocates struggled to communicate with the registrar's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am sorry to say that I have never felt that this office and its leadership meet the standards set by the elections officials around the rest of California,\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_jonathanstein?lang=en\">Jonathan Mehta Stein\u003c/a>, executive director of California Common Cause, told the board. \"I felt this way before the devastating errors in the November 2020 elections.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More on Alameda County voting issues\" postID=\"news_11851601\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dupuis reminded supervisors that his office had to implement changes in the voting process amid the COVID-19 pandemic while facing historic levels of voter turnout. Only after a fiery public comment from Stein did supervisors vow to revisit the issue before future elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The pandemic hit right as we were finishing the [March 2020] primary, and to layer [high turnout] on top of it makes this one of the most historic November elections we’ve seen in this county,\" said Dupuis. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Something of this scale always has opportunities for improvement.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helen Hutchison, a board member and former president of \u003ca href=\"https://lwvc.org/about/people/helen-hutchison\">the League of Women Voters of California\u003c/a>, said Alameda was hardly alone among counties dealing with unique circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All elections officials in California were under the same pressures as Alameda County in this November election, but no other county had such a high number of reported problems,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election issues first cropped up when voting began in October. The county was late in setting up the majority of the 60 drop boxes it used to collect mail ballots, citing a delay from a vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voting rights advocates have been especially critical of the county's failure to meet language access requirements for limited English proficient voters. By law, voting sites must display sample ballots in locally prevalent languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2014 estimate from The Greenlining Insitute found that Alameda County has more than 117,000 limited-English proficient citizens of voting age. Similar language access failures in the past have \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/crt/cases-raising-claims-under-language-minority-provisions-voting-rights-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landed the county under consent decrees\u003c/a> with the U.S. Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the ACLU and Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus said that many voting sites in Alameda County did not post such sample ballots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Language-Access-November-2020-.pdf\">known as facsimile ballots\u003c/a>, or make them available in looseleaf form. And poll workers at some sites did not know about the sample ballot requirements, the attorneys say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dupuis said the county's switch to countywide voting, in which voters can cast their ballot at any location rather than being assigned to a specific polling place, made the printing requirement \"not practical.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would have had to print out at least 10,000 facsimile ballots for all 100 of our locations, which would be confusing to our voters [and] would also be difficult to manage,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates countered that the county could have at least posted a sample ballot for each language, which they only did after prodding from voting rights lawyers, or set up a designated area in the voting location with sample ballot information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The registrar's process for training poll workers was also questioned, specifically in an incident that voting rights advocates said led to the disenfranchisement of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11851601/voting-issues-in-alameda-county-raise-questions-about-election-management\">more than 100 voters who left a Mills College polling place with their ballot in hand\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than three days, poll workers at the site mistakenly told voters that the ballots they printed from touchscreen machines were receipts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t know precisely how that came across,\" said Dupuis, who said the county was able to track down and process 35 of the estimated 160 ballots taken home by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, the registrar committed to adding signage, reminding voters that the printout is their ballot, along with a prompt on the touchscreen to deposit the printed ballot into a trolley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poll workers at the location said they were not properly trained and that the registrar's office was not responsive to their requests for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is unacceptable,\" said Claire Calderón, one of the Mills College poll workers at the site who spoke at Tuesday's hearing. \"We were volunteers with inadequate training who reached out repeatedly for help navigating brand new systems, and we were repeatedly dismissed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director, California Common Cause\"]'I am sorry to say that I have never felt that this office and its leadership meet the standards set by the elections officials around the rest of California.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the presentation, supervisors were complimentary of Dupuis, and none of the supervisors questioned the registrar about the issues raised by advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm highly confident that you're running a great program,\" said Supervisor David Haubert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Mehta Stein, of California Common Cause, blasted the board during his public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I cannot help but notice that none of the supervisors today used their opportunity after the presentation to address the Mills College situation or to speak up for disenfranchised constituents,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors Keith Carson and Nate Miley responded that the board's Personnel, Administration and Legislation committee could consider further action before the county's next election, a June 29 primary for the vacant 18th Assembly District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while they recommended forming a working group of county officials and voting rights advocates, no formal action was taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do take these matters very seriously,\" said Miley. \"This is the first time we’ve had public condemnation of this nature.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county will also have to prepare for a potential runoff in the AD 18 race, along with a gubernatorial recall election and an Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association election later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was pleasantly surprised by the turn that it took, the tone toward the end of the meeting,\" said ACLU voting rights attorney Christina Fletes-Romo, in an interview after the hearing. \"We want to have a collaborative relationship with this registrar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"For the first time since issues arose in the November election, Registrar Tim Dupuis spoke publicly before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1620243836,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1104},"headData":{"title":"Voting Rights Advocates Take Aim at Alameda Registrar After 'Devastating Errors' in 2020 Election | KQED","description":"For the first time since issues arose in the November election, Registrar Tim Dupuis spoke publicly before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. 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He also detailed his plans to improve the voting process before the county is set to hold multiple elections later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But voting rights attorneys at the hearing expressed little confidence in the county's elections leadership after an election in which ballots were inadvertently discarded, ballot language requirements were flouted and advocates struggled to communicate with the registrar's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am sorry to say that I have never felt that this office and its leadership meet the standards set by the elections officials around the rest of California,\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_jonathanstein?lang=en\">Jonathan Mehta Stein\u003c/a>, executive director of California Common Cause, told the board. \"I felt this way before the devastating errors in the November 2020 elections.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More on Alameda County voting issues ","postid":"news_11851601"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dupuis reminded supervisors that his office had to implement changes in the voting process amid the COVID-19 pandemic while facing historic levels of voter turnout. Only after a fiery public comment from Stein did supervisors vow to revisit the issue before future elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The pandemic hit right as we were finishing the [March 2020] primary, and to layer [high turnout] on top of it makes this one of the most historic November elections we’ve seen in this county,\" said Dupuis. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Something of this scale always has opportunities for improvement.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helen Hutchison, a board member and former president of \u003ca href=\"https://lwvc.org/about/people/helen-hutchison\">the League of Women Voters of California\u003c/a>, said Alameda was hardly alone among counties dealing with unique circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All elections officials in California were under the same pressures as Alameda County in this November election, but no other county had such a high number of reported problems,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election issues first cropped up when voting began in October. The county was late in setting up the majority of the 60 drop boxes it used to collect mail ballots, citing a delay from a vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voting rights advocates have been especially critical of the county's failure to meet language access requirements for limited English proficient voters. By law, voting sites must display sample ballots in locally prevalent languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2014 estimate from The Greenlining Insitute found that Alameda County has more than 117,000 limited-English proficient citizens of voting age. Similar language access failures in the past have \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/crt/cases-raising-claims-under-language-minority-provisions-voting-rights-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landed the county under consent decrees\u003c/a> with the U.S. Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the ACLU and Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus said that many voting sites in Alameda County did not post such sample ballots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Language-Access-November-2020-.pdf\">known as facsimile ballots\u003c/a>, or make them available in looseleaf form. And poll workers at some sites did not know about the sample ballot requirements, the attorneys say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dupuis said the county's switch to countywide voting, in which voters can cast their ballot at any location rather than being assigned to a specific polling place, made the printing requirement \"not practical.