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California Primary Election June 2 – Make a plan, avoid the wait, and vote early!
For the California elections on June 2, we highly encourage you to register to vote and vote early at the campus’s Voting Center open at Merrill Cultural Center starting Saturday, May 30, and through Election Day on Tuesday, June 2.
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 with a four-day voting center at Merrill Cultural Center.
For the California elections on June 2, we highly encourage you to register to vote and vote early at the campus’s Voting Center open at Merrill Cultural Center starting Saturday, May 30, and through Election Day on Tuesday, June 2.
Banana Slugs waited in lines for hours during finals to vote in the last election. Save time and lower stress. Make a plan and vote early!
All California active registered voters will have received a vote-by-mail ballot starting May 4th. You can track your ballot using the California State Ballottrax page.
Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked no later than June 2. If mailing on Elections Day, get a hand-stamped postmark from a postal employee inside a United States Post Office. To read more about this Primary Election visit the California Secretary of State’s website and the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.
Where can I vote?
There will be one in-person voting site on the main campus. This voting site will be located at the Merrill Culture Center. There will also be a voting site at the Silicon Valley Extension campus. It will be open for four days; Saturday-Tuesday May 30 to June 2. They all will accept mail-in ballots.
- Merrill Culture Center – Merrill College
- Saturday, May 30th: Voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sunday, May 31st: Voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Monday, June 1st: Voting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 2nd: Voting 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Election Day)
- Silicon Valley Campus Room 2110
- Saturday, May 30th: Voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sunday, May 31st: Voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Monday, June 1st: Voting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 2nd: Voting 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Election Day)
Finally, you may also deposit your completed mail-in ballot in the Official Ballot Drop Box that has been installed in Quarry Plaza across from the Bay Tree Campus Store construction area. If you have a mail ballot and are registered in Santa Cruz County, you can mail it before June 2nd or hand it in at any polling place on Election Day.
Prohibition of electioneering and corruption of the voting process
Please review the California Secretary of State webpage for the Notices on Electioneering and Corruption of the Voting Process. You may also view more information about electioneering and campaigning restrictions by visiting the campus’s Elections and Voter Information webpage and viewing the FAQs “Campus Policies Around Elections and Campaigns”.
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!