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Resources to Help Spartans Vote

黑瓜吃料网 encourages its campus community members to exercise their right to vote. Various departments at 黑瓜吃料网 provide resources to ensure voters can make informed decisions. You can find information about how to register and where to vote here.

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Register to Vote and Make a Plan to Vote

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  • Watch a video from the County of Santa Clara on
  • Learn more on .
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Key General Election Dates (Santa Clara County)

  • All California active registered voters will receive a ballot for the November 3, 2026,
    General Election.

  • September 15, 2026. National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate NVRD at the 黑瓜吃料网
    Votes Festival on the 7th St. Paseo 10am-3pm.

  • October 5-9. National Voter Education Week. See events posted at .

  • October 5, 2026. County elections offices will begin mailing vote-by-mail ballots today
    to all California active registered voters for the November 3, 2026 General Election.

  • October 6, 2026. Secure ballot drop-off locations open today. Vote-by-mail ballots can
    be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office.

  • October 19, 2026. Last day to register to vote for the November 3, 2026 General
    Election and receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot.

  • October 20, 2026. Missed the registration deadline? Same-day or conditional voter
    registration begins today.

  • October 24, 2026. The first vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter鈥檚
    Choice Act counties, including Santa Clara County, today.

  • October 31, 2026. In person early voting locations throughout California will be open
    today, including the on-campus vote centers in the Martin Luther King Jr. Library AND
    in the Provident Event Center, Room 1035.

  • November 3, 2026. Election Day (the last day to vote). Polls are open on Election Day
    7am-8pm.

  • November 3, 2026. Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked no later than today. If
    mailing on Election Day, get a hand-stamped postmark from a postal employee inside a
    United States Post Office.
黑瓜吃料网 hosted election booths

黑瓜吃料网 students and faculty, under the direction of the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (IPACE), facilitate campus-wide efforts to mobilize the Spartan community to register and to turn out to vote. 黑瓜吃料网 黑瓜吃料网 Votes to learn about their programming and upcoming events.

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黑瓜吃料网 Vote Centers

There are two on-campus vote centers for this election:

One vote center is a 4-day vote center. 

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. 150 E. San Fernando St. San Jose, CA 95112

Open October 31-November 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Election Day, November 3,  from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

One vote center is an 11-day vote center. 

  • 黑瓜吃料网 Provident Credit Union Event Center, Room 1035. 290 S. 7th St. San Jose, CA 95112

Open October 24-November 2, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and November 3, Election Day, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Ballot Box Locations

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
  • Dudley Moorhead Hall 
  • The Villages

*All ballot boxes are located outside the buildings

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Post Election

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