Politics & Government
Thousands of Voters Mailed in Ballots Early
San Mateo County has started processing thousands of ballots.
With five and a half days remaining in the election season, the San Mateo County Elections office is hard at work counting vote-by-mail ballots.
Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, county elections specialist, had recorded 78,715 ballots on the eve of Oct 31st .
Last year on this day, the county had received about 30,000 mail-in ballots.
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About 55 percent of voters in San Mateo County regularly vote by mail. This amounts to about 192,955 voters, according to Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, who is encouraging people to come watch the process.
“This is a very exciting time to visit,” Church said. “Right now, nearly every functional team responsible for election administration is fully engaged,” he said.
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The Elections office started tallying ballots on October 26. It will continue to do so through November. To arrange for a visit, call Narda Barrientos, Elections Supervisor, by phone at (650) 312-5222 or by e-mail her at nbarrientos@smcare.org.
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