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would have had to print out at least 10,000 facsimile ballots for all 100 of our locations, which would be confusing to our voters [and] would also be difficult to manage,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates countered that the county could have at least posted a sample ballot for each language, which they only did after prodding from voting rights lawyers, or set up a designated area in the voting location with sample ballot information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The registrar's process for training poll workers was also questioned, specifically in an incident that voting rights advocates said led to the disenfranchisement of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11851601/voting-issues-in-alameda-county-raise-questions-about-election-management\">more than 100 voters who left a Mills College polling place with their ballot in hand\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than three days, poll workers at the site mistakenly told voters that the ballots they printed from touchscreen machines were receipts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t know precisely how that came across,\" said Dupuis, who said the county was able to track down and process 35 of the estimated 160 ballots taken home by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, the registrar committed to adding signage, reminding voters that the printout is their ballot, along with a prompt on the touchscreen to deposit the printed ballot into a trolley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poll workers at the location said they were not properly trained and that the registrar's office was not responsive to their requests for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is unacceptable,\" said Claire Calderón, one of the Mills College poll workers at the site who spoke at Tuesday's hearing. \"We were volunteers with inadequate training who reached out repeatedly for help navigating brand new systems, and we were repeatedly dismissed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I am sorry to say that I have never felt that this office and its leadership meet the standards set by the elections officials around the rest of California.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director, California Common Cause","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the presentation, supervisors were complimentary of Dupuis, and none of the supervisors questioned the registrar about the issues raised by advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm highly confident that you're running a great program,\" said Supervisor David Haubert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Mehta Stein, of California Common Cause, blasted the board during his public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I cannot help but notice that none of the supervisors today used their opportunity after the presentation to address the Mills College situation or to speak up for disenfranchised constituents,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors Keith Carson and Nate Miley responded that the board's Personnel, Administration and Legislation committee could consider further action before the county's next election, a June 29 primary for the vacant 18th Assembly District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while they recommended forming a working group of county officials and voting rights advocates, no formal action was taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do take these matters very seriously,\" said Miley. \"This is the first time we’ve had public condemnation of this nature.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county will also have to prepare for a potential runoff in the AD 18 race, along with a gubernatorial recall election and an Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association election later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was pleasantly surprised by the turn that it took, the tone toward the end of the meeting,\" said ACLU voting rights attorney Christina Fletes-Romo, in an interview after the hearing. \"We want to have a collaborative relationship with this registrar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv 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General Xavier Becerra filing more than 100 lawsuits alone and in conjunction with other states on issues ranging from the travel ban, immigration, LGBT rights, the environment and women's health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump returned the favor, targeting California's policies on immigration, sanctuary cities, forest management and wildfires, mail-in voting and much, much more. The conflict played to each party's base, but the net result was a fraught relationship that surely did not benefit the people of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might say the relationship was poisoned right from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You look at what they're doing in California, how they're treating people,\" Trump said early in his administration. \"They don't treat their people as well as they treat illegal immigrants. So at what point does it stop? It's crazy what they're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti\"]'It feels like waking up from a nightmare. And not just the nightmare being over, but being in a beautiful dream.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonizing immigrants. Dismissing climate change as a hoax. It was all part of the playbook, like calling our presidential election rigged. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like California, the same person votes many times you probably heard about that,\" Trump said last year. \"They always like to say, 'Oh, that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not true, of course. But baseless conspiracy theories like that one animated the violent mob of Trump supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol to \"stop the steal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to take office, what will change, both substantively and politically?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It feels like waking up from a nightmare,\" said said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. \"And not just the nightmare being over, but being in a beautiful dream.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti – one of five co-chairs for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration committee – remembers how the Obama/Biden administration worked with cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All the time they were reaching out. What’s working in L.A.? What's working in California? How can we amplify that? How can we scale that up? Is there anything we can do for you?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti is looking forward to an administration that isn’t constantly at war with the state, \"Where, you know, our fires are politicized, our homelessness is politicized, where we're told that we're, you know, this evil outlier state ... What we have now are people who know us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High Hopes for High-Speed Rail\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown was governor for six of Obama’s eight years as president, before Trump took over in 2017. He said while there was a big difference under Obama, \"It's not an open sesame to whatever you want because government is a structure. However, having a line of communication can help – it’s just an obvious thing. It’s better to have friends than enemies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In particular, Brown said it will make a huge difference having Biden embrace what California is doing on the environment, rather than trying to stop or undo policies in the courts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s hoping the administration’s pivot on infrastructure, COVID-19 relief funding to state and local governments and climate change will finally get federal support for one of his priorities: high-speed rail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I'm hoping that Joe will put the billions into California needed to get the high-speed rail as the first instance from the Central Valley, from Fresno, Merced, right into San Jose and Silicon Valley and right up the line there to San Francisco. That's a real possibility,\" Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the incoming Biden administration a long list of policy priorities, including high-speed rail, vaccine distribution, small-business support, funding for homelessness and much more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, like Brown before him, had to perform a political dance – criticizing Trump at times while also making sure to praise him in order to keep the federal funding spigot open, especially around relief for wildfires and the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Losing the 'Bigger Boogeyman'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718112\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1200x812.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown said while California will benefit from Trump’s departure, there will be a downside – especially for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you have Trump and you're a Democrat, you lose a punching bag, and for a governor, especially in a difficult period, it's very handy to have someone that I would call a bigger boogeyman,\" Brown said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, someone to blame when things go wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And with Trump out there, an outsized personality occupying the airwaves in the way that he did, he became a plausible candidate for the cause of our misery,\" Brown said. \"With him not there, they may tend to be more focused on the governor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big advantage for Newsom and California is having Kamala Harris as vice president. He was mayor of San Francisco when she was district attorney and will be a good ally. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856114\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-1536x994.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamala Harris, then a presidential hopeful, raises arms with San Francisco Mayor London Breed (R) and San Francisco Sun Reporter publisher Amelia Ashley-Ward (L) during the San Francisco Black Newspaper’s Anniversary Celebration on May 9, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s current mayor, London Breed, is especially looking forward to having more federal direction on the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, these are the basic things we should have been doing all along, but I'm excited to see them finally being put into action,\" Breed said Tuesday. \"It's been a long, long four years, but we are finally, finally moving forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Gov. Gray Davis knows the difference between having a president of your own party versus one who is not. He said while George W. Bush wasn’t hostile to California the way Trump is, he wasn’t particularly helpful either, especially with the state’s energy crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The short of it is it's far better to have a president that shares your belief system than one who opposed it,\" said Davis, who was recalled by voters in 2003 in large measure by an energy crisis generated by Enron, a Houston-based company with close ties to the Bush/Cheney administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Davis thinks Biden will adopt many of California’s policies and nationalize them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think California is going to have more influence than it ever had before,\" Davis said. \"Now, are they going to follow us on every issue? No. ... But at least they'll give us a hearing. In the past, we were just dismissed as a bunch of fruits and nuts out here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A welcome change for many. But it’s not going to solve all California’s problems either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to take office Wednesday, what will change for California, both substantively and politically?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1611169785,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1191},"headData":{"title":"'Like Waking Up From a Nightmare': California Democrats on Trump's Departure | KQED","description":"As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to take office Wednesday, what will change for California, both substantively and politically?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Like Waking Up From a Nightmare': California Democrats on Trump's Departure","datePublished":"2021-01-20T09:01:44.000Z","dateModified":"2021-01-20T19:09:45.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11855810 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11855810","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/01/20/like-waking-up-from-a-nightmare-california-democrats-on-trumps-departure/","disqusTitle":"'Like Waking Up From a Nightmare': California Democrats on Trump's Departure","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/080a1965-7d5c-421a-9c3e-acb60111a40c/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11855810/like-waking-up-from-a-nightmare-california-democrats-on-trumps-departure","audioDuration":228000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over the last four years, California has embraced the mantle of legal opposition to the Trump administration, with Attorney General Xavier Becerra filing more than 100 lawsuits alone and in conjunction with other states on issues ranging from the travel ban, immigration, LGBT rights, the environment and women's health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump returned the favor, targeting California's policies on immigration, sanctuary cities, forest management and wildfires, mail-in voting and much, much more. The conflict played to each party's base, but the net result was a fraught relationship that surely did not benefit the people of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might say the relationship was poisoned right from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You look at what they're doing in California, how they're treating people,\" Trump said early in his administration. \"They don't treat their people as well as they treat illegal immigrants. So at what point does it stop? It's crazy what they're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It feels like waking up from a nightmare. And not just the nightmare being over, but being in a beautiful dream.