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Election 2020: Where to vote in person, drop off ballots in Citrus Heights
A ballot drop-off box is open 24-hours outside City Hall in Citrus Heights. // M. Hazlip

Sentinel staff report–
Citrus Heights this year has three locations where voters can securely drop off their ballots, along with several locations for voting in person.
- Raley’s. New this year is a vote-by-mail drop-box stationed at the Raley’s grocery store at 7847 Lichen Drive. Ballots can be dropped off at Raley’s seven-days-a-week, from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., except for Election Day when the cut-off time is 8 p.m.
- City Hall. As in prior elections, City Hall at 6360 Fountain Square Drive is serving as a ballot drop off location. Ballots can be dropped off 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.
- Sylvan Oaks Library. Voters can also drop off their ballots at the library at 6700 Auburn Blvd, five days a week. From Tuesday-Saturday, ballots can be dropped off between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. On Election Day, hours will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Where to vote in person:
- City Hall. Those wishing to cast a ballot in person can do so at Citrus Heights City Hall, beginning Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., continuing through Nov. 3rd. Voting will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day.
- Citrus Heights Fellowship. 7405 Mariposa Ave. The vote center will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Oct. 31-Nov. 2, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day.
- Sylvan Oaks Library. 6700 Auburn Blvd. The vote center will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Oct. 31-Nov. 2, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day.
October 14, 2020
Want to see if your vote-by-mail ballot got counted? Here’s how you can check online
Updated 5:41 p.m., Nov. 9
Sentinel staff report–
Wonder what happened to your vote-by-mail ballot after you put it in the mail or dropped it off? Under California Election law, you can check to see if your vote was counted if you voted by mail — and in Citrus Heights and Sacramento County, you can check online in less than a minute.

As of 4 p.m. Friday, election officials reported that approximately 259,000 ballots had been counted in Sacramento County, with an estimated 151,000 ballots remaining to be processed.

To check on the status of your vote-by-mail ballot in Sacramento County, follow these two steps:
1. Visit the Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections website.
2. Select “registration” from the top menu and click “registration status,” or click here.
3. Enter your house number, zip code and date of birth and click submit.
You will then be shown the current status of your ballot, as well as your voter history for prior elections.

In response to voters who questioned why their ballot status was listed as “not received” on Friday, Courtney Bailey-Kanelos, Sacramento County’s Registrar of Voters, confirmed with The Sentinel that many ballots dropped off on Election Day have not yet been counted and will show up as “not received” on the County’s website.

Additional vote count updates are scheduled to continue being released each Tuesday and Friday, until election results are officially certified on Dec. 6th.

Those in other counties can visit the Secretary of State’s website for links to each county’s website to check the status of your vote-by-mail ballot.
November 8, 2018
Election Official: Too late to mail in ballots; must drop off at polling place

Warning Monday that it’s too late to mail in vote-by-mail ballots, Sacramento County Registrar of Voters Jill LaVine urged voters to make sure their votes count by dropping off their ballots at any polling place in the county on election day, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.

“All ballots must be in our office or dropped off at a Sacramento County Polling Place [by 8 p.m. Tuesday] in order to be counted for this election,” read Monday’s press release from the Registrar of Voters. “Postmarks do not count.”

In the June Primary election this year, Sacramento County election officials said over 1,000 vote-by-mail ballots were delivered too late to be counted, as state law currently does not allow ballots received after polls closed to be counted.

Senate Bill 29, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown this year, hopes to get these late ballots counted, but doesn’t come into effect until January 1, 2015. The new law will allow for ballots “postmarked on or before election day” to be counted — as long as they are received within three days after the election.

To find the nearest polling place to drop off a vote-by-mail ballot, voters can call the Registrar’s office at (916) 875-6451, visit www.elections.saccounty.net, or use the SacVote mobile app.

Vote by mail voters can also drop off their ballots today — or on election day — at the Citrus Heights city hall, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Local Vote by Mail Drop-off Site
Citrus Heights City Hall

6237 Fountain Square Dr

Citrus Heights 95621

November 3, 2014
ELECTION: Sample Ballots Arrive for Citrus Heights Voters

*Editor’s note: to find out most recent information on local candidates in the November 4 election, see story: Citrus Heights Council Candidates Differ on Taxes, New City Hall

With the primary election coming up in just over a month, Citrus Heights voters can expect to receive their sample ballot pamphlets in the mail this week — if they haven’t already — according to a press release by the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters.

An April 28 report by the Registrar’s office shows that Citrus Heights has 40,892 voters, with Republicans leading in voter registration totals.

The report reveals that Republicans hold about 41 percent of registered voters in the city, compared to 34 percent who registered as Democrats. The remaining 25 percent are registered as either “no party preference,” or a third party.

Voters who do not receive a sample ballot this week can check their voter registration status online to make sure they are registered to vote before the May 19 deadline.

The Registrar’s office reminds voters that they must re-register any time they move, change names, or wish to change political party affiliation. This can be done using a form on the California Secretary of State’s website that now allows citizens to easily register or re-register online.

Sample ballots also include an application to receive a vote-by-mail ballot, for those who prefer to vote from home instead of showing up at a polling place on election day. Those registered to vote by mail will begin receiving their official voting ballots starting next week, and must turn them in by mail or in person by June 3 at 8 p.m.

Vote-by-mail ballots can be dropped off in person at several locations throughout the county, including Citrus Heights city hall from May 19 through May 31, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

April 29, 2014