Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department
ELECTION FACTS and KEY DATES – NOVEMBER 6, 2012
As of September 10, 2012
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Number of registered voters:
146,046
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Number of permanent vote-by-mail voters:
56,658 (38.79%)
Total number of vote-by-mail ballots issued:
855 (military and overseas)
Total number of vote-by-mail ballots returned:
0
Total number of undeliverable vote-by-mail ballots:
0
Number of voting precincts:
140
Number of mail ballot precincts:
113
Total precincts reporting Election Night:
253
Number of poll workers/election workers needed:
900
Number of different ballot styles:
68
Number of local measures on the ballot:
7 (L, M, N, O, P, Q, R)
Number of State Propositions:
11 (Props. 30 – 40)
Number of candidate contests on the ballot:
48
Number of candidates:
90
County Sample Ballot Booklets Mailing to Begin:
October 5, 2012
State Voter Information Guide Mailing to Begin:
October 2012
First day ballots mailed to military/overseas voters:
September 7, 2012
First day to mail vote-by-mail ballots:
October 9, 2012
Postage for returning vote-by-mail ballot:
45 cents
Voting in person in Santa Cruz or Watsonville:
October 9 to November 6, 2012
Logic and Accuracy Testing Begins:
October 2012
Last Day to Register to Vote:
Monday, October 22, 2012
Begin processing returned vote-by-mail ballots:
October 26, 2012
Last Day to request a ballot to be mailed to you:
October 30, 2012
Weekend Voting in Santa Cruz and Watsonville:
November 3 & 4, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Election Day - Polls and Elections office open
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tues, Nov. 6, 2012
Results reporting
Results of vote-by-mail ballots returned before November 6 will be available by 8:30 p.m. on election night. First report from precincts is expected at approximately 10:30 p.m. election night. Next report will be released around midnight. Final report for the night with semi-official results will be posted once ballot counting is done around 2 a.m. Results will be posted online at www.votescount.com
Canvass/audit of election begins:
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m.
Random drawing of precincts for 1% manual tally:
Thursday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m.
Deadline to certify election:
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, 5 p.m.
