The VoteMobile is coming to your town!

The Santa Cruz County Elections VoteMobile launched for the first time last week has been popular with voters and is traveling throughout Santa Cruz County every day between now and Election Day. The full schedule is posted online at www.votescount.us.

The schedule for this week is:

• Monday, Oct. 19, 9am to 11am, San Lorenzo Valley High School, 7105 Hwy 9 in Felton, and noon to 3pm, Liberty Bank, 13233 Hwy. 9 in Boulder Creek.
• Tuesday, Oct. 20, 9am to 11am, Lighthouse Point Park on West Cliff, and noon to 3pm, Housing Matters, 115 Coral St., Santa Cruz.
• Wednesday, Oct. 21, 11am to 2pm, La Posada, 609 Frederick St., Santa Cruz, and 3pm to 5pm, Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Cruz.
• Thursday, Oct. 22, 11am to 2pm, Garfield Park Village, 721 Bay St., Santa Cruz.
• Friday, Oct. 23, 9am to noon, Batteries Plus Bulbs, 101 Mount Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley.
• Saturday, Oct. 24, 9am to 1pm, Westside Farmers Market
• Sunday, Oct. 25, 9am to 1pm, Live Oak Farmers Market

“Voters love the convenience of accessing voter services close to their home,” said County Clerk Gail Pellerin, “And I love making sure every voter has a positive voting experience.”

Voters may drop by the red, white and blue VoteMobile to get a replacement ballot and vote it there or take it to go, return their voted ballot that was mailed to them, vote an accessible ballot on the Tablet, vote a Spanish ballot on the Tablet, register and vote, or get any other voter service.

A video showcasing the new VoteMobile is posted online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0yCn9ykwb4.

Having a mobile voting unit is especially useful when serving voters who have been displaced by the fires and to provide for easy, accessible voting for people who can’t leave their homes due to the global pandemic, Pellerin said. The VoteMobile also allows the county to bring voting to neighborhoods who will not have a traditional polling place this election due to the pandemic.

Starting Oct. 31, an additional 16 voting locations will be open in the county until 8pm on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The voting location at UCSC will be open Monday, Nov. 2 and Tuesday, Nov. 3. Locations and hours are printed in the Voter Information Guide and inserted with voter’s ballot. There have been a couple of changes and the final list of locations is posted online at www.votescount.us.

The county now has more than 169,000 registered voters – a record number! The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election is Monday, Oct. 19. Voters can register online at www.registertovote.ca.gov or pick up a card at any post office, library, city hall, county elections office, or the VoteMobile.

For more information, please contact the County Clerk/Elections Department at 831-454-2060 or visit us online at www.votescount.us.