‘Santa Barbara Independent’ Endorsements Coming October 1

Driven by a sense of urgency that all votes be counted, Santa Barbara County’s elections czar Joe Holland mailed out 227,000 election ballots this past Monday, a week sooner than originally announced. What Holland failed to do, however, was to mail the candidates’ statements at the same time as the ballots. Usually, these go out before the ballots. 

As a result, the Santa Barbara Independent endorsements will be posted first online beginning Thursday, October 1, at independent.com/endorsements2020. The website for the county’s elections department will be posting the candidates’ statements online, which will be available here.

As of Monday, October 5, county voters can avail themselves of one of 30 drop-off boxes throughout the county where they can personally hand-deliver their ballots. Those drop-off boxes will be available through November 3, and their locations are listed below and on the county’s website here. 

County Elections will also open 35 sites where voters can cast their ballots the old-fashioned way. These voting centers will be open October 31-November 3. These polling places can be found here.

In the meantime, we encourage everyone to vote.

Voting Resources:

Santa Barbara County Elections Division ― register to vote, check voter status, become a poll worker, etc. 

Sample Ballot and Polling Place Lookup ― find your polling location by home address (if you’re voting in person rather than returning your completed ballot at a Drop Off Box)

Drop-Off Box Locations:

Buellton

• Buellton City Hall
  107 W. Highway 246
  Buellton, CA 93427

Carpinteria

• Carpinteria City Hall
  5775 Carpinteria Ave.        
  Carpinteria, CA 93013
• Casa de las Flores
  4090 Via Real
  Carpinteria, CA 93013

Goleta

• Goleta City Hall
  130 Cremona Dr.         
  Goleta, CA 93117
  
• Goleta Valley Community Center
  5679 Hollister Ave.
  Goleta, CA 93117
  
• Isla Vista Foot Patrol Sheriff Substation
  6504 Trigo Rd.        
  Goleta, CA 93117
  
• Southcoast Church
  5814 Cathedral Oaks Rd.         
  Goleta, CA 93117

Guadalupe

• Guadalupe City Hall
  918 Obispo St.
  Guadalupe, CA 93434

Lompoc

• Lompoc City Hall
  100 Civic Center Plaza
  Lompoc, CA 93436
  
• Lompoc Public Library
  501 E. North Ave
  Lompoc, CA 93436
  
• Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services/Public Health
  1100 West Laurel  Ave.
  Lompoc, CA 93436
  
• Vandenberg Village Library
  3755 Constellation Rd
  Lompoc, CA 93436

Los Olivos

• Los Olivos Branch Library
  2374 Alamo Pintado Ave.        
  Los Olivos, CA 93440

Montecito

• Manning Park (Lower Manning Park Area 9)
  449 San Ysidro Rd & Santa Rosa Ln.                 
  Santa Barbara, CA 93108

New Cuyama

• Cuyama Valley Recreation District (Montgomery Hall Building)
  4885 Primero St.        
  New Cuyama, CA 93254

Orcutt

• Oak Knolls Shopping Center
  1157 E. Clark Ave.        
  Santa Maria, CA 93455

Santa Barbara

• County of Santa Barbara Administration Building
  105 E. Anapamu St. (Anacapa Street Entrance)
  Santa Barbara, CA 93101
  
• County of Santa Barbara Elections Main Office
  4440-A Calle Real
  Santa Barbara, CA 93110
  
• Eastside Branch Library
  1102 E. Montecito St.        
  Santa Barbara, Ca 93103
  
• MacKenzie Park
  3111 State St. (corner of State and Las Positas)
  Santa Barbara, CA 93105
  
• San Andres Hardware
  635 W. Micheltorena St. (Corner of San Andres and Micheltorena)
  Santa Barbara, CA 93105
  
• Santa Barbara City College (West Campus Drop-Off)
  721 Cliff Dr.
  Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Santa Maria

• Atkinson Park
  1000 N. Railroad Ave.         
  Santa Maria, CA 93454
  
• Joe Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building
  511 E. Lakeside Pkwy. (parking lot)
  Santa Maria, CA 93455
  
• Minami Community Center
  600 W. Enos Dr.        
  Santa Maria, CA 93455
  
• Santa Maria Animal Center
  548 W. Foster Rd.
  Santa Maria, CA 93455
  
• Santa Maria Elks
  1309 N. Bradley Rd.
  Santa Maria, CA 93454
  
• Santa Maria Public Library
  421 S. McClelland St. (City Library Parking Garage)
  Santa Maria, CA 93458

Santa Ynez Valley

• Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA
  900 N. Refugio Rd
  Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Solvang

• Solvang Veteran’s Memorial Hall
  1745 Mission Dr. (Parking Lot near Library Drop Box)
  Solvang, CA 93463

Every day, the staff of the Santa Barbara Independent works hard to sort out truth from rumor and keep you informed of what’s happening across the entire Santa Barbara community. Now there’s a way to directly enable these efforts. Support the Independent by making a direct contribution or with a subscription to Indy+.