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Home My WebLink About011624-05.1 Contra Costa CountyContra Costa County ClerkClerk--RecorderRecorder--ElectionsElections Kristin B. Connelly County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar Kristin.Connelly@vote.cccounty.us 925.335.7899 ELECTIONS Registrar of Voters Primary Statutory Responsibilities Include:  Conduct elections in a fair, efficient, accurate, and timely manner;  Provide services to maintain a high level of voter registration and to ensure that all eligible citizens can register to vote and are able to exercise their right to vote, according to Federal and State statutory laws and regulations; CLERK-RECORDER Primary Statutory Responsibilities Include:  Accurately maintain, protect, and preserve official records and indices relating to real property and vital records in Contra Costa County and provide the public with easy, convenient, and reliable access to public documents;  Provide micrographic capability and equipment to digitize, maintain, and archive our public records. CLERK-RECORDER- ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT Recognized for Excellence •The Election Division was selected as 1 of just 16 jurisdictions nationwide to be a Center for Election Excellence. The award is bringing nearly $2 million o in grant revenue through the end of 2024. •Contra Costa Elections also received the Democracy Award from the National Association of Election Officials in 2022 for leading the 11-county Coalition of Bay Area Elections Officials (bayareavotes.org) for collaborating to fight mis-and dis-information about elections in our shared media market. CONTRA COSTA ELECTIONS BY THE NUMBERS 9Largest County in California th •704,567 registered voters 90%-95% of ballots are cast as o Vote-By-Mail (VBM) ballots. These get returned split about evenly between o secure drop boxes and USPS. •We moved to a central count model in 2022. •We are authorized for just 30 permanent FTEs. •By contrast, Santa Clara has only 400,000 more registered voters and they have 90 permanent FTEs. •The Presidential Primary on March 5, 2024, is first time in the history of California where we will mail every voter a ballot in a partisan presidential primary. DANVILLE BY THE NUMBERS •32,158registered voters (4.6%of county) 19precincts serving town voters o •Partisan breakdown of registered voters: 42.6%Democratic Party o 29.5%Republican Party o 4.3%American Independent Party o 0.2%Green Party o 1.0%Libertarian Party o 0.1%Peace & Freedom Party o 21.8% No Party Preference o 0.4%Misc. o •31volunteers from Danville have committed to help with the Presidential Primary. •In November 2022, the highest turnout for in-person voting was at St. Timothy Episcopal Church with 446voters on Election Day. Contra Costa County Elections Division mailed all NPP voters a postcard last month that gave instructions on how to request a cross- over ballot for American Independent Party, the Democratic Party or the Libertarian Party. -You can return the postcard to our office. Voters wanting to participate in the Republican, Green Party or Peace & Freedom Party Presidential Primary need to re-register with that party by February 20,2024. How to get back to us? Voters can send us their No Party Preference Cross- Over Ballot Notice and Application in person or by mail. It can also be sent by email or fax. • Email: Voter.Services@vote.cccounty.us • Fax: (925) 335-7836 When is the Next Election? 2024 Presidential Primary Election Voter Information Guides mailed Includes locations of ballot drop boxes and voting sites Ballots mailed to all voters In-person voting begins in Martinez; drop boxes opened Last day to register online-If haven’t received your ballot Email ballots@vote.cccounty.us or phone 925.335.7800 Five early voting sites open Fri, Sat, Mon, and Election Day Election Day! Ballot postmark deadline Drop-dead County must receive your ballot E-Day -40E-Day -29E-Day -15E-Day -4E-DayE-Day +7 1/25/242/5/242/19/243/1/243/5/243/12/24 How Can You Support Elections? Communicate with your residents and reinforce important • election information. For the March Primary, NPP voters need to let us know if • they would like a “crossover ballot” that allows them to vote in a partisan primary. To participate in the Republican Primary, a resident needs • to be registered with the Republican party. Encourage high school students to become student poll • workers. How Can You Support Elections? Be an ambassador for registering new voters year-round. • Support California High School Voter Education Weeks the last two weeks of • April and September. In 2024, please do what you can to amplify information about the • importance of voting. The CA SOS, Dr. Shirley Weber plans to highlight the 60anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s 1964 speech “I’m so sick and tired of th being sick and tired,” to help inspire Californians to vote. Check out our Website and follow us on Social Media: • ContraCostaVote.gov California's Youth Vote Youth Voter Turnout in Recent Midterm Elections: State by State CIRCLE estimates of youth voter turnout (ages 18-29) in the past three midterm elections. Turnout is the percentage of eligible voters (whether or not they were registered) who cast a ballot. 2014 Youth Turnout 2018 Youth Turnout 2022 Youth Turnout Change in Youth RateRateRate State Turnout, 2018-2022 California10.3%30.3%22.1%-8.2 Five Steps to Safer Elections from the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections Social Media: Twitter –@cocoelections We’re Easy to Reach!We’re Easy to Reach! YouTube –Contra Costa Clerk Recorder Follow us on: Follow us on: Facebook –Contra Costa County Elections Instagram Instagram TikTokTikTok Instagram –@contra_costa_elections Tik Tok –@cc.clerkrec.elect QR Code to our TikTok QR Code to our Instagram Contra Costa CountyContra Costa County ClerkClerk--RecorderRecorder--ElectionsElections Kristin B. Connelly County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar Kristin.Connelly@vote.cccounty.us 925.335.7899