Early in-person voting opens this weekend for Nov. 3 General Election

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Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Evelyn Mendez is reminding voters that early in-person voting for the Nov. 3 General Election begins this weekend:

• Seven Vote Centers will be open for 11 consecutive days from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 3). Hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on Election Day when hours will be extended from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• 25 more Vote Centers (for a total of 32) will be open for four consecutive days from Saturday, Oct. 31, to Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 3). Once again, hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on Election Day when hours will be extended from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The seven Vote Centers opening this weekend are as follows (listed in alphabetical order by city):

• Abel De Luna Community Center
  1557 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
• Petaluma Community Center
  320 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma
• Rohnert Park Community Center
  5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park
• Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building - North Room}
  1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa
• Sonoma County Registrar of Voters
  3880 Brickway Blvd., Suite 200, Santa Rosa
• Sebastopol Center for the Arts
  282 S High St., Sebastopol
• Faith Lutheran Church of Sonoma Valley
  19355 Arnold Drive, Sonoma

For a list and map of all Vote Centers and Official Ballot Drop Boxes in Sonoma County, including addresses and dates/times they will be open, visit socovotes.com and click on the List of Official Ballot Drop Boxes and Vote Centers and/or Map of Official Ballot Drop Boxes and Vote Centers link(s) under the “November 3, 2026, General Election” heading.

Voters also have the option to vote by mail. All active, registered voters in Sonoma County were sent Vote-by-Mail ballots earlier this month. There are three main ways a voter can return their Vote-by-Mail ballot:

1. Send it back in the mail. In order to count, it must be postmarked on or before Election Day (Nov. 3).
   
   Important Message About Postmarks
   The United States Postal Service (USPS) can no longer guarantee that mail returned to USPS collection boxes will be postmarked the same day it is retrieved. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that voters not place their ballots in USPS collection boxes on Election Day (Nov. 3) or the day before Election Day (Nov. 2). Instead, voters should either:
   • Go to a physical post office location during business hours and request that a postal employee manually postmark their ballot.
   • Use a private mail delivery service.
     
     
2. Drop it in any Official Ballot Drop Box in California before 8 p.m. on Election Day (Nov. 3).
3. Take it to any open Vote Center in California.

For more information or questions, please visit socovotes.com, call (707) 565-6800 (Toll-Free: (800) 750-VOTE (8683); TDD: (800) 565-6888), or email rov-info@sonomacounty.gov.

Note: The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office moved in February. It is now located at 3880 Brickway Blvd., Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.

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Contact Information:
Evelyn Mendez, Registrar of Voters
evelyn.mendez@sonomacounty.gov 
(707) 565-6800

Media Contact:
Matt Brown, Supervising Communications Specialist
publicaffairs@sonomacounty.gov 
(707) 565-3040