{"id":343214,"date":"2026-06-02T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343214\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:07:10","slug":"still-holding-your-ballot-what-california-says-about-mailing-it-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343214\/","title":{"rendered":"Still holding your ballot? What California says about mailing it on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what to know about mail a ballot on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>CALIFORNIA, USA \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/section\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">California<\/a> voters who still have a vote-by-mail ballot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Election Day<\/a> can return it through the mail, but state officials say they should get a hand-stamped postmark from a postal employee to ensure the ballot is postmarked on time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the California Secretary of State&#8217;s office, mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received no later than seven days after the election to be counted.<\/p>\n<p>Voters returning a ballot by mail should complete all required information on the return envelope before sending it back.<\/p>\n<p>Voters also have other options to return completed ballots. They can be returned by 8 p.m. June 2 at a secure drop box, polling place, vote center or county elections office.<\/p>\n<p>State officials said anyone may return a voter&#8217;s ballot on their behalf as long as that person is not paid on a per-ballot basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State&#8217;s office said all valid vote-by-mail ballots are counted in every California election regardless of the outcome or closeness of a race.<\/p>\n<p>To find a polling center, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/where-to-find-your-local-polling-place-in-california\/103-0998e1f4-9b7a-4e97-bda7-38c46170d623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWWrj98h0tU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Your Voice Your Vote: California Governor&#8217;s Race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what to know about mail a ballot on Election Day. CALIFORNIA, USA \u2014 California voters who still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-343214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343214","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=343214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}