• Zip Code: 94610 (California)
  1 report from this zip code
• Time Spent: <1 hour
• Vote Cast:
• Problem Type: Registration Issue

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Voted with provisional ballot b/c they could not locate my name. Later returned to polling location. Name found. Should not have had to vote with a provisional ballot. Very upsetting, particularly during such a historic election. Wrote letter to local registrar of voters here in Alameda County. Polling location also not that organized. People sat at tables right next to each other, no privacy. Never seen that before anywhere. I sure do miss DC.

55 Electoral Votes

Polling Hours: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

2008 Registered Voters: 17,304,091 as of 09/05 (California Secretary of State)

Change from 2004: +14%

Election Day Registration: No

Post-Election Manual Audits: Yes

ID Requirements: Required of all first-time voters who registered by mail without verifying ID

Provisional Voting: Eligible for verification if cast in correct jurisdiction

Voting System: Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and ballot-marking device

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California Voters Face Few Problems

State: California

California voters faced few problems at the polls today, despite isolated cases of power outages and fear of some ballot shortages in what election officials predict will be a record-breaking turnout. The California secretary of state's office did not receive reports of voting problems besides the power outages in Los Angeles and poll workers who overslept. Record-breaking voter registration pushed officials to add precincts and poll workers and order more ballots to meet the expected demand. ( Read More »

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