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As 鈥樞掳拿帕喜誓谀恍畔 Votes,鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Is Ready to Collect the Ballots

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Chancellor Gary S. May speaks at the 鈥済rand opening鈥 of the Davis campus鈥檚 official ballot drop box, saying it 鈥渨ill keep this momentum (of increased student voter turnout) going.鈥 (Gregory Urquiaga/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

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  • Chancellor May joins ribbon-cutting for official drop box on campus
  • 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 strives to get out the vote for California鈥檚 June 7 primary election
  • 鈥樞掳拿帕喜誓谀恍畔 Votes鈥 website can help with registration and other voting issues

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 has relaunched its get-out-the-vote campaign, while 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is working to bring in the vote 鈥 the ballots, that is, in a newly installed, official drop box on the Davis campus.

鈥淭his is truly a great day for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and democracy in Yolo County,鈥 Chancellor Gary S. May said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 19 for the drop box outside the northeast corner of , across from the Memorial Union bus terminal. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be prouder that 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is home to the first ballot box to be installed permanently on a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 campus in Northern California.鈥

Shirley N. Weber, secretary of state, and Jesse Salinas, Yolo County鈥檚 chief election official, joined the chancellor in cutting the ribbon around the box, which also had been adorned with balloons.

The encourages members of the university community to participate in the state鈥檚 June 7 primary election, by becoming informed, and by registering and voting. The new drop box, Chancellor May said, 鈥渨ill make it easier and more convenient for our 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community to participate in the democratic process.鈥

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Yolo County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Jesse Salinas and Chancellor Gary S. May handle the scissors while Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber holds the ribbon. (Gregory Urquiaga/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

The 2022 primary includes the following races:

  • California Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller, treasurer, attorney general, insurance commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, state Assembly, and, depending on where you live, state Senate and Board of Equalization
  • Congress 鈥 Two Senate seats (one for a full term, the other for the remainder of a term ending Jan. 3, 2023), and House of Representatives

Every voter in the state will receive a 鈥渧ote-by-mail鈥 ballot (elections offices are due to start mailing them May 9). Despite their name, ballots can be returned in other ways besides the mail.

The mail option, postage-free, requires a postmark on or before Tuesday, June 7. Otherwise, you can deliver your ballot to any polling place or put it in any drop box by 8 p.m. June 7.

Polling place or drop box location does not matter for ballot drop-off. So, for example, if you are a Sacramento County voter who works on the Davis campus (in Yolo County), and you put your ballot in the campus drop box, Yolo County will forward your ballot to Sacramento.

AS新澳门六合彩内幕信息D voter registration table
The AS新澳门六合彩内幕信息D Office of the External Affairs Vice President (formerly known as the AS新澳门六合彩内幕信息D Office of Advocacy and Student Representation) conducted a voter registration drive coinciding with the ribbon-cutting event for the ballot drop box. (Gregory Urquiaga/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Take the pledge

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Votes website includes a section where you can register to vote, and a 鈥渧ote鈥 section where you can check your registration status and learn where you can vote in person, or where and when to turn in your ballot. The 鈥渧ote鈥 section also can display the ballot for your address, along with nonpartisan information on the candidates.

REGISTRATION

Graphic: "Register to Vote by May 23" with pink star burst, on blue

For the June 7 primary election, the stated deadline to register is May 23. You can register after that date, up to and including election day, but your ballot will be provisional until your registration is verified.

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 community members also are invited to pledge to vote, and those who do will receive email reminders about the election.

The outreach campaign, including social media posts and an , targets staff, faculty, alumni and, of course, students, who turned out in force in the 2020 general election, achieving 75% turnout, up from less than 50% in 2016 (among students who were eligible to vote).

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis earned an in the 2020 general election, 75.7%, up from 43% four years earlier, among nearly 300 four-year public colleges and universities in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. The award program also honored 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis for student voter engagement.

鈥淎 permanent ballot box will keep this momentum growing,鈥 Chancellor May said at the ribbon-cutting. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a way to help empower our students and campus affiliates to become lifelong voters and active with civic engagement. We also welcome other county voters who find 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis a convenient place to drop off their ballot.鈥

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Dateline Staff: Dave Jones, editor, 530-752-6556, dateline@ucdavis.edu; Cody Kitaura, News and Media Relations specialist, 530-752-1932, kitaura@ucdavis.edu.

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