All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot starting February 5th. You can track your ballot using the California State Ballottrax page.
Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by March 12, 2024. To read more about this Primary Election visit the California Secretary of State’s website and the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.
How can I vote?
Voting is a citizen's fundamental right, and UC Santa Cruz urges you to let your voice be heard. This year, the campus is making it as easy as possible for you to cast your ballot.
Where can I vote?
There will be one in-person voting site on the main campus. This voting site will be located at the Stevenson Event Center. There will also be a voting site at the Silicon Valley Extension campus. It will be open for 4 days; Saturday-Tuesday March 2-5. They will accept mail-in ballots.
- Stevenson College Event Center (101 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz)
- Saturday, March 2th: Voting 9am-5pm
- Sunday, March 3th: Voting 9am-5pm
- Monday, March 4th: Voting 8am – 5pm
- Tuesday, March 5th: Voting 7am – 8pm (Election Day)
- Silicon Valley Campus Room 2110
- Saturday, March 2th: Voting 9am-5pm
- Sunday, March 3th: Voting 9am-5pm
- Monday, March 4th: Voting 8am – 5pm
- Tuesday, March 5th: Voting 7am – 8pm (Election Day)
Finally, you may also deposit your completed ballot in the Official Ballot Drop Box that has been installed in Quarry Plaza in front of Bay Tree Campus Store. If you have a mail ballot and are registered in Santa Cruz County, you can mail it before March 5th or hand it in at any polling place on Election Day.
Prohibition of Electioneering and Corruption of the Voting Process
All activities of electioneering and corruption of the voting process are strictly prohibited. Please review the California Secretary of State webpage for the Notices on Electioneering and Corruption of the Voting Process.
Voter Registration
You can register to vote online or you can register to vote in-person through the Santa Cruz County Elections department who will be coming to campus at the Bay Tree Campus Store parking Lot 102 with their VoteMobile trailer on the following dates and times:
- Thursday Feb 15th, 9am-1pm
- Wed Feb 21st, 12pm-4pm
The State of California is also allowing Conditional Voter Registration.
I'm registered to vote back home, what should I do?
If you are registered at an address that is NOT in Santa Cruz County, a ballot would have been mailed to that address. If you did not receive a ballot, you will need to visit one of the in-person voting sites, like the Stevenson Event Center on campus, to fill out the conditional voting registration.
I don’t know where I am registered, can I look it up online?
Yes. You can go to VoterStatus.sos.ca.gov and look up your voter information. If you need to change anything, you can go to RegisterToVote.ca.gov and change it.
Thank you for participating!
