Photos: California Primary Election Day around the Bay Area

Election Day is upon us, and it seems to be like many people haven’t but returned these ballots that had been mailed out final month for California’s Major.

In reality, in response to voter information agency Political Information Inc., 18.8 million of the 21.9 million ballots mailed out — 86% — have but to be returned.

Ballots should be postmarked no later than Election Day, June 7, so no later than Tuesday you must get it into the mailbox earlier than the provider comes or to the put up workplace earlier than it closes. It should be obtained by June 14. Postage is roofed so that you don’t want a stamp. However don’t overlook to place the poll into the envelope and signal the envelope earlier than sending it.

Counties have arrange drop bins to gather ballots. The state has a web-based instrument that will help you discover them, the place you may enter your county, metropolis or ZIP code and discover drop bins and different voting places close to you. Ballots should be dropped off within the bins by 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 7.

You may observe your poll on-line at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov. The monitoring app will ship you a textual content when your poll is obtained and counted.

You could find protection of the most important races and comply with outcomes as they roll in shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday at https://www.mercurynews.com/information/politics/election/

Bay Space Information Group’s John Woolfolk contributed to this report.

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – June 07: David Steele of San Jose fills out his poll on the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on June 7, 2022. (Dai Sugano/Bay Space Information Group) 

MARTINEZ, CA – JUNE 7: Ray Torralba transfers ballots through the sorting course of on the Contra Costa County Elections Division on Election Day in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Anda Chu/Bay Space Information Group) 

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – June 07: An indication is displayed outdoors the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on June 7, 2022. (Dai Sugano/Bay Space Information Group) 

OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 7: Ballot employee Gayla Newsome, left, watches as Sammy Maramba, proper, drops his poll in a group field in a polling station on the Rockridge Department of the Oakland Public Library on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Space Information Group) 

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – June 07: Jose Medeiros of San Jose talks with this information group on the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on June 7, 2022. (Dai Sugano/Bay Space Information Group) 

MARTINEZ, CA – JUNE 7: James Calvin Austin Jr., 65, of Martinez, casts a poll at a polling place situated contained in the Contra Costa County Elections Division on Election Day in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Anda Chu/Bay Space Information Group) 

MARTINEZ, CA – JUNE 7: Ellen Frank, of Martinez, drops off a poll outdoors the Contra Costa County Elections Division on Election Day in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Anda Chu/Bay Space Information Group) 

OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 7: Stickers are photographed at a polling station within the Rockridge Department of the Oakland Public Library on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Space Information Group) 

OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 7: Fely Maramba-Ferrell places her poll in a group field in a polling station on the Rockridge Department of the Oakland Public Library on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Space Information Group) 

MARTINEZ, CA – JUNE 7: Ballots move by means of a scanning machine through the sorting course of on the Contra Costa County Elections Division on Election Day in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Anda Chu/Bay Space Information Group) 

OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 7: James Schumacher, left, votes at a polling station within the Rockridge Department of the Oakland Public Library on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Space Information Group) 

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – June 07: Whereas a voter watches from contained in the automobile, a Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ election employee, Demetria Ruiz, places the poll into the poll field for the voter on the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on June 7, 2022. (Dai Sugano/Bay Space Information Group)