Voting in the March 3 presidential primary election begins Monday at the County of San Bernardino Registrar of Voters office. In addition, mail ballots will be sent out to voters who are on the permanent mail ballot list beginning Monday. Voters should also be receiving their voting information guides soon. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about how you can vote early…
Voters do not have to wait for Election Day, or even wait to receive a ballot in the mail, to vote. Starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, February 3, voters can obtain and cast a ballot at the Registrar of Voters office, 777 E. Rialto Avenue in San Bernardino. Early voting hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 29, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For the Morongo Basin, an early voting site will open at the Joshua Tree Community Center on Tuesday, February 25. (Voting hours will be Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Election Day, Tuesday, March 3, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
Voters can request to vote by mail up until February 25.
The County’s purchase of a new voting system has caused one small change to the voting instructions; voters will fill in an oval to the left of the name of the candidate of their choice. In prior elections with the old voting system, votes were cast by drawing a line between two ends of an arrow located to the right of the candidate’s name.
For voters who prefer to cast a ballot in person on Election Day, the polling place check-in process will be more efficient. Poll workers will find voter names using the new Poll Pads, instead of searching through a paper roster.
Voters can find their assigned polling place on the back cover of their Voter Information Guide, by using the My Elections Gateway application on the Registrar of Voters website, or by calling 909-387-8300.
