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California – Statewide Special Election on Nov. 4
All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election.
All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election. Your county elections office mailed out ballots beginning October 6, 2025.
Your Statewide Special Election ballot will include:
- One statewide ballot measure
- Two local measures (city of Santa Cruz voters only)
There are several ways to return your vote-by-mail ballot:
- By mail in the prepaid envelope provided (postmarked on or before Election Day and received by November 12, 2025);
- Drop it in any of the county’s secure ballot drop boxes (one is conveniently located in the Quarry Plaza)
- Return it to a voting location or the county Elections Office by 8:00 p.m. on November 4, 2025.
To read more about this election visit the California Secretary of State’s website and the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.
4-Day Voting Center on Campus
There will be one in-person voting site at UC Santa Cruz. It will be open for four days: Saturday-Tuesday, November 1–4. In addition to same-day registration and voting, they will also accept mail-in ballots. Here is the campus voting site and hours of operation:
- Stevenson College Event Center (101 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz)
- Saturday, November 1: Voting 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Sunday, November 2: Voting 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Monday, November 3: Voting 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Tuesday, November 4: Voting 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Election Day)
Campus Drop Box
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 Bookstore. If you have a mail ballot and are registered in Santa Cruz County, you can mail it on or before November 4 or hand it in at any polling place on Election Day.
Did you miss the registration deadline? You can still vote!
If you did not register to vote before the October 20 deadline, Same Day Voter Registration , known as Conditional Voter Registration in state law, is a safety net for Californians who miss the deadline to register to vote or update their voter registration information for an election. You will have to show up in person at an official vote center (such as the Stevenson Event Center). There will be conditional voter registration opportunities available. Ballots will be given once the county elections office has completed the voter registration verification process. You will need to bring your California driver’s license or Social Security number and provide your dorm room and campus mailbox number if you live on campus. Out-of-state driver’s licenses or ID’s are not acceptable.
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.
Where is my ballot?
Tracking your vote-by-mail ballot–when it is mailed, received, and counted–has never been easier. The California Secretary of State is now offering Where’s My Ballot?–a new way for voters to track and receive notifications on the status of their vote-by-mail ballot.
More information can be found on the UCSC Elections & Voter Information webpage.You may also contact the campus Government & Community Relations office for any questions or concerns.
Thank you for participating!