If the phrase MAIL BALLOT PRECINCT is printed on the back of your sample ballot booklet just above your mailing address it means that you do not have a polling place for this election. You will automatically be mailed an official ballot through the mail. You may vote the ballot when you receive it and return it by mail or you may turn it in, sealed in the signed return envelope, to any polling place in the county on election day. If you are returning your ballot by mail it is very important that you mail it not less than five days before the election to insure that the U.S. Post Office can deliver your ballot by Election Day. Ballots received after Election Day cannot be counted.
Ballots returned personally to the Elections Office or a polling place on Election Day by 1:00 P.M. will be counted on election night. Ballots turned in between 1:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. on Election Day will be counted after the election and added to the official canvass results. The Elections Office requests that you return your ballot no later than five days before the election, so a majority of all the ballots can be counted on election night.
If you are in a MAIL BALLOT PRECINCT and you do not receive your official ballot within one week of receiving the sample ballot or if you loose or inadvertently destroy your ballot call the Elections Office (559) 733-6275 and you will be instructed how to proceed. If you do not have your official mail ballot before election day you must come to the county Elections Office, Government Plaza, 5951 S. Mooney Blvd. in Visalia to vote.