“Voting Matters” – Watsonville Zoom Event With USPS Election Expert Tammy Patrick And Santa Cruz County Clerk

From City of Watsonville:

September 2, 2020

“Voting Matters” Zoom event on Thursday, September 3 at 6pm to discuss concerns about the United States Postal Service and mail delivery for people who have lost their homes in the fires.

“Voting Matters” – Zoom event with USPS election expert Tammy Patrick and Santa Cruz County Clerk

Tammy Patrick, Senior Advisor with the Democracy Fund, will join Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin at the second “Voting Matters” Zoom event on Thursday, September 3 at 6pm to discuss concerns about the United States Postal Service and mail delivery for people who have lost their homes in the fires.

To join “Voting Matters” on Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82377248326?pwd=cDhRNHdUTDlFOWdSV3BiYnVYRjNrZz09

To participate via phone, call 1-669-900-9128. The meeting ID is 823 7724 8326 and the passcode is 085550.

“We’ve been getting lots of calls from voters concerned about timely delivery of their ballots, especially from those who have lost their homes in the fires,” County Clerk Gail Pellerin said. “I want to set voters’ minds at ease, so I called on my friend Tammy Patrick to give us an update. Tammy is a nationally-recognized expert on elections and postal issues, so we are so lucky to have her join us for the first portion of the evening.”

Pellerin created the “Voting Matters” Zoom calls because her office has not been able to do their typical voter outreach events in person due to COVID-19. Also, because of the pandemic, Governor Newsom has issued an executive order requiring elections officials in California to mail ballots to all active registered voters by October 5.

In November, instead of the county’s traditional polling places, there will be voting locations where voters can obtain a ballot, turn in a ballot, register and vote on the same day, or vote an accessible or Spanish ballot on the tablet. Any voter may go to any location.

Consolidating voting locations improves the county’s ability to protect health and safety, including implementing physical distancing and wearing masks, disinfecting surfaces and voting equipment, providing hand sanitizer and more, including screening poll workers for symptoms. Voters will be asked to follow these guidelines to protect themselves and to protect others.

The “Voting Matters” Zoom event is open to the public and nonpartisan. “Voting Matters” Zoom events will be held on every other Thursday until Election Day. The next “Voting Matters” call will be at 6pm, Thursday, September 17, and will be presented primarily in Spanish.

Join us for “Voting Matters” at 6pm, Thursday, September 3. Tammy Patrick will be our special guest to talk about postal issues. Other topics: voting for fire victims, ballot drop boxes, voting locations, and more!

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82377248326?pwd=cDhRNHdUTDlFOWdSV3BiYnVYRjNrZz09

To participate via phone, call 1-669-900-9128. The meeting ID is 823 7724 8326 and the passcode is 085550.

Gail L. Pellerin, Santa Cruz County Clerk

701 Ocean St., Room 310, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

831-454-2419 | info@votescount.us

www.votescount.us | www.sccoclerk.us

This press release was produced by City of Watsonville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.