Voter Information

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Voting

Your mail-in ballot needs:

1. 1. your signature (it will get checked),

   2. no stray marks, and

   3. returned in the envelope provided.

   4. postmarked by Nov 3 (in the last few days, get a manual postmark from a postal employee in a U.S. Post Office) ➽ ballot drop boxes are better

• Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters: Register/Preregister to vote online | Voter registration lookup | vote center locations | track your ballot | serve as an election worker or volunteer

• California SoS VoteSure voting information (vote.ca.gov): check voter status | register in advance or same-day | polling places

Oct. 5: Ballots mailed out. Early voting at the Registrar's  office.
Oct. 24 - Nov. 3: Vote Centers are open.
Nov. 3: Election day. Last day to vote.

• 866ourvote.org, 866-OUR-VOTE: resources for voting

• Google "How to vote"

• Vote 411

• 7 Reasons Why Early Voting is Critical this election | Smash Early Vote Records | VoteEarlyCA.com
  Early votes send a louder message. They’re harder to sabotage, deny, procrastinate away, miss out due to a voter registration problem. They allow more time to cure an incomplete ballot. A large margin is too big to rig. Like in Hungary, we need a landslide win. Vote as if it could be the last time.

• Freedom Fall: Sign up to help Protect the Election

• Per Snopes: Avoid Vote Safe.org, it’s funded by Elon Musk’s America PAC and it collects and shares users’ personal information

California Propositions: Analysis and Recommendations

• Pete Rates the Propositions: analysis and recommendations on all California ballot propositions.
  For most propositions, his Summary paragraph and Yes/No recommendation are sufficient. Decide where you want to dig deeper.
  You may agree or disagree, but you’ll come away a better informed voter.

• ACLU California Action: recommendations about Prop 39, 1, 3, 4, 41, 42, 43.
  (They agree with Pete Rates.)

• League of Women Voters: recommendations.
  (They agree with Pete Rates except on Prop 37 and are neutral on Prop 40.)

• Mercury News: summaries of all 14 propositions in 2026.

• No On Prop 39: Stop Trump’s Power Grab -- from ACLU, Common Cause, Courage CA, LWV, …

• Personified Propositions

Ballot Info and Analysis

• Ballotpedia – encyclopedia of U.S. elections

• CalMatters Voter Guide | Prop Quizzes – non-partisan info on the Nov ballot, not recommendations.

• Gun Sense Voter (Moms Demand Action) — see which candidates are committed to gun safety

• LWV Los Altos–Mountain View – Local Election Events: Candidate forums. Q&A on state and local ballot measures.

• Official Santa Clara County Democratic Party Voter Guides

• Who Paid for This Ad? – This tool gives you immediate, unprecedented insight into who is sending you political mail.

Endorsements

• CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide and governor candidates’ interview video clips on key issues

• Indivisible’s Strategy for the primaries (our opportunity to push the Democratic party towards a real opposition party to fight authoritarianism) and Champions for Change for Congress

• Mercury News endorsements

• PPJC Ballot Guide 2026 endorsement matrix

• Santa Clara County Democrats for Public Education (DPE): Endorsements for Nov 2026 School Board Candidates

• Sierra Club congressional endorsements | SF Bay endorsements

• South Bay Progressive Alliance endorsements

• Sunnyvale Democratic Club

• SwingLeft Peninsula’s endorsement matrix | Guidance for high-impact campaign donations