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonizing immigrants. Dismissing climate change as a hoax. It was all part of the playbook, like calling our presidential election rigged. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like California, the same person votes many times you probably heard about that,\" Trump said last year. \"They always like to say, 'Oh, that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not true, of course. But baseless conspiracy theories like that one animated the violent mob of Trump supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol to \"stop the steal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to take office, what will change, both substantively and politically?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It feels like waking up from a nightmare,\" said said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. \"And not just the nightmare being over, but being in a beautiful dream.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti – one of five co-chairs for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration committee – remembers how the Obama/Biden administration worked with cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All the time they were reaching out. What’s working in L.A.? What's working in California? How can we amplify that? How can we scale that up? Is there anything we can do for you?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti is looking forward to an administration that isn’t constantly at war with the state, \"Where, you know, our fires are politicized, our homelessness is politicized, where we're told that we're, you know, this evil outlier state ... What we have now are people who know us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High Hopes for High-Speed Rail\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown was governor for six of Obama’s eight years as president, before Trump took over in 2017. He said while there was a big difference under Obama, \"It's not an open sesame to whatever you want because government is a structure. However, having a line of communication can help – it’s just an obvious thing. It’s better to have friends than enemies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In particular, Brown said it will make a huge difference having Biden embrace what California is doing on the environment, rather than trying to stop or undo policies in the courts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s hoping the administration’s pivot on infrastructure, COVID-19 relief funding to state and local governments and climate change will finally get federal support for one of his priorities: high-speed rail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I'm hoping that Joe will put the billions into California needed to get the high-speed rail as the first instance from the Central Valley, from Fresno, Merced, right into San Jose and Silicon Valley and right up the line there to San Francisco. That's a real possibility,\" Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the incoming Biden administration a long list of policy priorities, including high-speed rail, vaccine distribution, small-business support, funding for homelessness and much more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, like Brown before him, had to perform a political dance – criticizing Trump at times while also making sure to praise him in order to keep the federal funding spigot open, especially around relief for wildfires and the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Losing the 'Bigger Boogeyman'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718112\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1200x812.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown said while California will benefit from Trump’s departure, there will be a downside – especially for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you have Trump and you're a Democrat, you lose a punching bag, and for a governor, especially in a difficult period, it's very handy to have someone that I would call a bigger boogeyman,\" Brown said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, someone to blame when things go wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And with Trump out there, an outsized personality occupying the airwaves in the way that he did, he became a plausible candidate for the cause of our misery,\" Brown said. \"With him not there, they may tend to be more focused on the governor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big advantage for Newsom and California is having Kamala Harris as vice president. He was mayor of San Francisco when she was district attorney and will be a good ally. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856114\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Harris-and-Breed-1536x994.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamala Harris, then a presidential hopeful, raises arms with San Francisco Mayor London Breed (R) and San Francisco Sun Reporter publisher Amelia Ashley-Ward (L) during the San Francisco Black Newspaper’s Anniversary Celebration on May 9, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s current mayor, London Breed, is especially looking forward to having more federal direction on the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, these are the basic things we should have been doing all along, but I'm excited to see them finally being put into action,\" Breed said Tuesday. \"It's been a long, long four years, but we are finally, finally moving forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Gov. Gray Davis knows the difference between having a president of your own party versus one who is not. He said while George W. Bush wasn’t hostile to California the way Trump is, he wasn’t particularly helpful either, especially with the state’s energy crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The short of it is it's far better to have a president that shares your belief system than one who opposed it,\" said Davis, who was recalled by voters in 2003 in large measure by an energy crisis generated by Enron, a Houston-based company with close ties to the Bush/Cheney administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Davis thinks Biden will adopt many of California’s policies and nationalize them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think California is going to have more influence than it ever had before,\" Davis said. \"Now, are they going to follow us on every issue? No. ... But at least they'll give us a hearing. In the past, we were just dismissed as a bunch of fruits and nuts out here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A welcome change for many. But it’s not going to solve all California’s problems either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11855810/like-waking-up-from-a-nightmare-california-democrats-on-trumps-departure","authors":["255"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_1323","news_27370","news_27626","news_29050","news_17968"],"featImg":"news_11856100","label":"news_72"},"news_11855166":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11855166","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11855166","score":null,"sort":[1610614842000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-historic-election-california-legislators-consider-keeping-voting-changes","title":"After Historic Election, California Legislators Consider Keeping Voting Changes","publishDate":1610614842,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California's 2020 election was marked by historic levels of voter participation \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847064/inside-californias-pandemic-election-how-covid-19-changes-could-shape-the-future-of-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amid rapid changes in the voting process. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 pandemic spurred state lawmakers to broaden voting options in the name of safety. For the first time, every voter was mailed a ballot, while early voting was expanded and polling places were abandoned in favor of countywide voting locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a report released Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://voteathome.org/\">the National Vote at Home Institute\u003c/a> gave California its highest score, praising the state for policy changes implemented in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They did achieve monumental success in terms of the adjustments while dealing with the pandemic,\" said Amber McReynolds, the institute's CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, lawmakers in Sacramento have to figure out which changes to keep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That work begins on Thursday, when the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee is set to consider legislation that would extend the state's universal vote-by-mail provisions for another year. That would cover special elections (and any potential recall election) held in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going to look carefully at last year's mailing-a-ballot-to-everybody and confirming that that's been a healthy, fair, honest process,\" said Steve Glazer, D-Concord, the new chair of the Senate Elections Committee. \"I am hoping that the results will come in with a green light so that we can continue to advance ways to get more citizens involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an early look at the election legislation on the docket this year:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Universal Vote by Mail: \u003c/strong>Last year, the Legislature approved a plan to send every registered voter in California a vote-by-mail ballot. The idea was to encourage voting at home in order to avoid crowding at the polls that might further spread the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because it worked so well, we want to replicate that for 2021,\" said state Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 29, written by Umberg, would continue universal vote by mail for another year, covering the special election for the 30th District state Senate seat vacated by new Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. It could also apply to a special election to fill San Diego Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber's seat (if she is confirmed as secretary of state) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854170/recall-newsom-campaign-reaches-1-million-signatures-proponents-say\">a potential recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Special elections and off-year elections are notoriously low in terms of turnout,\" Umberg said. \"I think this should help turnout by making sure everybody has access to a ballot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 29, which will have its first hearing in the state Senate on Thursday, is an urgency measure that would take effect immediately if approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Carol Moon Goldberg, president of the League of Women Voters of California\"]\"We certainly don't want to see an end to in-person voting.\"[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 37, written by Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, would make universal vote by mail a permanent feature of California elections. Weber has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853252/make-universal-vote-by-mail-permanent-says-california-secretary-of-state-nominee-shirley-weber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she would support the change\u003c/a> as secretary of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of Republicans supported making the change last year, but it's unclear how many would back an ongoing expansion of mail voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I oppose the direct sending of the ballots,\" said state Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Tehama, the top Republican on the Elections Committee. \"I believe there are too many vulnerabilities with that approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if vote by mail becomes the default in California, it doesn't appear that the state is going in the direction of Utah and Colorado, which have largely done away with in-person voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We certainly don't want to see an end to in-person voting,\" said Carol Moon Goldberg, president of the League of Women Voters of California. \"People do need to talk to other people — maybe they have a question about their registration, maybe they have a question about the ballot, maybe they need special equipment because of some sort of disability that makes it difficult to handle a ballot at home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, California counties were allowed to reduce the number of voting locations that they offered if they opened for at least three days of early voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators will need to decide on a new minimum amount of in-person voting that balances costs and voter needs. The law on the books requires counties that offer in-person voting to do so for 11 days, which many local officials see as cost prohibitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Funding for Election Administration: \u003c/strong>Local election officials throughout California credit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847064/inside-californias-pandemic-election-how-covid-19-changes-could-shape-the-future-of-voting\">the success of the 2020 vote\u003c/a> to the additional funding that came their way, largely through the federal CARES Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In essence, they had the resources to conduct two elections: a vote-by-mail election that required sending every voter a ballot with a prepaid return envelope, complete with ballot tracking technology and drop-box locations; alongside an in-person election that required renting voting locations, recruiting poll workers and stocking up on sanitizer and protective gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842076\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11842076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-800x459.jpg\" alt=\"An official ballot drop box\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-800x459.