This week, registered voters will begin to receive their ballots from the Santa Barbara County Elections Office for the Nov. 5 presidential election.

California voters can sign up here to track their ballot. Signing up will allow voters to receive text alerts about the location and status of their ballot. 

For those who haven’t registered to vote, there’s still time. California residents can register to vote until Oct. 21. Those who miss the deadline can do same-day voter registration, also known as conditional voter registration. 

Citizens can complete this process at their polling place, county Elections Office or a vote center. 

Click here to find your polling place. 

Voters may need to re-register if they have moved and changed their mailing address, or changed their name or political party. 

Click here to check your registration status. 

Once the ballot is filled out and signed, it can be mailed to the county Elections Office. Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the county Elections Office no more than seven days after the election. 

Voters can also return their ballot to any polling place in the state by 8 p.m. on Election Day or take it to a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. on Election Day. 

Click here to see ballot drop box locations throughout Santa Barbara County. 

To read about state propositions and candidate statements for the state Senate race, read the state voter guide here.

To find your specific Santa Barbara County voter guide, use this link, click on your ZIP code, then find your street name and you’ll see a sample ballot with local propositions and candidate statements and see where your polling place will be. 

All polling places will be open from 7 a.m to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5.

Click here to read Noozhawk’s coverage of the local elections so far.