San Diego County’s Registrar of Voters said every active registered voter has received a ballot by mail for the Nov. 3 general election; the office sent 1.8 million reminder postcards to voters who had not cast a ballot as of Oct. 16 to encourage participation.

Voters may return a marked ballot by mail with no postage required, by dropping it at any of the Registrar’s more than 150 official ballot drop boxes, or by taking it to any vote center starting Oct. 24. After marking their selections, voters should seal the ballot in the postage-paid return envelope, date and sign the envelope; the Registrar says a signature is required for the ballot to count.

Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before Nov. 3 and received by the Registrar no later than seven days after Nov. 3 to be counted. Ballots returned at official drop boxes or vote centers must be deposited by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.

The county said vote centers open in phases to reduce wait times; select centers opened Oct. 24, all centers are scheduled to be open Oct. 31, and the final day of voting is Nov. 3, when vote centers, official drop boxes and the Registrar’s office will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. This election uses a two-card ballot; the Registrar recommends reviewing the voter information pamphlet and transferring marked choices from the sample ballot to the official ballot using the Ballot Marking Device to save time.

Voters can track their ballot through the California Secretary of State’s ballot tracking service to see when it is mailed, received and counted. For more information the Registrar directs voters to sdvote.com or to call 858-565-5800 or toll-free 800-696-0136.

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