California - San Benito County Elections Department
Program Title
Ride-Along Program
Program Summary
The San Benito County Elections Department Ride-Along Program expands the department's Voter Outreach to include county residents in the ballot drop box pickup process that is conducted by election staff.
While participating in the Program, county residents may observe, ask questions, and experience the daily procedures election staff take as they collect Vote-by-Mail ballots at all official drop boxes.
The Program aims to increase outreach and education including:
1. Foster civic engagement and voter participation through community partnerships. The Ride-Along Program works with cities, schools, and community organizations and is designed to emphasize learning for voters, including people with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, and people whose primary language is not English.
2. Reinforce the elections motto, Safe. Simple. Secure. The Ride-Along Program aims to disclose ballot custody procedures that are easy to understand and keep every collected ballot secure through each step of ballot intake.
3. An effective in-person public outreach presence in the community. Elections staff share and encourage participants to observe and learn of the intake processes and the ballot custody procedures through opportunities during public events however, it is this program that gives an in-person view to the processes that are completed by staff daily.
While participating in the Program, county residents may observe, ask questions, and experience the daily procedures election staff take as they collect Vote-by-Mail ballots at all official drop boxes.
The Program aims to increase outreach and education including:
1. Foster civic engagement and voter participation through community partnerships. The Ride-Along Program works with cities, schools, and community organizations and is designed to emphasize learning for voters, including people with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, and people whose primary language is not English.
2. Reinforce the elections motto, Safe. Simple. Secure. The Ride-Along Program aims to disclose ballot custody procedures that are easy to understand and keep every collected ballot secure through each step of ballot intake.
3. An effective in-person public outreach presence in the community. Elections staff share and encourage participants to observe and learn of the intake processes and the ballot custody procedures through opportunities during public events however, it is this program that gives an in-person view to the processes that are completed by staff daily.