Mail-only vote in primary possible - Sonoma, Mendocino, other counties join Alameda's request to Legislature

Mail-only vote in primary possible - Sonoma, Mendocino, other counties join Alameda's request to Legislature: "Sonoma, Mendocino, other counties join Alameda's request to Legislature

By BLEYS W. ROSE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The June primary in Sonoma, Mendocino and other counties could be conducted entirely by mail - with no polling places open - if the Legislature approves a plan gathering steam across the state.

The idea for emergency legislation allowing counties to conduct absentee-only balloting stems from Alameda County, where officials are concerned their new electronic voting machines aren't working well enough to use in June.

Because of those concerns, Alameda has asked the Legislature for special permission to substitute mail-only balloting for the traditional system of polling places."