LIGHT ELECTION TURNOUT NOT UNUSUAL
Ballot drop off boxes open until 8 p.m.
OROVILLE » After a month since the first ballot drop box locations opened for the statewide direct primary elections, Butte County had received 20% of ballots back by Monday, said Butte County Clerk Recorder Candace Grubbs.
“We’ve been really light, but that doesn’t seem to be unusual,” said Grubbs. “It’s going to be a light election.”
Waiting to vote by mail can be tricky, in comparison to voting by drop box or at a voters assistance center, said Grubbs. Mail in Chico gets sent to Sacramento to get postmarked before returning back to the city to be counted.
Congress District 1
Incumbent Doug LaMalfa (RRichvale) is running against Max Steiner (D-Chico) and independent candidate Rose Penelope Yee for the congressional office that holds several Northern California counties such as Butte, Tehama and Plumas counties. The top two vote getters move on to the general election in November. The seat is up for elections every two years.
Assembly District 3
David Leon Zink (D-Magalia) is running against incumbent James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) for the District 3 seat which holds a significant portion of the Sacramento Valley including most of Butte County and all of Glenn, Yuba and Tehama counties. The top two vote getters will race again in November during the general election. The seat is up for elections every two years.
Butte County Supervisor District 2
Incumbent Debra Lucero is running against Peter Durfee and Carl Jeffries for the Butte County Supervisor District 2 seat. The elected candidate will hold their term in office for four years on the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
Butte County Supervisor District 3
Incumbent Tami Ritter is running against Mary Murphy-Waldorf for the Butte County Supervisor District 2 seat. The elected candidate will hold their term in office for four years on the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
Butte County Assessor
Alyssa Douglas, Michael Howard and Randall Stone are running for Butte County Assessor. The current assessor, Diane Brown, did not seek reelection. The assessor will identify taxable property and assign the taxable value. If neither candidate receives 50% of the vote, the three will face a runoff election in November.
Secure ballot drop box locations first opened on May 6 at a 24-hour availability. Thirteen drop boxes are scattered across
the county.
Drop box locations
Chico has four locations with ballot drop boxes that will be open until 8 p.m. today including:
• Chico library, 1108Sherman Ave.
• Fred Davis Municipal Center, 411Main St.
• Chico State Bell Memorial Union, West Second and Chestnut streets
• Department of Employment and Social Services, 765 East Ave.
Oroville has one location where a ballot box will be open until 5p.m. at the Oroville City Hall at 1735Montgomery St. Two drop box locations in Oroville will stay open until 8p.m. including:
• Oroville library, 1820Mitchell
Ave.
• Butte County Hall of Records, 155 Nelson Ave. Paradise has two locations with ballot drop boxes at:
• Paradise library, 5922Clark Road
• Paradise Town Hall, 5555 Skyway
Gridley has one location with a ballot drop box at the Gridley library at 299Spruce St. Durham has one location with a ballot drop box at the Durham library, at 2545 Durham-Dayton Highway. Biggs has one location with a ballot drop box at Biggs City Hall at 465C St.
Palermo has one location with a ballot drop box at Palermo Union School District at 7390Bulldog Way.
Voter assistance centers
Voter assistance centers are open in Butte County for people to drop off their voted ballot, get a replacement ballot, update their voter registration or vote in person.
As of Monday, 13 voter assistance centers are spread across Butte County.
In Chico, six voter assistance centers are located at:
• Chico Masonic Family Center at 1110W. East Ave.
• Chico First Baptist Church at 850Palmetto Ave.
• Chico State Bell Memorial Union in room 203at West Second and Chestnut streets
• Elks Lodge at 1705Manzanita Ave.
• Sol Mexican Grill at 3269 The Esplanade
• Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in the Harvest Hall at 2357 Fair St.
In Oroville, the voter assistance centers are located at:
• Lake Oroville Golf and
Event Center at 5131Royal Oaks Drive
• Municipal Auditorium at 1200Myers St.
• Butte County Hall of Records at 155Nelson Ave. Paradise and Magalia residents have two locations with voter assistance centers at:
• The Paradise Pines Property Owners Association at 14211 Wycliff Way
• The Paradise Veterans Memorial Hall at 6550Skyway Gridley has one voter assistance center at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Butte Hall on 199E. Hazel St. Durham has one voter assistance center at the Durham Veterans Memorial Hall on 9319 Midway.
All ballot drop boxes and voter assistance centers will be open until 8p.m. tonight and semiofficial results will be released at 8:15p.m. Grubbs said. Updated results will release every hour afterwards until all ballots are recorded.