PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOTS MAILED FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On Monday, February 5, 2024, the Elections Office mailed ballots for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election to all active Mendocino County registered voters. Late yesterday afternoon, the Elections Office was notified by some recipients of those ballots that there were errors in certain ballots.    

The Elections Office has since learned that every voter in Mendocino County received a Republican ballot for the First Supervisorial District regardless of their party affiliation. Additionally, the Elections Office believes there may be errors in all ballots mailed out, even those ballots for voters registered Republican in the First District.

The Elections Office has been working with the vendor that printed the ballots to quickly remedy the error. The error was caused by a third-party vendor. The vendor is printing replacement ballots for all active Mendocino County registered voters and will mail them out, at the vendor’s expense, to all registered voters early next week.  

If any voter has already voted and returned the ballot they received, please contact the Election / County Clerk’s Office as soon as possible. Our office will also reach out to voters who returned one of the ballots mailed on February 5, 2024, to make sure the voter is provided the correct ballot.

Please note that military and overseas ballots were not affected by this error. Military and overseas voters received correct ballots.

I would like to thank those voters who called to let us know about this error.

If you have any questions, please contact the Election / County Clerk’s Office by calling 707-234-6819 or emailing us at mcvotes@mendocinocounty.gov

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