Contra Costa County
Kristin B. Connelly
Clerk-Recorder-Elections
County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
[email protected]
925.335.7899
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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; 2 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. 3 CLERK-RECORDER-ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT
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 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.
We continue to collaborate on new collateral.
Recognized for Excellence
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CONTRA COSTA ELECTIONS
BY THE NUMBERS
704,567 registered voters
90%-95% of ballots are cast as
Vote-By-Mail (VBM) ballots.
These get returned split about evenly between
secure drop boxes and USPS.
We moved to a central count model in 2022.
We are authorized for just 32 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.
9th Largest County in California
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BY THE NUMBERS
17,175 registered voters (2.4% of county)
10 precincts serving city voters
Partisan breakdown of registered voters:
61.4% Democratic Party
11.8% Republican Party
2.9% American Independent Party
0.4% Green Party
0.6% Libertarian Party
0.5% Peace & Freedom Party
21.7% No Party Preference
0.6% Misc.
12 volunteers from Hercules have committed to
help with the Presidential Primary.
In November 2022, the highest turnout for in-person voting was at Hercules Public Library with 230 voters
on Election Day.
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Contra Costa County Elections Division mailed all NPP voters a postcard in December that gave instructions on how to request a cross-over ballot for American Independent Party, the Democratic Party or the Libertarian Party.
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: [email protected]
• Fax: (925) 335-7836
9 Contra Costa County Elections Division mailed all NPP voters a postcard in December that gave instructions on how to request a cross-over ballot for American Independent Party, the Democratic Party or the Libertarian Party.
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: [email protected]
• Fax: (925) 335-7836
VOTING EARLY IN HERCULES
24/7 Drop Box Locations
109 Civic Drive
10 In-Person Voting
Walnut Creek City Hall
1666 North Main Street
Friday March 1 -- 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday March 2 -- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday March 4 -- 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
When is the Next Election?2024 Presidential Primary Election E-Day -40
1/25/24
E-Day -29
2/5/24
E-Day -15
2/19/24
E-Day -4
3/1/24
E-Day
3/5/24
E-Day +7
3/12/24
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 [email protected] 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
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. Invite our staff to speak to your Youth Commission.
How Can You Support Elections?
Be an ambassador for registering new voters year-round.
Reinforce safety messages with your local police department.
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 60th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s 1964 speech “I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired,” to help inspire Californians to vote.
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California's Youth Vote
State
2014 Youth Turnout Rate
2018 Youth Turnout Rate
2022 Youth Turnout Rate
Change in Youth Turnout, 2018-2022
California
10.3%
30.3%
22.1%
-8.2
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. ties have a lot of work to do to support all young people’s engagement in democracy.”
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Contra Costa County
Kristin B. Connelly
Clerk-Recorder-Elections
County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
[email protected]
925.335.7899
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