Voters who received the postcard had to respond by April 2 to keep their voter registration active and on the voter roll in Sacramento County. Photo courtesy of Sacramento County

 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - ​Did you know that after every general election, voters who have not voted in two federal elections and have not updated their voter registration file get canceled and removed from the voter roll? This duty is one of the responsibilities of the Sacramento County Voter Registration & Elections (VRE) office under the National Voter Registration Act.  

There were 56,086 Sacramento County voters who met these conditions during our most recent review. As a result, on March 18, Voter Registration & Elections sent out postcards to these inactive voters letting them know that their voter registration would be removed from the voter roll. 

Voters who received the postcard had to respond by April 2 to keep their voter registration active and on the voter roll in Sacramento County. Voters who missed this deadline had their registration canceled and needed to re-register to vote.

What to do if you receive this postcard for a voter who no longer lives at your address? Nothing. Our office will cancel the voter’s registration on April 2.

What is this postcard for? The postcard is called a pre-cancellation card and is used as a final notice to voters in Sacramento that their voter registration is being canceled. The deadline for response to this postcard is 15 days from the day it is sent. 

Other reasons we send out this postcard on a weekly basis include death, conservatorship and current incarceration for the conviction of a felony.

For more information on Voter File Maintenance, visit the elections website.  

If you missed the deadline to respond to this postcard and need to re-register to vote visit the California Online Voter Registration website.​