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-1020x585.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-160x92.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks past an official ballot drop box in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2020. Republicans had set up unofficial drop boxes at churches, gas stations and gun shops in at least three California counties. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the state wants to replicate that success in the future, they need to pay for it, said Cathy Darling Allen, registrar of voters in Shasta County, who noted that counties are currently not reimbursed at all by the state for special elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I had just one thing to ask the legislature for in 2021, it would be to craft a regular and consistent funding to counties for the conduct of elections,\" Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ballot Collection: \u003c/strong>Debate over California's ballot collection law, long a scourge of state Republicans, took a different twist in 2020. The provision allowing voters to entrust someone else to return their ballot was used by local GOP officials to justify the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842237/battle-heats-up-over-legal-challenge-to-unofficial-gop-drop-boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creation of private ballot drop boxes\u003c/a> — some with the label \"official.\" Democrats cried foul and the labels were removed, but under the law, the votes were allowed to be counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for reforms to the practice (often referred to as \"ballot harvesting\"), which could include requiring ballot collectors to identify themselves, helping local election officials maintain a chain of custody for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 34, also written by Umberg, would create penalties for falsely labeling a voting location or drop box as \"official.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"elections\" label=\"More election coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to make sure that any confusion is absolutely eliminated and that people who try to do this in the future are sanctioned,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Election Day Holiday: \u003c/strong>Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, is proposing to make Election Day a state holiday, with the goal of making it even easier for Californians to find time to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, companies including Twitter, Chase, Salesforce and Old Navy \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/01/why-more-workers-are-getting-paid-time-off-on-election-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave employees the day off\u003c/a> or paid them to work as poll workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 53 would avoid added costs by replacing the President's Day holiday with Election Day in even years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A potential hurdle could be winning over education advocates: School funding is based on attendance, and a state holiday on a Tuesday could drive down attendance on the day before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restrictions on Presidential Electors: \u003c/strong>State law requires the state's presidential electors — a slate which includes state and local officeholders — to vote for the candidate who won California. But there's currently no recourse if the electors decide to go rogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 103, an elector who moved to cast their vote against the state's winner \"would be replaced or their vote would be changed to reflect the will of the voters,\" said state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, the bill's author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States including Michigan and North Carolina already have similar elector laws on the books.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"After a successful 2020 election in California, state lawmakers move to enshrine universal vote by mail, create an Election Day holiday and bar presidential electors from defying the will of voters. 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For the first time, every voter was mailed a ballot, while early voting was expanded and polling places were abandoned in favor of countywide voting locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a report released Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://voteathome.org/\">the National Vote at Home Institute\u003c/a> gave California its highest score, praising the state for policy changes implemented in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They did achieve monumental success in terms of the adjustments while dealing with the pandemic,\" said Amber McReynolds, the institute's CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, lawmakers in Sacramento have to figure out which changes to keep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That work begins on Thursday, when the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee is set to consider legislation that would extend the state's universal vote-by-mail provisions for another year. That would cover special elections (and any potential recall election) held in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going to look carefully at last year's mailing-a-ballot-to-everybody and confirming that that's been a healthy, fair, honest process,\" said Steve Glazer, D-Concord, the new chair of the Senate Elections Committee. \"I am hoping that the results will come in with a green light so that we can continue to advance ways to get more citizens involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an early look at the election legislation on the docket this year:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Universal Vote by Mail: \u003c/strong>Last year, the Legislature approved a plan to send every registered voter in California a vote-by-mail ballot. The idea was to encourage voting at home in order to avoid crowding at the polls that might further spread the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because it worked so well, we want to replicate that for 2021,\" said state Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 29, written by Umberg, would continue universal vote by mail for another year, covering the special election for the 30th District state Senate seat vacated by new Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. It could also apply to a special election to fill San Diego Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber's seat (if she is confirmed as secretary of state) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854170/recall-newsom-campaign-reaches-1-million-signatures-proponents-say\">a potential recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Special elections and off-year elections are notoriously low in terms of turnout,\" Umberg said. \"I think this should help turnout by making sure everybody has access to a ballot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 29, which will have its first hearing in the state Senate on Thursday, is an urgency measure that would take effect immediately if approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"\"We certainly don't want to see an end to in-person voting.\"","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Carol Moon Goldberg, president of the League of Women Voters of California","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 37, written by Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, would make universal vote by mail a permanent feature of California elections. Weber has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853252/make-universal-vote-by-mail-permanent-says-california-secretary-of-state-nominee-shirley-weber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she would support the change\u003c/a> as secretary of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of Republicans supported making the change last year, but it's unclear how many would back an ongoing expansion of mail voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I oppose the direct sending of the ballots,\" said state Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Tehama, the top Republican on the Elections Committee. \"I believe there are too many vulnerabilities with that approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if vote by mail becomes the default in California, it doesn't appear that the state is going in the direction of Utah and Colorado, which have largely done away with in-person voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We certainly don't want to see an end to in-person voting,\" said Carol Moon Goldberg, president of the League of Women Voters of California. \"People do need to talk to other people — maybe they have a question about their registration, maybe they have a question about the ballot, maybe they need special equipment because of some sort of disability that makes it difficult to handle a ballot at home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, California counties were allowed to reduce the number of voting locations that they offered if they opened for at least three days of early voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators will need to decide on a new minimum amount of in-person voting that balances costs and voter needs. The law on the books requires counties that offer in-person voting to do so for 11 days, which many local officials see as cost prohibitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Funding for Election Administration: \u003c/strong>Local election officials throughout California credit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847064/inside-californias-pandemic-election-how-covid-19-changes-could-shape-the-future-of-voting\">the success of the 2020 vote\u003c/a> to the additional funding that came their way, largely through the federal CARES Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In essence, they had the resources to conduct two elections: a vote-by-mail election that required sending every voter a ballot with a prepaid return envelope, complete with ballot tracking technology and drop-box locations; alongside an in-person election that required renting voting locations, recruiting poll workers and stocking up on sanitizer and protective gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842076\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11842076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-800x459.jpg\" alt=\"An official ballot drop box\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-800x459.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-1020x585.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-160x92.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45325_GettyImages-1229035665-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks past an official ballot drop box in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2020. Republicans had set up unofficial drop boxes at churches, gas stations and gun shops in at least three California counties. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the state wants to replicate that success in the future, they need to pay for it, said Cathy Darling Allen, registrar of voters in Shasta County, who noted that counties are currently not reimbursed at all by the state for special elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I had just one thing to ask the legislature for in 2021, it would be to craft a regular and consistent funding to counties for the conduct of elections,\" Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ballot Collection: \u003c/strong>Debate over California's ballot collection law, long a scourge of state Republicans, took a different twist in 2020. The provision allowing voters to entrust someone else to return their ballot was used by local GOP officials to justify the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842237/battle-heats-up-over-legal-challenge-to-unofficial-gop-drop-boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creation of private ballot drop boxes\u003c/a> — some with the label \"official.