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County Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey discusses elections and voting during a global pandemic. In just 52 days, ballots will start arriving in your mail box for the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election.
Recorded August 14, 2020.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus.
B
I'm
eric
kirhy
public
information
officer
for
the
county
of
santa
clara
in
just
52
days.
Ballots
will
start
mailing
out
for
the
november
3rd
2020
presidential
general
election
today
on
live
with
the
county
of
santa
clara.
We
have
shannon
boucher
registrar
of
voters,
he's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
voting
amid
a
pandemic
good
morning.
C
B
Thanks
for
being
here
so
before,
we
begin
a
quick
note
about
the
masks
we
removed
them
shortly
before
the
program
in
order
for
our
our
our
dialogue
to
be
properly
translated,
and
for
so
everyone
can
understand
us
best
after
after
the
program
we'll
be
putting
the
masks
back
on
so
shannon
you've
been
registered
here
in
santa
clara
county
for
over
five
years.
For
those
who
aren't
familiar
with
the
title,
the
registrar
of
voters
is
in
charge
of
all
elections
in
santa
clara
county,
that's
federal
and
state
and
local
elections.
B
B
You
know
you
guys
were
working
on
and
adopted
the
voters
choice
act,
which
means
people
all
receive.
Well,
all
registered
voters
receive
a
ballot
in
the
mail
and
that
started
with
the
march
primary
election.
Can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
just
about
voting
by
mail
in
general
and
why
the
county
made
the
switch.
C
C
You
don't
have
to
worry
about
how
much
postage
should
I
put
on
the
ballot
at
the
post
office
to
mail
it
back
to
us
and
I
think
part
of
why
you
know
santa
clara
county
switched
to
the
voters,
choice,
act
or
as
vca
as
I
call
it.
Last
year
the
board
of
supervisors
voted
to
enact
the
voters
choice
act
because
it's
a
it's.
You
know
it's
a
much
more
convenient
method
of
voting
for
our
voters
and
they
get
to
choose.
You
know
when
where
and
how
they're
going
to
vote.
B
Yeah,
it's
interesting
how
voting
has
evolved?
If
you
go
back
to
the
year,
2000
most
people
still
went
to
the
polling
places.
I
believe
it's
four
out
of
five,
but
then
going
forward
to
2018
elections,
and
that
was
before
everyone
was
getting
a
mail
ballot
already
only
20
were
kind
of
going
going
to
the
polling
places.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
though
it
was
voter's
choice
act
for
march,
but
with
the
pandemic
there's
going
to
be
some
differences
in
november.
Can
you
kind
of
go
through
those
for
us.
C
So
one
of
the
differences
is
that
the
vote
centers
will
be
open
for
four
days,
beginning
october
31st,
so
halloween,
that's
what
you
can
all
remember
is
halloween
we're
going
to
start
and
get
out
there
and
vote
and
vote
early.
So
from
october
31st
to
november
3rd,
we
will
have
vote
centers,
approximately
100,
of
those
open
throughout
the
entire
county.
C
The
second
change
is
it's
well,
we
in
election
will
call
it
postmark,
plus
3
is
now
postmark
plus
17.,
and
what
that
means
is
that
any
voter
who
is
returning
their
ballot
by
mail
can
get
it
postmarked
by
election
day
and
if
it's
received
within
our
office
in
the
next
17
days
after
the
election,
we're
able
to
count
it
make
it
valid
and
include
that
in
the
result.
So
that
may
help,
if
there's
any
issues
or
delays
in
the
post
office,
delivering
ballots
to
us
which
we
haven't
seen
yet.
C
C
Voters
who
you
know,
may
not
be
in
the
area
across
oceans
and
and
in
other
countries,
so
they
are
able
to
access
their
ballot
through
connect,
a
secure
connection
that
we
give
to
them
to
print
it
out,
so
that
will
now
be
open
to
all
voters
for
santa
clara
county
for
this
election.
So
those
are
the
three
top
key
changes
for
november.
B
B
That
being
said,
a
lot
of
people
would
rather
drop
their
ballot
off
themselves,
either
in
one
of
the
drop
boxes
that
you
guys
offer,
or
even
in
person
a
lot
of
people.
They
still
want
to
go
to
a
polling
place,
a
tradition
or
they
like
the
act
of
going
into
the
secret
box
and
filling
it
out
and
manually,
putting
it
in
the
ballot
box.
Can
you
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
both?
You
know
the
drop
boxes
as
well
as
what
kind
of
in-person
voting
opportunities
there
will
be
for
people.
C
Sure
for
the
drop
boxes,
so
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
of
talk
also
about
the
post
office
and
delays
in
voting
or
mailing.
So
there's
very
easy
way
to
skip
all
of
that.
To
avoid
any
issues
potential-
or
you
know
actual
or
not
with
the
post
office
by
using
one
of
our
drop-off
boxes,
we
have
over
90
drop
boxes
already
scheduled
and
planned
for
the
november
election,
and
we
have
vote
centers,
which
you
can
drop
your
ballot
off.
C
So
our
drop-off
boxes
are
kind
of
like
a
mailbox
like
a
mailbox
size,
they're
secure
and
you
can
drop
off
your
ballot.
Any
one
of
those
and
our
staff
directly
pick
those
up.
So
they
don't
even
go
into
the
post
office
at
all.
So
if
they
drop
them
in
a
drop
box
or
at
a
vote
center,
they're
just
right
into
our
hands,
and
it's
actually
just
one
of
the
easiest
ways
to
vote.
