For Immediate Release
Early in-person voting to expand this weekend for March election
SANTA ROSA, CA | February 29, 2024
Early in-person voting for the March 5 Presidential Primary Election will expand this weekend, Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters, announced today. Twenty-four vote centers will open Saturday, joining seven that have been open since February 24, for a total of 31. Voters can vote at any vote center in the county; they are not assigned to a specific location.
All 31 vote centers will have identical hours: March 2 to March 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 5 (Election Day), from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. A complete list of vote centers is provided below, sorted in alphabetical order by city/place. An asterisk designates a vote center that has been open since February 24.
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Bodega Bay Cloverdale Cotati Forestville Geyserville Graton Guerneville Healdsburg Kenwood Petaluma Petaluma City Hall Petaluma Community Center * Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building Santa Rosa Junior College – Petaluma Rohnert Park |
Rohnert Park continued Sonoma State University Santa Rosa Finley Center Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Oakmont East Recreation Center Rincon Valley Regional Library Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building * Sheppard Elementary School, #34 Sonoma County Registrar of Voters * Spring Lake Middle School Sebastopol Sonoma Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building * The Sea Ranch Windsor |
In accordance with state law, all active registered voters in Sonoma County were mailed a vote-by-mail ballot in early February. Anyone who believes they are registered but did not receive a ballot in the mail should contact the Registrar of Voters Office. Voters who wish to send in their vote-by-mail ballot rather than vote in person can return their ballot in the following ways:
- Return it through the mail. In order to count, it must be postmarked* on or before Election Day.
*Note: If you are placing your ballot in a USPS collection box on March 5 (Election Day), it is important that you note the last collection time listed on the box. If your ballot is placed in the USPS collection box AFTER the last collection time for that box, it will not be postmarked until the following day.
- Drop it in one of 21 official ballot drop boxes throughout the county. The drop boxes are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week until 8 p.m. on Election Day.
- Drop it off at any open vote center.
For a list and map of all vote centers and official ballot drop boxes, including addresses and dates and times they will be open, visit the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters homepage and click on the list of official ballot drop boxes and vote centers link under the “March 2024 Presidential Primary Election” heading.
Notice: No drive-thru drop box at Registrar of Voters Office
The 24/7 drive-through Official Ballot Drop Box that had long been located in front of the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office at 435 Fiscal Drive in Santa Rosa is no longer available. Instead, there is a 24/7 official ballot drop box located two blocks away in front of the Sonoma County Administration Building at 575 Administration Drive. In addition, voters are welcome to come inside the Registrar of Voters Office to drop off their ballots during business hours.
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office is located at 435 Fiscal Drive in Santa Rosa. Until further notice, the office will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this weekend (March 2-3) and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day itself. For more information, please visit SoCoVotes.com, call (707) 565-6800 (Toll-Free: [800] 750-VOTE [8683]; TDD: [800] 565-6888), email rov-info@sonoma-county.org, or visit the office in person.
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Contact Information:
Wendy Hudson
Chief Deputy Registrar of Voters
Wendy.Hudson@sonoma-county.org
(707) 565-6800
Media Contact:
Gina Stocker, Communications Specialist
publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org
(707) 565-3040
575 Administration Drive, Suite 104A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
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