\" Democrats cried foul and the labels were removed, but under the law, the votes were allowed to be counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for reforms to the practice (often referred to as \"ballot harvesting\"), which could include requiring ballot collectors to identify themselves, helping local election officials maintain a chain of custody for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 34, also written by Umberg, would create penalties for falsely labeling a voting location or drop box as \"official.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"elections","label":"More election coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to make sure that any confusion is absolutely eliminated and that people who try to do this in the future are sanctioned,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Election Day Holiday: \u003c/strong>Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, is proposing to make Election Day a state holiday, with the goal of making it even easier for Californians to find time to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, companies including Twitter, Chase, Salesforce and Old Navy \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/01/why-more-workers-are-getting-paid-time-off-on-election-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave employees the day off\u003c/a> or paid them to work as poll workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 53 would avoid added costs by replacing the President's Day holiday with Election Day in even years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A potential hurdle could be winning over education advocates: School funding is based on attendance, and a state holiday on a Tuesday could drive down attendance on the day before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restrictions on Presidential Electors: \u003c/strong>State law requires the state's presidential electors — a slate which includes state and local officeholders — to vote for the candidate who won California. But there's currently no recourse if the electors decide to go rogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 103, an elector who moved to cast their vote against the state's winner \"would be replaced or their vote would be changed to reflect the will of the voters,\" said state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, the bill's author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States including Michigan and North Carolina already have similar elector laws on the books.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11855166/after-historic-election-california-legislators-consider-keeping-voting-changes","authors":["227"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27504","news_27370","news_23394","news_28403","news_27660","news_17968","news_19319"],"featImg":"news_11855241","label":"news_72"},"news_11854009":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11854009","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11854009","score":null,"sort":[1609985109000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-shameful-assault-bay-area-leaders-react-to-rioting-in-the-nations-capital","title":"‘A Shameful Assault’: Bay Area Leaders React to Rioting in the Nation's Capital","publishDate":1609985109,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Calling it \"an attempted coup\" and an act of \"domestic terrorism,\" Bay Area elected officials were quick to vehemently denounce the actions of extremist supporters of President Trump, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853921/u-s-capitol-locked-down-as-far-right-protesters-enter-the-building\">violently broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday\u003c/a> in an unprecedented effort to overturn the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the insurrection as a \"shameful assault\" on American democracy that had been \"anointed at the highest level of government.\" After hours in lockdown before officials declared the Capitol secure, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954164654/congress-reconvenes-after-violent-rioters-breach-u-s-capitol\">reconvened Wednesday night\u003c/a> to finish certifying the Electoral College results and validate Joe Biden's election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The night may still be long,\" Pelosi said, \"but our purpose will be accomplished.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier\"]'[Trump] is the person who created this. He should resign immediately.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A growing number of Democratic members of Congress, including Bay Area Reps. Jackie Speier and Mike Thompson, urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office, with just two weeks remaining in his term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This domestic terrorist group that was incited by the president of the United States cannot be tolerated,\" Speier \u003ca href=\"https://www.radio.com/wben/news/calls-to-invoke-25th-amendment-growing\">told KCBS\u003c/a>. \"I am one that believes the 25th Amendment should be exercised. We should take the power away from President Trump over the next 14 days.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RepSpeier/status/1346969368584925184?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson called it a \"disgusting insurrection, one that Trump was \"directly responsible\" for. Everyone involved, including the president, should be held accountable, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[It was] people just embarrassingly showing their allegiance to a president who has failed the country,\" he said. \"This is a terrible place we are right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anna Eshoo called it \"the saddest day of my life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She joined a growing chorus of officials who demanded that the perpetrators — including Trump himself — be held accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every American should understand at once how precious democracy is and how fragile it is. There are traitors under the dome of the United State Capitol because they are accomplices to this,\" she said, referring to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953714213/here-are-the-republicans-challenging-congress-tally-of-election-results\">dozens of GOP members of Congress\u003c/a> who planned to challenge Electoral College vote results without evidence of the kind of widespread voter fraud Trump continues to baselessly claim took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier described the unrest as “surreal and sad,\" calling Trump \"the number one mobster who could have prevented this and instead incited it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What he did today was unconscionable and he’s done a lot of those things,\" DeSaulnier said. \"He can’t claim innocence in my view. He’s the person who created this. He should resign immediately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RepDeSaulnier/status/1346985341547204610?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other local officials suggested the possibility of complicity — or complete incompetence — on the part of the U.S. Capitol Police, who failed to prevent rioters from easily breaking into the building and threatening the safety of members of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only reason [that police force] exists is to keep members of Congress safe and to keep that building functional, said Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco. \"They don’t exist for any other reason. And what, they put just a few random cops out there to, like, say, 'pretty please don’t storm the building with guns' because they didn’t go through security and they literally have guns out and they’re all swarming? I mean, there has to be a huge reckoning on the Capitol Police on this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1346900135129726979?s=20\u003cbr>\n[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"congress\"]In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled his COVID-19 news conference out of “an abundance of caution,\" after hundreds of pro-Trump protesters gathered outside the state Capitol, although no major incidents or attempts to access the building were reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Peaceful protest is an important mechanism of our democracy but what we are witnessing in our nation's Capitol building is reprehensible and an outright assault to our democracy and Democratic institutions,\" he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mayors of major Bay Area cities on Wednesday did not hold back in expressing their outrage and disbelief at the chaos unfolding in the nation's capital, as rioters forced their way into the Capitol chambers, vandalizing the building and forcing members of Congress, journalists and staff to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an attempted coup encouraged by the President of the United States,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed wrote in a tweet. “It’s a dark day for our democracy, and the culmination of all of his anti-democratic words and actions from his campaign through his presidency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1346929863320510468\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed also offered sharp words in response to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/06/donald-trump-go-home-message-rioters-jake-tapper-vpx.cnn\">video message\u003c/a> Trump released later in the day, in which he told rioters to go home while simultaneously praising them and reiterating false claims about election fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's not a strong statement,\" she said. \"Get your ass out there and do what you're supposed to do, which you took an oath to do in the first place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called it an act of \"terrorism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is chaos and violence incited by Trump's continuous assault on our democracy,” she tweeted. “Ultimately our country will withstand this moment, and then we must hold the perpetrators accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LibbySchaaf/status/1346922501880696835\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sliccardo/status/1346915241108508672\">in a tweet\u003c/a>, said President Trump should be tried for sedition \"for this atrocious, sickening display in our Capitol Building.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sliccardo/status/1346915241108508672?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Guy Marzorati and April Dembosky contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Elected officials demanded President Trump be held accountable after extremist rioters violently breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an effort to overturn the presidential 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Area elected officials were quick to vehemently denounce the actions of extremist supporters of President Trump, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853921/u-s-capitol-locked-down-as-far-right-protesters-enter-the-building\">violently broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday\u003c/a> in an unprecedented effort to overturn the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the insurrection as a \"shameful assault\" on American democracy that had been \"anointed at the highest level of government.\" After hours in lockdown before officials declared the Capitol secure, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954164654/congress-reconvenes-after-violent-rioters-breach-u-s-capitol\">reconvened Wednesday night\u003c/a> to finish certifying the Electoral College results and validate Joe Biden's 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We should take the power away from President Trump over the next 14 days.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346969368584925184"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Thompson called it a \"disgusting insurrection, one that Trump was \"directly responsible\" for. Everyone involved, including the president, should be held accountable, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[It was] people just embarrassingly showing their allegiance to a president who has failed the country,\" he said. \"This is a terrible place we are right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anna Eshoo called it \"the saddest day of my life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She joined a growing chorus of officials who demanded that the perpetrators — including Trump himself — be held accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every American should understand at once how precious democracy is and how fragile it is. There are traitors under the dome of the United State Capitol because they are accomplices to this,\" she said, referring to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953714213/here-are-the-republicans-challenging-congress-tally-of-election-results\">dozens of GOP members of Congress\u003c/a> who planned to challenge Electoral College vote results without evidence of the kind of widespread voter fraud Trump continues to baselessly claim took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier described the unrest as “surreal and sad,\" calling Trump \"the number one mobster who could have prevented this and instead incited it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What he did today was unconscionable and he’s done a lot of those things,\" DeSaulnier said. \"He can’t claim innocence in my view. He’s the person who created this. He should resign immediately.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346985341547204610"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Other local officials suggested the possibility of complicity — or complete incompetence — on the part of the U.S. Capitol Police, who failed to prevent rioters from easily breaking into the building and threatening the safety of members of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only reason [that police force] exists is to keep members of Congress safe and to keep that building functional, said Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco. \"They don’t exist for any other reason. And what, they put just a few random cops out there to, like, say, 'pretty please don’t storm the building with guns' because they didn’t go through security and they literally have guns out and they’re all swarming? I mean, there has to be a huge reckoning on the Capitol Police on this.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346900135129726979"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"congress"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled his COVID-19 news conference out of “an abundance of caution,\" after hundreds of pro-Trump protesters gathered outside the state Capitol, although no major incidents or attempts to access the building were reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Peaceful protest is an important mechanism of our democracy but what we are witnessing in our nation's Capitol building is reprehensible and an outright assault to our democracy and Democratic institutions,\" he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mayors of major Bay Area cities on Wednesday did not hold back in expressing their outrage and disbelief at the chaos unfolding in the nation's capital, as rioters forced their way into the Capitol chambers, vandalizing the building and forcing members of Congress, journalists and staff to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an attempted coup encouraged by the President of the United States,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed wrote in a tweet. “It’s a dark day for our democracy, and the culmination of all of his anti-democratic words and actions from his campaign through his presidency.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346929863320510468"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Breed also offered sharp words in response to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/06/donald-trump-go-home-message-rioters-jake-tapper-vpx.cnn\">video message\u003c/a> Trump released later in the day, in which he told rioters to go home while simultaneously praising them and reiterating false claims about election fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's not a strong statement,\" she said. \"Get your ass out there and do what you're supposed to do, which you took an oath to do in the first place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called it an act of \"terrorism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is chaos and violence incited by Trump's continuous assault on our democracy,” she tweeted. “Ultimately our country will withstand this moment, and then we must hold the perpetrators accountable.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346922501880696835"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>And San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sliccardo/status/1346915241108508672\">in a tweet\u003c/a>, said President Trump should be tried for sedition \"for this atrocious, sickening display in our Capitol Building.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346915241108508672"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Guy Marzorati and April Dembosky contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11854009/a-shameful-assault-bay-area-leaders-react-to-rioting-in-the-nations-capital","authors":["1263"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_1323","news_27370","news_27626","news_28987","news_17968","news_20557","news_28983","news_28984"],"featImg":"news_11854055","label":"news"},"news_11853921":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11853921","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11853921","score":null,"sort":[1609977417000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"u-s-capitol-locked-down-as-far-right-protesters-enter-the-building","title":"US Capitol Secured After Pro-Trump Extremist Mob Breaches Building; Woman Is Killed","publishDate":1609977417,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch coverage \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKy84YmL-sU\">via PBS NewsHour\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 5:05 p.m. PST\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Capitol was the scene of chaos on Wednesday, as extremist supporters of President Trump responded to his call to head to the complex and then breached it, instigating unprecedented violence in the seat of America's federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman was shot and killed during the assault on the Capitol, according to Washington, D.C., police. Her identity was not made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told NPR's Carrie Johnson that the alleged shooter of the woman was a senior U.S. Capitol Police officer and that the woman who was killed was unarmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurrectionists interrupted proceedings in the House and Senate, as members of Congress were tallying President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. The counting of the votes is normally a relatively pro forma session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for two months, Trump has falsely and continuously claimed the election was stolen from him, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953714213/here-are-the-republicans-challenging-congress-tally-of-election-results\">dozens of fellow Republicans\u003c/a> had planned to object to slates of electors from various states they considered contested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers were debating an objection to Arizona's results — a state Trump lost narrowly — when the sessions were recessed as the U.S. Capitol Police attempted to put the complex on lockdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violent pro-Trump insurrectionists were seen smashing windows and occupying the House and Senate floors and various offices. Police were seen with guns drawn in the House chamber, pointing their firearms at windows that were smashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853944\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police with guns drawn watch as violent pro-Trump extremists try to break into the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People inside the building were told to shelter in place, and members of Congress were told that tear gas was being used in the Capitol rotunda and that they \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PeterWelch/status/1346904269375594505\">should get ready to put masks on\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED on Wednesday morning, a staffer for Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Santa Clara, described the situation: “It’s very tense to say the least. Super chaotic, Capitol police just ran down every hall shouting to get out and bring our flow hoods, which to my understanding means there’s a fear of a gas attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An unnamed Capitol Hill staffer for a Bay Area House representative wrote: “Everyone has been ordered to lock their doors, windows, and stay away from windows/shelter and stay silent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the chaos ensued, several Democratic Bay Area members of Congress tweeted and told KQED that they were in secure locations. “My staff and I are safe in the Capitol complex,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepDeSaulnier/status/1346927822892191750\">tweeted\u003c/a> East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier just after 1 p.m. “This type of violence has no place in a democracy.” Aides to San Mateo Rep. Jackie Speier and San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren confirmed that both congresswomen were also safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'It's Insurrection'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In mid-afternoon televised remarks, President-elect Joe Biden called on Trump to \"go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege\" at the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let me be very clear,\" Biden added, \"the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not reflect who we are,\" he said, calling the violent Trump supporters a \"small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It borders on sedition and it must end now,\" Biden said. \"It's not protest; it's insurrection.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LZYRDmjTA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault,\" Biden said. \"The words of a president matter. At their best, the words of a president can inspire. At their worst, they can incite.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Trump Urges Peace but Doubles Down on Election Falsehoods\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On Twitter, Trump asked people to remain peaceful. He then posted a video on social media, asking people to go home — but not before reiterating his baseless claims about the election being stolen and saying: \"You're very special.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twitter and Facebook \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954111914/twitter-restricts-the-reach-of-trumps-video-message-citing-a-risk-of-violence\">moved to restrict the reach\u003c/a> of the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's response to the violence came just a few hours after a midday address to supporters outside the White House, in which he repeatedly denied the results of the election, claiming without evidence that it was rigged against his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This election was stolen from you, from me, from the country,\" he said in the earlier remarks. He also urged his supporters to head to the Capitol, adding: \"You'll never take back our country with weakness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853946\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Congress run for cover as violent Trump supporters try to enter the House chamber during a joint session of Congress. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vice President Pence \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1346918219991420928\">more forcefully condemned the violence\u003c/a>, saying that the chaos engulfing the Capitol was an \"attack on our Capitol,\" and tweeting that people involved must \"immediately leave the building\" and would be \"prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and local authorities \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954109355/authorities-send-reinforcements-to-help-secure-the-capitol\">scrambled\u003c/a> to send forces to help secure the Capitol after it was overrun by the pro-Trump extremists. Reinforcements were also being deployed from the nearby states of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in downtown Sacramento just across from the Capitol building, hundreds of Trump supporters — including members of the Proud Boys — rallied late Wednesday morning, with some minor scuffles flaring up. As tensions mounted, Sacramento police fenced off the Capitol grounds, KQED’s Katie Orr reported. The situation, she \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/1KatieOrr/status/1346901226827309057\">tweeted\u003c/a>, \"feels pretty volatile.