{"id":14262,"date":"2025-10-20T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/14262\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:27:09","slug":"deadline-today-to-register-to-vote-in-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/14262\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline today to register to vote in special election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Poll<\/a>Poll workers collect ballots at San Diego County\u2019s Registrar of Voters. (File photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n

Monday is the deadline for San Diego County residents to register to vote if they want to receive a ballot in the mail for the Nov. 4 special election, according to the county Registrar of Voters\u2019 office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If that deadline passes, eligible voters must visit the registrar\u2019s office in Kearny Mesa or go to a vote center starting Saturday to conditionally register and vote provisionally.<\/p>\n

Registering to vote can be done online at sdvote.com. Would-be voters must register if they have not already done so, have recently moved or have changed a name.<\/p>\n

If the person\u2019s signature is confirmed through records at the California Department of Motor Vehicles<\/a>, that person\u2019s registration will automatically be sent to the registrar\u2019s office. If not, a prospective voter can print the form, sign it and return it to the registrar by 5 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Early voting is already underway from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa, 5600 Overland Ave.<\/p>\n

Starting Saturday, select vote centers located around the county will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Starting Nov. 1, all vote centers will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On the final day of voting, Nov. 4, all vote centers, official ballot drop boxes and the registrar\u2019s office will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Voters throughout the state will decide whether to adopt Proposition 50, dubbed by supporters as \u201cThe Election Rigging Response Act,\u201d which would redraw California\u2019s congressional district lines for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections in an attempt to create more Democratic seats in the House \u2013 an effort Gov. Gavin Newsom says will offset a similar move in Texas designed to create more Republican seats.<\/p>\n

Opponents say Proposition 50 \u201ccreates one of the most extreme partisan gerrymanders in modern American history\u201d and is a \u201cthreat to democracy and fair elections in California,\u201d according to the campaign against the measure.<\/p>\n

Additionally, voters living in Poway\u2019s Council District 2 will decide whether to recall Councilmember Tony Blain, who has faced allegations of vote trading, threatening recalls against colleagues and attempting to use law enforcement to silence critics. He is being investigated by the San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Blain has called the recall effort \u201cpolitical backlash \u2026 designed to block me from fully participating in council meetings and to punish me for asking the tough questions taxpayers deserve to have answered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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