G-0400 Voting.pdf

KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Detentions Bureau Policies and Procedures TITLE: VOTING G-400 EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: June 30, 1990 07-11-24 04-02-07 07-11-24 APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros REFERENCE: Title 15, Section 1071 C.C.R., Elections Code 2025 POLICY Incarcerated persons confined to a Detentions Bureau facility may correspond with the election’s office in the county of the incarcerated person’s permanent residence to register to vote and to apply for an absentee ballot. Incarcerated persons will be allowed to vote by absentee ballot only. DIRECTIVE # 1 The following provisions shall apply to incarcerated person voting: • Incarcerated people must mail voter registration forms and absentee ballots like any other personal mail. • Incarcerated people will not use any Sheriff's facility as their residence address. If they do not have a current address, they must use their last residence address.