Accessible Voting at Home

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 4, 2025 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

Aptos - Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Dr.
Aptos - Polo Grounds near the dog park, 2255 Huntington Dr.
Aptos - Cabrillo College Parking lot R by stadium, 2372 Cabrillo College Dr.
Ben Lomond - Highlands Park, 8500 Highway 9
Boulder Creek - Boulder Creek Community Church - 12465 CA-9
Capitola - 420 Capitola Ave. in the City Hall parking lot
Capitola - Mall near the old Sears, 1855 41st Ave.
Capitola - Public Library, 2005 Wharf Rd.
Corralitos - Corralitos Women's Club, 33 Browns Valley Rd.
Felton - Covered Bridge Park – at Mt. Hermon and Graham Hill Rd.
Los Gatos - Summit Store, 24197 Summit Rd.
Santa Cruz - 701 Ocean St. in front of the County Government Center
Santa Cruz - 212 Church St. in the public parking lot
Santa Cruz - Bonny Doon Elementary School, 1492 Pine Flat Rd.
Santa Cruz - Sheriff's Crisis Center - 5300 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz - Trescony Park, end of Trescony St
Santa Cruz - UCSC Quarry Plaza
Scotts Valley - 1 Civic Center Dr. in the City Hall parking lot
Watsonville - 316 Rodriguez St. in the municipal public parking lot 14
Watsonville - County Health Center, 1430 Freedom Blvd.
Watsonville - County Building at Westridge, 500 Westridge Dr.

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 5, 2024, and received by the 7th day after the election, November 12, 2024, 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 5, 2024, for the following hours each day: