Ballots for General Election in Mail

Ballots for General Election in Mail

The Santa Barbara County Elections Office announced that official Vote-by-Mail ballots and voting materials will be delivered to the United States Post Office by Oct. 5.  Registered voters are asked to check their mailboxes for their ballot and related voter information guides, which should reach them within the next 5 to 10 days. The vote-by-mail […]

Yikes! Now we have to vote!

Actual ballots are in the mail.

Advances - A Look at the Week of Oct. 4, 2026

With Election Day just over a month away, the actual election is getting started already with many mail-in voters beginning to receive and cast ballots. The voting is happening for the most part without the level of public debates between…

Election Day is a month away but voting begins Oct. 5. Here's how to do it.

Election Day is officially Tuesday, Nov. 3, but with mail-in ballots, voting can begin after your ballot hits your mailbox. This year ballots began arriving as early as Thursday, Oct. 1, continuing through Monday, Oct. 5. Ballot dropboxes go live…