Gov. Orders Mail In Ballots but also have Personal Polling Places!

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By Jerry Henry on June 5, 2020.

Ca. Gov. Newsom issued another executive order yesterday. It reads in part: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: all Californians who are registered (and otherwise eligible) to vote in the November 3, 2020 General Election shall receive vote-by-mail ballots. Consistent with Elections Code this provision is not intended, and shall not be construed, to mean that voters in an inactive voter registration status shall receive vote-by-mail ballots in connection with the November 3, 2020 General Election. All county elections officials are required to use the Secretary of Stateas vote-by mail ballot tracking system, and to use Intelligent Mail Barcodes on all vote-by-mail ballot envelopes. At least one polling place be designated per precinct, and be required to make available more than one polling place per 10,000 registered voters from Saturday, October 31, 2020, through Monday, November 2, 2020, for at least eight hours (during regular hours convenient for members of the public) each day; and ii) On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. b) At least the following number of vote-by-mail ballot drop-off locations is made available for ballot drop-off beginning no later than 9 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, and continuing during regular business hours each day through the close of voting on Tuesday, November 3, 2020: At least one vote-by-mail ballot drop-off location per 15,000 registered voters; and Not less than two vote-by-mail ballot drop-off locations regardless of the number of registered voters.