As gubernatorial recall ballots continue to hit mailboxes across the Bay Area and all of California this week, voters will finally have the opportunity to weigh in on the future of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Sept. 14 recall ballot will look a lot like last November's presidential one, with the main difference being the ballot's length.
The vast majority of California voters will receive a ballot with just two questions.
"One will be, 'Shall (Newsom) be removed from office?' and then the second will be the list of candidates," Sonoma County Registar of Voters Deva Marie Proto told KCBS Radio in an interview.
The idea is to answer both questions. If you only answer one, your ballot will still be the counted the same.
"So they're tallied completely separately, and there's nothing about either vote that would negate your choices," Proto said.
That means you can still select a replacement candidate even if you vote 'no' on recalling Newsom.
Sonoma County voters will have a longer ballot. They'll also vote on the potential recall of Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, with no official candidates running as her potential replacement. Rohnert Park voters, meanwhile, will decide on the fate of a controversial ban on the sale and use of fireworks.
Every registered California voter will receive a mail-in ballot. In-person voting varies by county, however.
Voters in Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties could vote in person as early as Monday. Contra Costa County voters can do so starting Sept. 10, while voters in Marin, Solano and Sonoma counties can vote in person at assigned polling places on Sept. 14.
Ballot drop boxes in all nine Bay Area counties opened on Monday. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked or dropped off by Sept. 14.
The last day to register to vote in the recall election is Aug. 30, while the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is Sept. 7.
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