2020
GENERAL ELECTION
| Event |
Date |
| Election date |
November 3, 2020 |
| Last day to register |
October 5, 2020 |
Supervisor of Elections begins sending
vote-by-mail ballots to members of the
uniformed services, Merchant Marine,
spouses and dependents, and
overseas voters |
September 19, 2020 |
Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a request to send a
vote-by-mail ballot via mail |
October 24, 2020, 5:00 p.m.. |
Deadline for late registration
for qualified voters* |
October 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m. |
Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a voted vote-by-mail ballot |
November 3, 2020**, 7:00 p.m. |
*Late registration is available for any individual or accompanying family member who has been discharged or separated from the uniformed services or the United States Merchant Marine, has returned from a military deployment or activation, or has separated from employment outside the territorial limits of the United States, after the book-closing date for an election and who is otherwise qualified. Such a person may register to vote in said election until 5 p.m. on the Friday before that election in the office of the Supervisor of Elections. Such person must produce sufficient documentation showing evidence of qualifying for late registration.
**Overseas voters have a 10-day deadline extension for ballots returned by mail. Their deadline is November 13, 2020. For an overseas ballot to count after November 3, the overseas voted ballot must be postmarked or dated no later than Election Day, November 3, 2020, and received by the Supervisor of Elections of the county in which the voter is registered to vote no later than November 13. Ballots returned by overseas voters by fax must be returned by Election Day, November 3, 2020, 7:00 P.M.