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<\/p>\nBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Tuesday, November 3, 2026, is Midterm Election Day in Kern County and around the U.S.<\/p>\n
Races in this year’s midterm election include California\u2019s governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, propositions, and more.<\/p>\n
For Kern County, there are also several local races and measures.<\/p>\n
Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Voters may return their voted ballot by dropping their ballot off at an official drop box; or vote-by-mail ballots that are personally delivered to a ballot drop-off location must be delivered no later 8 p.m. on Election Day.<\/p>\n
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Kern County Ballot Drop Box KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n
Official Drop Boxes are available at the following locations:<\/p>\n
Bakersfield<\/p>\n
Kern County Elections Office – 1115 Truxtun Ave., 93301Kern County Fire Station #67 – 14341 Brimhall Rd., 93314Holloway-Gonzales Branch Library – 506 E. Brundage Ln., 93307Kern County Public Works Road Yard – 5438 Victor St., 93308CSUB – 9001 Stockdale Hwy., 93311Bakersfield Community College \u2013 1801 Panorama Dr., 93305Greenfield Senior Center (Ben Austin) \u2013 1751 McKee Rd., 93307<\/p>\n
Arvin<\/p>\n
Arvin Branch Library – 201 Campus Dr., 93203<\/p>\n
California City<\/p>\n
California City Branch Library – 9507 California City Blvd., 93505<\/p>\n
Delano<\/p>\n
Delano Branch Library – 925 10th Ave, 93215<\/p>\n
Frazier Park<\/p>\n
Frazier Park Branch Library – 3732 Park Dr., 93225<\/p>\n
Lake Isabella<\/p>\n
Kern County Superior Court – 7046 Lake Isabella Blvd., 93240<\/p>\n
Lamont<\/p>\n
Kern County Human Services – 8300 Segrue Rd., 93241<\/p>\n
McFarland<\/p>\n
McFarland Branch Library – 500 W. Kern Ave., 93250<\/p>\n
Ridgecrest<\/p>\n
Kern County Superior Court – 132 E. Coso Ave., 93555<\/p>\n
Rosamond<\/p>\n
Rosamond Branch Library – 3611 Rosamond Blvd., 93560<\/p>\n
Shafter<\/p>\n
Kern County Fire Station #32 – 325 Sunset Ave., 93263<\/p>\n
Taft<\/p>\n
Taft Branch Library – 27 Cougar Ct., 93268<\/p>\n
Tehachapi<\/p>\n
Tehachapi Branch Library – 212 Green St., 93561<\/p>\n
Wasco<\/p>\n
Wasco Branch Library – 1102 7th St., 93280<\/p>\n
To find your poll site, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n If you want to deliver it via postal mail, mail ballots must be postmarked by November 3 and received no later than 7 days after Election Day.<\/p>\n If you have cast a mail-in ballot, you can click here to check on its status.<\/a><\/p>\n After the polls close at 8 p.m., the counting of ballots will begin shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n The Kern County Elections Office said on December 3,<\/a> 2026, the county elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to each jurisdiction within 30 days of the election.<\/p>\n