Santa Cruz County has a program to allow voters with disabilities to vote remotely from their home computers. Due to changes in the law, that service is now offered to all voters.

The Santa Cruz County uses Dominion Voting Systems Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail (RAVBM) to provide this service.  The Accessible Vote by Mail system allows voters to download and mark their ballot privately and independently using their own technology or assistive technology, print their marked ballot, and return it to the Elections Office to be counted.

When

Voters must request this service by Tuesday, November 3, 2026 before 7pm. 

How

Click here and complete the form.

Access your ballot

We will email you a Voter Access Code to access your ballot.

You can then access and mark your ballot using the link emailed to you.

Prepare your ballot

Once you have completed voting your ballot, print it, fold it, and insert it in the return envelope we sent you or you may use any envelope you have available.

Sign your return envelope

If you are using the envelope we sent you, sign the envelope in the signature box. It is located between the two holes in the envelope.

To the right of the hole on your right, you can print your name, below your name you can write in your address, and provide your phone number or email for us to contact you if we have any questions.  If you cannot print your name and address, make sure your registration information is up to date. Click here to check your voter status. If you cannot sign your name, make a mark and have someone witness it. Your name must be clearly printed near the mark and the witness must sign his/her name as a witness. You must make a mark, having a power of attorney sign the envelope is not allowed.

If you are using your own envelope, sign your name and clearly print your name and address where you are registered to vote in Santa Cruz County on the outside of the envelope. If you cannot print your name and address, make sure your registration information is up to date. Click here to check your voter status.  If you cannot sign your name, make a mark and have someone witness it. Your name must be clearly printed near the mark and the witness must sign his/her name as a witness. You must make a mark, having a power of attorney sign the envelope is not allowed.

If you don’t want your signature and personal information exposed on the outside of your envelope, use a second envelope and write "Official Ballot Enclosed" on the outside of your envelope.

Return your ballot

At a secure drop box – available 24/7 until 8pm Election Day

 

Return your ballot by mail - No postage required if you are using the envelope we sent you.
If you are using your own envelope you will need to affix postage and mail it to:

Santa Cruz County Elections
701 Ocean St., Room 310
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Your ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day, November 3, 2026, and received by the 7th day after the election, November 10, 2026, to be considered received on time.

Return it in person before and including Election Day

You may personally drop it off at one of the locations below or you can have a someone you trust drop it off for you.

•     County Elections: 701 Ocean St., Room 310

•     Santa Cruz City Clerk: 809 Center St.

•     Capitola City Clerk: 420 Capitola Ave.

•     Scotts Valley City Clerk: 1 Civic Center Dr.

•     Watsonville City Clerk: 275 Main St. 

We will also have 24 voting locations open the following dates and times where voters can drop off their ballots. Once a location opens for voting, it will remain open through Election Day, November 3, 2026, for the following hours each day:

 

  • Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm
  • Saturday, 9am to 5pm (beginning October 24)
  • Sunday, 9am to 5pm (beginning October 25)
  • Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 7am to 8pm

Locations are subject to change. Check back here before you go! 

29 Day Vote Centers. Open for voting starting on October 5:

11 Day Vote Centers. Open for voting starting on October 24:

4 Day Vote Centers. Open for voting starting on October 31:

1 Day Vote Centers. Open only on Election Day, November 3:

VoteMobile

The Santa Cruz County has a mobile voting trailer that will be traveling throughout the county providing voter services. Stop by to get a ballot, drop off your voted ballot, vote an accessible or Spanish ballot, register to vote, and much more. See where the votemobile is here.