{"id":1292,"date":"2020-09-21T16:36:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T23:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2020-11-02T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:42:21","slug":"wheres-my-darn-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s My *!#!* Ballot Box?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/nigelguest.com\/bcatemp.org.nigelguest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM-624x398.png 624w, https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-21-at-6.16.47-PM.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-drop-cap has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">How do I turn in my ballot this year?<\/span><br><\/strong>Every Californian who is registered to vote will receive a vote-by-mail ballot. This year, most of our neighborhood polling stations won&#8217;t be open to deliver our ballots. Here&#8217;s how you can make sure your vote is received and counted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mail your ballot through the US Postal Service<\/span>, <\/strong>make sure it will still be postmarked by November 3rd. [No Stamps Needed for the November 2020 election!]  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">If you don&#8217;t want to rely on the mail, there are six (6) Ballot Drop Boxes around the city and starting Oct 31st, there will be nine (9) Accessible Voting Locations (bigger than a typical precinct polling place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Drop it in a Berkeley Ballot Drop Box by 8 pm November 3rd <\/span><\/strong>(ballots are collected directly by the County Registrar of Voters):<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Facility<\/td><td>Address<\/td><td>District<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>West Branch Library<\/td><td>1125 University Avenue<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frances Albrier Recreation Center<\/td><td>2800 Park Street<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Berkeley Civic Center Building<\/td><td>2180 Milvia Street<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>North Branch Library<\/td><td>1170 The Alameda<\/td><td>5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>U.C. Berkeley<\/td><td>between Sather Gate and Architects\/Engineers Building<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Claremont Branch Library<\/td><td>2940 Benvenue Avenue<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Drop it at a new Accessible Voting Locations<\/span><\/strong> (Hours on Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 (Saturday-Monday): 9am-5pm; Election Day Tuesday Nov 3: 7am-8pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Facility<\/td><td>Address<\/td><td>District<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>City of Berkeley Building (old Premier Cru)<\/td><td>1011 University Ave<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ed Roberts Campus<\/td><td>3075 Adeline Ave<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Longfellow Middle School<\/td><td>1500 Derby St<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Berkeley High School Gym<\/td><td>1980 Allston Way<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Epworth United Methodist Church<\/td><td>1953 Hopkins St<\/td><td>5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Northbrae Community Church<\/td><td>941 The Alameda<\/td><td>5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lawrence Hall of Science<\/td><td>1 Centennial Dr<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MLK Student Union, Pauley Ballroom<\/td><td>2455 Bancroft Way, 3rd Floor<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Willard Middle School<\/td><td>2425 Stuart St<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 100 Accessible Voting Locations in the county! For an interactive map, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acgov.org\/rovapps\/maps\/avl\/\">https:\/\/www.acgov.org\/rovapps\/maps\/avl\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Check your voter registration status <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acgov.org\/rovmvp_app\/mvp.do\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Once you have voted, <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Track your ballot status <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/acvote.ballottrax.net\/voter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoebe Sorgen reminds us that even this year, you can <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">vote in person<\/span><\/strong> at 1225 Fallon St., Oakland. (Wear a mask and maintain social distancing.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I turn in my ballot this year?Every Californian who is registered to vote will receive a vote-by-mail ballot. This year, most of our neighborhood polling stations won&#8217;t be open to deliver our ballots. Here&#8217;s how you can make &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1292\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where&#8217;s My *!#!* Ballot Box?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1368,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}