{"id":333250,"date":"2026-05-26T19:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333250\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:34:08","slug":"california-voters-urged-to-mail-ballots-by-tuesday-may-26-heres-what-you-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333250\/","title":{"rendered":"California voters urged to mail ballots by Tuesday, May 26. Here&#8217;s what you need know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/vote\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California primary election<\/a> is a week away, and state leaders are urging people who plan to vote by mail to send in their ballots by Tuesday to make sure their vote is counted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It&#8217;s because of a recent change in how the United States Postal Service processes mail. Mail at post offices and USPS collection boxes located 50 miles away from a regional hub is now picked up the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to officials, that means mail-in ballots dropped off on Election Day, June 2, will not be postmarked until the following day. Ballots must be postmarked by June 2 in order to be eligible for counting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If you miss Tuesday&#8217;s recommended deadline, you have a few options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">You can drop your ballot off at a voting center or ballot box, or you can go to a post office to request a postmark on your ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There are two big races to watch in this election &#8211; the race for Los Angeles mayor and California governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If you&#8217;re voting in person, you&#8217;ll have until 8 p.m. on Election Day. If you haven&#8217;t registered to vote, you can do same-day registration at your local voting center.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California primary election is a week away, and state leaders are urging people who plan to vote&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[137981,7,9,8],"class_list":["post-333250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-137981","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}