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Your Vote Matters
Every vote contributes to the outcome. Local and national elections have been decided by a few hundred—or even a few dozen votes.
When you don’t vote, you’re letting others make decisions for you.
Elected officials make decisions that affect civil rights, healthcare, education, climate policy, taxes, reproductive freedom, and more.
Vote
CA Gubernatorial Primary, June 2
You may return your voted ballot in any of the ways listed below. Scroll down for a list of local drop-box locations, including dates when polling places and vote centers are open.
- By drop box
- Drop off your completed ballot in the return envelope at a secure official drop box in your county at any time between May 5 through the close of polls on June 2.
- In person
- Drop your completed ballot in the return envelope off at a secure drop box, polling place, vote center, or county elections office by 8:00 p.m. on June 2. Voting locations will be available in all counties before Election Day. Voting locations offer voter registration, replacement ballots, accessible voting machines, and language assistance.
- By mail
- Return your ballot by mail as soon as you receive it. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received not later than 7 days after Election Day. To ensure your ballot is postmarked by Election Day make sure to mail it at least five days before Election Day, June 2, 2026. If mailing on Election Day, get a hand-stamped postmark from a postal employee inside a United States Post Office.
LIST OF LOCAL DROP BOX LOCATIONS:
- Palo Alto City Hall (Outside Drop Box) 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Palo Alto High School (Outside Drop Box) 50 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Mitchell Park Library (Outside Drop Box) 3700 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Rinconada Branch Library (Outside Drop Box) 1213 Newell Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Stanford Hospital (Outside Drop box) 300 Pasteur Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304
4-DAY VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS, OPEN MAY 30 - JUNE 1, 2026 - FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
and on ELECTION DAY, JUNE 2, 2026 - FROM 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM
First Lutheran Church of Palo Alto - Fellowship Hall, 600 Homer Ave, Palo Alto
Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club - Clubhouse, 474 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center- El Palo Alto Room, 3700 Middlefield Rd, Palo
Alto
Palo Alto Buddhist Temple - Issei Hall, 2751 Louis Rd, Palo Alto
NOV 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Midterm Elections
CNN — Nearly two dozen top progressive groups are joining forces ahead of the midterm elections in an effort to boost Democratic turnout in November and parlay a surge of liberal energy into pre-election activism.
The groups, which include MoveOn, Indivisible, Organizing for Action, Latino Victory, United We Dream and the Working Families Party, among others, will launch a new online organizing hub called The Last Weekend, with an aim of amassing more than a million volunteer hours during those crucial pre-election days.
The US elections in November will have an enormous impact on the direction of the nation, as well as the fate of the person and the party in power in the White House.