\" By mid-afternoon, however, Orr reported that demonstrations had fizzled out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unrest prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cancel his planned 2 p.m. COVID-19 update “out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of Governor’s Office staff,” his office reported. “Peaceful protest is an important mechanism of our democracy but what we are witnessing in our nation’s Capitol building is reprehensible and an outright assault to our democracy and Democratic institutions,” Newsom said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a tweet, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote that the National Guard had been called in at Trump's direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We reiterate President Trump's call against violence and to remain peaceful,\" she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement eventually gained control of the scene, ushering people out of the Capitol. The House sergeant-at-arms informed lawmakers and staff after 5 p.m. that the Capitol had been cleared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washington, D.C., instituted a 12-hour curfew that went into effect at 6 p.m. ET.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006702439804-edit_custom-dfbc66a6b31db68d1e724e9a57194eb401e49a17-1-scaled-e1609964727413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853922\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extremist Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock. \u003ccite>(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'The President Bears Responsibility'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The events came as thousands of pro-Trump and far-right demonstrators congregated in downtown Washington to contest the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Republicans, who spent the summer castigating the mostly peaceful protests against racial police violence, had previously encouraged demonstrations calling to overturn the election results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republicans and Democrats blasted those who breached the Capitol, with many — including some in his own party — also blaming Trump for inciting the mob through his repeated claims of a stolen election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"President Trump incited his followers to violence,\" Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. \"They stormed the Capitol and stopped the House and Senate in session.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap_21006685943540_custom-1b213882c422b09aab1d90c58c62f9288289e18e-1-scaled-e1609965246900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853924\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Far-right Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, prompting U.S. Capitol Police to take further security measures. \u003ccite>(Julio Cortez/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The President bears responsibility for today's events by promoting the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led to this point,\" Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said in a statement. \"It is past time to accept the will of American voters and to allow our nation to move forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a frequent critic of Trump, described the breach of the U.S. Capitol as \"an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, in a statement described the Capitol as being \"ransacked while the leader of the free world cowered behind his keyboard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: \"Lies have consequences. This violence was the inevitable and ugly outcome of the President's addiction to constantly stoking division.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is banana republic crap that we're watching happen right now,\" Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin said in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepGallagher/status/1346912246291603465?s=20\">video message\u003c/a> from lockdown in his congressional office. \"This is the cost of countenancing an effort by Congress to overturn the election and telling thousands of people that there is a legitimate shot of overturning the election today, even though you know that is not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have got to stop this. Mr. President, you have got to stop this,\" he said. \"The election is over. Call it off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Finish the Work'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the violent breach, congressional leaders were looking to continue the process of officially recognizing the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, a shameful assault was made on our democracy,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote in a letter to members. \"It was anointed at the highest level of government. It cannot, however, deter us from our responsibility to validate the election of Joe Biden.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A senior Senate aide told NPR the Senate was aiming to reconvene around 8 p.m. ET to continue the electoral vote count and \"finish the work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wrote on Twitter that the Electoral College ballots had been \"rescued from the Senate floor. If our capable floor staff hadn't grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/1346938705932648451?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Elena Moore, Deirdre Walsh and Kelsey Snell contributed to this story. This story includes reporting from KQED's Katie Orr, Ted Goldberg, Matthew Green and David Marks.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=U.S.+Capitol+Locked+Down+As+Trump+Supporters+Breach+The+Building&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\"/>\u003c/div>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As thousands of pro-Trump demonstrators marched in downtown D.C. Wednesday, violent insurrectionists entered the U.S. Capitol and clashed with police.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1610052411,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":1659},"headData":{"title":"US Capitol Secured After Pro-Trump Extremist Mob Breaches Building; Woman Is Killed | KQED","description":"As thousands of pro-Trump demonstrators marched in downtown D.C. 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Her identity was not made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told NPR's Carrie Johnson that the alleged shooter of the woman was a senior U.S. Capitol Police officer and that the woman who was killed was unarmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurrectionists interrupted proceedings in the House and Senate, as members of Congress were tallying President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. The counting of the votes is normally a relatively pro forma session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for two months, Trump has falsely and continuously claimed the election was stolen from him, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953714213/here-are-the-republicans-challenging-congress-tally-of-election-results\">dozens of fellow Republicans\u003c/a> had planned to object to slates of electors from various states they considered contested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers were debating an objection to Arizona's results — a state Trump lost narrowly — when the sessions were recessed as the U.S. Capitol Police attempted to put the complex on lockdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violent pro-Trump insurrectionists were seen smashing windows and occupying the House and Senate floors and various offices. Police were seen with guns drawn in the House chamber, pointing their firearms at windows that were smashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853944\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006717947235-edit_custom-c4abe38dac30495873149de5f92fe131b0b80ad5-s1600-c85-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police with guns drawn watch as violent pro-Trump extremists try to break into the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People inside the building were told to shelter in place, and members of Congress were told that tear gas was being used in the Capitol rotunda and that they \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PeterWelch/status/1346904269375594505\">should get ready to put masks on\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED on Wednesday morning, a staffer for Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Santa Clara, described the situation: “It’s very tense to say the least. Super chaotic, Capitol police just ran down every hall shouting to get out and bring our flow hoods, which to my understanding means there’s a fear of a gas attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An unnamed Capitol Hill staffer for a Bay Area House representative wrote: “Everyone has been ordered to lock their doors, windows, and stay away from windows/shelter and stay silent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the chaos ensued, several Democratic Bay Area members of Congress tweeted and told KQED that they were in secure locations. “My staff and I are safe in the Capitol complex,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepDeSaulnier/status/1346927822892191750\">tweeted\u003c/a> East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier just after 1 p.m. “This type of violence has no place in a democracy.” Aides to San Mateo Rep. Jackie Speier and San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren confirmed that both congresswomen were also safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'It's Insurrection'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In mid-afternoon televised remarks, President-elect Joe Biden called on Trump to \"go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege\" at the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let me be very clear,\" Biden added, \"the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not reflect who we are,\" he said, calling the violent Trump supporters a \"small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It borders on sedition and it must end now,\" Biden said. \"It's not protest; it's insurrection.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/c1LZYRDmjTA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/c1LZYRDmjTA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault,\" Biden said. \"The words of a president matter. At their best, the words of a president can inspire. At their worst, they can incite.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Trump Urges Peace but Doubles Down on Election Falsehoods\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On Twitter, Trump asked people to remain peaceful. He then posted a video on social media, asking people to go home — but not before reiterating his baseless claims about the election being stolen and saying: \"You're very special.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twitter and Facebook \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954111914/twitter-restricts-the-reach-of-trumps-video-message-citing-a-risk-of-violence\">moved to restrict the reach\u003c/a> of the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's response to the violence came just a few hours after a midday address to supporters outside the White House, in which he repeatedly denied the results of the election, claiming without evidence that it was rigged against his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This election was stolen from you, from me, from the country,\" he said in the earlier remarks. He also urged his supporters to head to the Capitol, adding: \"You'll never take back our country with weakness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853946\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gettyimages-1294930289_custom-8bad6cd744c0531ade29bdf9a131430925cd3136-s1600-c85-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Congress run for cover as violent Trump supporters try to enter the House chamber during a joint session of Congress. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vice President Pence \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1346918219991420928\">more forcefully condemned the violence\u003c/a>, saying that the chaos engulfing the Capitol was an \"attack on our Capitol,\" and tweeting that people involved must \"immediately leave the building\" and would be \"prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and local authorities \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954109355/authorities-send-reinforcements-to-help-secure-the-capitol\">scrambled\u003c/a> to send forces to help secure the Capitol after it was overrun by the pro-Trump extremists. Reinforcements were also being deployed from the nearby states of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in downtown Sacramento just across from the Capitol building, hundreds of Trump supporters — including members of the Proud Boys — rallied late Wednesday morning, with some minor scuffles flaring up. As tensions mounted, Sacramento police fenced off the Capitol grounds, KQED’s Katie Orr reported. The situation, she \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/1KatieOrr/status/1346901226827309057\">tweeted\u003c/a>, \"feels pretty volatile.