Election Information

The Election’s Office is a division of the County Clerk's Office and is run by the County Clerk. Listed below are some duties the Election’s Office is responsible for:

• Registering voters and maintaining the voter registration file
• Procuring all polling places and recruiting all poll workers in Tuolumne County
• Conducting federal, state and local elections held in Tuolumne County
• Providing information to candidates on the nomination process and campaign reporting laws
• Filing campaign statements (itemized listings of candidates' and campaigns' contributors and expenditures)
• Providing voter registration information and related materials to candidates and campaigns
• Numerous other duties relating to elections

  Facts for New Citizens
  

  Citizens who will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election are eligible to register to vote. Except as noted below, registration must take place at least 15 days before the election. You must also re-register by the 15-day deadline for an election to change your address, name or political party.

  After the naturalization swearing-in ceremony, you may complete the registration-by-mail form provided and mail it to the Registrar of Voters. The voter registration form must be postmarked by the 15^th day before the election. You will receive a notice of your eligibility to vote within a few weeks after your registration is processed. You may obtain additional registration forms and general information about elections by calling the Tuolumne County Election’s office (209) 533 5570. The mailing address is 2 South Green Street, Sonora, Ca 95370.

  IMPORTANT: If you become citizen after the close of registration you may register and vote at the Election’s Office between the 14^th and 7^th day before an election. New citizens must present a Certificate of Naturalization dated after the close of registration. The Election’s office is located at

  2 South Green Street Sonora, Ca.

  California law permits you to register with a political party or to decline to state a political party. For each election in which you are eligible to vote you will be sent a sample ballot. The Sample Ballot contains information on the candidates and measures to be voted on in the election. It is recommended that you mark the sample ballot and take it to the polls to use as a reference when voting. Tuolumne County also provides voting instructions, the State Ballot Pamphlet and local measures, to each polling place.

  On Election Day the polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The address of the polling place will be printed on the sample ballot. If you need further information or directions to the polling place on Election Day please call (209) 533-5570. Polling place information is also available at www.tuolumne.county.org.

  For information on how to request absentee ballots or apply for Permanent Absent Voter Status, (209) 533-5570 or e-mail us.

  If you are interested in serving at the polls on Election Day, please write or call the Registrar of Voters office at 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA; telephone (209) 533-5570 or e-mailus.

   

  One Vote

  Does One Vote Make a Difference?

   

  To demonstrate how important it is that you cast your ballot, here are some examples that has been collected of how just a few votes made the difference for good or for ill:

   

  • BY ONE VOTE – The U.S. House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States.
  • BY ONE VOTE – Texas was admitted into the Union in 1845.
  • BY ONE VOTE – Hitler won leadership of the German Nazi Party in 1923.
  • BY ONE VOTE – Woodrow Wilson won California, giving him the electoral votes needed to win the Presidency in 1916.  Harry Truman carried California and Ohio in 1948, give him the winning margin.