C
Sure
so
we
are
going
to
have
approximately
100
vote
centers
for
in-person
voting.
I
first
do
want
to
say
that
the
safest
way
to
vote
is
to
vote
from
home
or
vote
from
your
residence.
It's
more
convenient
and,
like
I
said
you
can
just
drop
it
off
at
a
drop
box,
but
for
those
of
you
that
may
need
in-person
voting
because
we
have
accessible
voting
machines
or
maybe,
as
they
say,
the
dog
ate
your
ballot
and
you
need
a
replacement
ballot.
C
You
can
come
to
any
one
of
our
vote,
centers
anyone
throughout
the
county
and
we
will
be
able
to
provide
language
assistance,
accessible
voting
and
do
replacement
ballots
kind
of
like
a
full
service
vote
center.
Now,
instead
of
a
polling
place
where
you
could
only
get
your
one
ballot
type
and
now
you
can
go
anywhere
and
vote
all.
B
C
C
C
Is
you
know,
into
september,
beginning
of
october,
look
for
your
pamphlet
and
then,
after
october,
5th
go
ahead
and
look
for
your
ballot
to
come
in
the
mail
and
make
sure
you're
registered,
but
I
really
want
to
tell
people
now
don't
wait
till
october
to
get
registered.
Do
it
now?
It's
really!
You
know
the
plan,
you
should
make
a
plan
be
prepared
and
right
now
you
can
go
to
our
website
at
any
time.
At.
C
Www.Sccvote.Org
and
we
have
links
to
the
secretary
of
state's
online
voter
registration,
we
give
you
information
on
how
to
update
your
registration,
because,
if
you've
moved,
you
should
go
ahead
and
update
your
registration.
So
right
now,
I'd
really
like
the
voters
to
get
prepared
and
be
ready
and
have
their
plan
to
get
out
and
vote
and
er.
You
know
I
did
you
had
mentioned,
and
I
didn't
address
that
the
safety
of
the
voters
at
the
polling
places
at
the
vote
centers
and
at
our
office.
C
So
we
at
the
registrar
voters
I
mean
I
we
take
it
very
seriously:
the
safety
of
our
voters
and
of
all
of
our
staff,
members
and
volunteers
that
come
to
work
at
our
vote
centers
and
come
to
our
office.
So
we
have
several
we're
following
all
of
the
county
safety
protocols,
we're
distributing
personal
protective
equipment
or
ppe.
C
You
know
mass
and
face
shields
and
gloves
and
sanitizer
for
all
of
our
staff
and
our
volunteers,
and
even
when
you
go
to
a
vote
center,
which
again
is
a
safe
way
to
vote,
but
again
vote
by
mail
at
our
vote
centers,
we
will
also
be
offering
ppe,
you
know
mass
to
our
voters.
That
may
not
have
some.
So
we
are
asking
all
voters
that
do
want
to
come
for
in-person
voting
to
please
work
with
us
and
to
please
help
prevent
any
spreading
of
the
disease
and
wear
your
mask
when
you
come
in
to
vote.
B
B
C
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up,
because,
yes,
we're
always
looking
for
volunteers
and
extra
help
or
temporary
workers
to
work
for
us
at
both
our
office
and
at
the
vote
center.
So
we
hire
hundreds
of
people
over
probably
over
a
thousand
people
to
work
at
our
vote
center.
So
it's
as
easy
as
again
going
to
our
website
sccvote.org
and
we
have
information
on
there
about
how
to
volunteer.
C
We
have
three
different
job
specifications,
starting
with
election
worker
like
election
worker,
one
election
worker,
two
election
worker
warehouse,
and
you
can
apply
there
to
work
temporarily
in
our
office,
which
could
be
for
several
months
to
working
for
just
a
few
weeks
at
our
vote
center.
So
we
definitely
are
interested
in
having
volunteers
and
staff
come
in
and
if
you'd
like
to
actually
work
with
us
at
the
vote,
centers,
you
can
call
408
299
poll,
which
is
408-299-7655
so
and
just
like
at
the
vote.
C
Centers
with
the
safety
protocol,
we
are
having
all
of
our
staff
members
wear
personal
protective
equipment.
We
have
plexiglas
facials
at
the
counters
where
the
voters
come
in
and
talk
to
our
staff
members
and
we're
using
social
distancing
and
all
the
sanitizing
protocols
in
the
office.
So
we
are
definitely
following
the
health
and
safety
protocols.
B
C
C
We
still
need
to
exercise
our
constitutional
right.
We
need
to
get
out
there
and
we
need
to
vote,
and
you
know
I
say,
get
out
there
and
vote
you
can
vote
from
your
own
residence
with
the
ballot
that
we
mail
to
you.
So
I
just
really
want
to
encourage
all
of
you
to
please
get
prepared,
make
your
plan.
B
B
Thank
you,
okay.
So
that's
going
to
wrap
up
this
episode
of
facebook
live
with
santa
clara
county.
Remember
we
do
have
spanish
language
broadcasts
on
mondays
and
wednesdays,
at
11
vietnamese
on
thursdays
and
we'll
be
back
on
monday
final
thought
on
our
social
media.
You
know
you
know
it's
going
to
be
really
hot
out
there.
This
weekend
there
will
be
cooling
centers
opening
up
throughout
santa
clara
county,
and
if
you
want
more
information
about
that,
be
sure
to
check
out
our
facebook
and
twitter
feeds
thanks
for
joining
us,
we'll
be
back
on.