\" By mid-afternoon, however, Orr reported that demonstrations had fizzled out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unrest prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cancel his planned 2 p.m. COVID-19 update “out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of Governor’s Office staff,” his office reported. “Peaceful protest is an important mechanism of our democracy but what we are witnessing in our nation’s Capitol building is reprehensible and an outright assault to our democracy and Democratic institutions,” Newsom said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a tweet, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote that the National Guard had been called in at Trump's direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We reiterate President Trump's call against violence and to remain peaceful,\" she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement eventually gained control of the scene, ushering people out of the Capitol. The House sergeant-at-arms informed lawmakers and staff after 5 p.m. that the Capitol had been cleared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washington, D.C., instituted a 12-hour curfew that went into effect at 6 p.m. ET.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap21006702439804-edit_custom-dfbc66a6b31db68d1e724e9a57194eb401e49a17-1-scaled-e1609964727413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853922\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extremist Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock. \u003ccite>(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'The President Bears Responsibility'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The events came as thousands of pro-Trump and far-right demonstrators congregated in downtown Washington to contest the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Republicans, who spent the summer castigating the mostly peaceful protests against racial police violence, had previously encouraged demonstrations calling to overturn the election results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republicans and Democrats blasted those who breached the Capitol, with many — including some in his own party — also blaming Trump for inciting the mob through his repeated claims of a stolen election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"President Trump incited his followers to violence,\" Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. \"They stormed the Capitol and stopped the House and Senate in session.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap_21006685943540_custom-1b213882c422b09aab1d90c58c62f9288289e18e-1-scaled-e1609965246900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853924\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Far-right Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, prompting U.S. Capitol Police to take further security measures. \u003ccite>(Julio Cortez/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The President bears responsibility for today's events by promoting the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led to this point,\" Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said in a statement. \"It is past time to accept the will of American voters and to allow our nation to move forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a frequent critic of Trump, described the breach of the U.S. Capitol as \"an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, in a statement described the Capitol as being \"ransacked while the leader of the free world cowered behind his keyboard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: \"Lies have consequences. This violence was the inevitable and ugly outcome of the President's addiction to constantly stoking division.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is banana republic crap that we're watching happen right now,\" Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin said in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepGallagher/status/1346912246291603465?s=20\">video message\u003c/a> from lockdown in his congressional office. \"This is the cost of countenancing an effort by Congress to overturn the election and telling thousands of people that there is a legitimate shot of overturning the election today, even though you know that is not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have got to stop this. Mr. President, you have got to stop this,\" he said. \"The election is over. Call it off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Finish the Work'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the violent breach, congressional leaders were looking to continue the process of officially recognizing the results of the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, a shameful assault was made on our democracy,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote in a letter to members. \"It was anointed at the highest level of government. It cannot, however, deter us from our responsibility to validate the election of Joe Biden.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A senior Senate aide told NPR the Senate was aiming to reconvene around 8 p.m. ET to continue the electoral vote count and \"finish the work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wrote on Twitter that the Electoral College ballots had been \"rescued from the Senate floor. If our capable floor staff hadn't grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1346938705932648451"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Elena Moore, Deirdre Walsh and Kelsey Snell contributed to this story. This story includes reporting from KQED's Katie Orr, Ted Goldberg, Matthew Green and David Marks.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=U.S.+Capitol+Locked+Down+As+Trump+Supporters+Breach+The+Building&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\"/>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11853921/u-s-capitol-locked-down-as-far-right-protesters-enter-the-building","authors":["237"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_20149","news_1323","news_27370","news_27626","news_28987","news_17968"],"featImg":"news_11854024","label":"news"},"news_11853529":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11853529","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11853529","score":null,"sort":[1609707628000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"i-just-want-to-find-11780-votes-in-recorded-call-trump-pushed-official-to-overturn-georgia-vote","title":"'I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes': In Recorded Call, Trump Pushed Official to Overturn Georgia Election","publishDate":1609707628,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>An angry President Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to overturn the state's presidential results, and appeared to at least partly blame him for what could be lower turnout in Tuesday's runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to a recording of a phone call obtained by Georgia Public Broadcasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people of Georgia know that this was a scam, and because of what you've done to the president, a lot of people aren't going out to vote [in the runoffs],\" Trump said in the remarkable Saturday call. \"A lot of Republicans are going to vote negative because they hate what you did to the president.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added: \"You would be respected if this thing could be straightened out before the election.\" Trump lost the state by nearly 12,000 votes to President-elect Joe Biden. [pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\"]\"Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong.\"[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3 million Georgians have already voted in the two Jan. 5 runoffs that pit incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue against Democrat Jon Ossoff and incumbent GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler against Democrat Raphael Warnock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Tuesday, advance turnout has lagged in heavily Republican parts of the state. Trump suggested Raffensperger was responsible for the drop in GOP enthusiasm, while the secretary of state has said the White House and state lawmakers spreading misinformation is to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1345859240368304128\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to the call in the video from NPR, above.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday morning, Trump railed against Raffensperger on social media, retweeting baseless claims of election fraud and stating that Georgia's top election official was \"unwilling, or unable, to answer questions\" about alleged problems in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/03/953012128/this-was-a-scam-in-recorded-call-trump-pushed-official-to-overturn-georgia-vote\">But the audio recording of the hour-long call\u003c/a> details that Raffensperger and representatives of the secretary of state's office continued to patiently knock down some of the more inflammatory claims made by Trump and other top Republicans who allege hundreds of thousands of votes were illegally counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong,\" Raffensperger said at one point. \"We have to stand by our numbers; we believe our numbers are right.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff, told Raffensperger he was hopeful that in a \"spirit of cooperation and compromise\" there would be some way to find a path forward to overturn Georgia's certified election results that were confirmed both by a full hand audit and a machine recount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't agree that you have one,\" Raffensperger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for the secretary of state's office told the president on the call that state investigators, law enforcement and the courts looked into claims of illegal votes and found no evidence of widespread fraud that would overturn Trump's narrow loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the president was undeterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state,\" Trump stated at one point. \"Flipping the state is a great testament to our country; it's a testament that they can admit to a mistake. A lot of people think it wasn't a mistake, it was much more criminal than that. But it's a big problem in Georgia and it's not a problem that's going away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hourlong call, which was first reported by The Washington Post, reveals the extent to which the president knows minute details of claims of irregularities. Trump was fixated on the latest rumors that counties shredded ballots from the November general election, spurred on by dubious claims made in Georgia state legislative hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1345816854938451970\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't pass the smell test, because we hear they're shredding thousands and thousands of ballots,\" Trump complained. A state official replied that an investigation showed no ballots were shredded, only old office supplies and other paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raffensperger also told the president that social media was a problem, and Trump interrupted to say that social media is \"Big Tech\" and was on Raffensperger's side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, I don't even know why you have a side because you should want to have an accurate election — and you're a Republican,\" Trump said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House has not responded to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The call came days ahead of congressional certification of Biden's electoral victory. A number of Republican members of Congress have said they're going to object to the results, an effort that is poised to fail but which has the support of Vice President Pence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raffensperger was not the only target of Trump's ire. The president said that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who has also repeatedly refused to interfere with the election results, was working with the secretary of state to treat Georgians badly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like a schmuck, I endorsed him and he got elected, but I will tell you, he is a disaster,\" Trump said of Kemp. \"I can't imagine he's ever getting elected again, I'll tell you that much.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, Trump has openly called for former Georgia U.S. Rep. Doug Collins to mount a primary challenge to Kemp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the call, there was a renewed push to get Raffensperger to undo Georgia's results before Tuesday's Senate runoffs, with the president and Meadows asking the state to meet and turn over information that they purport could prove evidence of fraud. The secretary of state's attorney declined, and pointed to numerous public explanations that debunk those claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Trump was confident the outcome would change in his favor, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone's going to look very good if the truth comes out,\" Trump said. \"And the real truth is I won by 400,000 votes at least. That's the real truth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday night, the president will hold a rally for Perdue and Loeffler in Dalton, Georgia. 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