San Rafael, CA - You only have a few more days to register to vote in the Nov. 5 Uniform District Election in Marin County. The deadline is Oct. 21.
Voters may register or update registrations online at the Secretary of State's website or fill out and mail a voter registration form, which must be postmarked on or before Oct. 21. The Marin County Elections Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day. The office is at the Marin Civic Center Administration Building, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 121, San Rafael.
Postage-paid voter registration forms are available at post offices, libraries, city/town clerks offices and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Call 415) 473-6456 for more information.
Voting is already under way. The Elections Office mailed ballots to more than 100,000 vote-by-mail voters on Oct. 7. Voters who do not receive a ballot in the mail but want to vote by mail in the November election may apply for a ballot in one of the following ways:
- In person at the Elections Office during regular office hours
- In writing until Oct. 29 by using the application on the back cover of the Voter Information Pamphlet.
- Mailing or faxing a request to Registrar of Voters, Marin County Civic Center, Suite 121, P.O. Box E, San Rafael, CA 94913. Fax 415-473-6447.
A new smartphone-friendly website has been developed to help voters make their choices about political candidates and ballot measures.
For more information about voting in Marin County call (415) 473-6456 or visit our website.
Dated: October 16, 2013
Elaine Ginnold
Registrar of Voters