SHASTA COUNTY
Cathy Darling Allen, County Clerk / Registrar of Voters
Allison Denofrio, Asst. County Clerk / Registrar of Voters / www.elections.co.shasta.ca.us
1643 Market St., Redding, CA 96001 / PO Box 990880, Redding, CA 96099-0880
Phone: 530-225-5730 / FAX: 530-225-5454 / CA Relay Service: 711 or 800-735-2922
Statewide Direct Primary Election
November 4, 2014
Military and Overseas Voters
Your ballot must be received no later than November 4, 2014, by 8:00 p.m.
Pacific Standard time. Postmarks do not count.
Marking your ballot
 Mark your ballot using a ball point pen.
 Draw a single line to connect the head and tail of the
arrow that points to your choice.
Review Your Ballot
 You do not have to vote on all contests.
 Make sure you have marked your ballot completely.
 If you make a mistake you may get another ballot (EC § 14288) or you can draw
a line through the incorrect choice and write your choice clearly.  You can request a replacement ballot by emailing [email protected]. Returning your ballot by MAIL if you received it by MAIL:
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Read and sign the Declaration of Voter on the envelope provided.
Insert ballot into envelope completely below red line.
Fold down the top flap toward you along the DOTTED line to hide your signature.
Moisten both glue strips completely then fold flap down toward you again.
Press along both highlighted bars to seal the top and bottom of flap.
Returning your ballot by MAIL if you received it by EMAIL:
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Read and sign the Declaration of Voter (also the ID Envelope Fax form).
Enclose the Declaration of Voter along with your ballot page(s) into an envelope.
Go to www.fvap.gov/reference/forms.html. Scroll to bottom of page.
Under Envelopes, click on the link “Open Postage-Paid Envelope” and print.
Attach to the outside of envelope.
NOTE: Under California State Law, your ballot cannot be emailed back.
 When mailed from any U.S. post office, U.S. embassy or consulate, or APO/FPO
mail facility, the Vote-by-Mail ballot return is postage-paid when using either the
envelope provided or the form from the above FVAP website.
 You must pay postage if the materials are mailed from a non-U.S. postal facility.
Returning your ballot by FAX if you received it by
MAIL or EMAIL:
 Read and sign the Oath of Voter/ID Envelope Fax Form. This form must be
signed for your ballot to count.
 Fax that form with your voted ballot page(s) to (530) 225-5454 no later than
Election Day, November 4, 2014 by 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard time.
If you have any questions you can email us anytime at [email protected] or
call 530-225-5730. General Election November 4, 2014 Oath of Voter YOUR FAXED BALLOT CANNOT BE COUNTED UNLESS YOU SIGN THIS OATH AND RETURN WITH YOUR BALLOT. I, , (Print Name Clearly) acknowledge that by returning my voted ballot by facsimile transmission I have waived my right to have my ballot kept secret. Nevertheless, I understand that, as with any Vote‐by‐Mail voter, my signature, whether on this Oath of Voter Form/ID Envelope Fax Form, will be permanently separated from my voted ballot to maintain its secrecy at the outset of the tabulation process and thereafter. I am a resident of Shasta County, State of California, and I have not applied, nor intend to apply, for a Vote‐by‐Mail ballot from any other jurisdiction for the same election. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the U.S. that the foregoing is true and correct. I swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that I am: Warning: Voting twice in the same election constitutes as a crime. Signature of Voter (Power of Attorney not Accepted) Residence Address as Registered Email Address ID Envelope Fax Form & Declaration of Voter 1. I am absent from the California County where I am registered to vote; and 2. I am a 1) member of the active or reserve components of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; a Merchant Marine ; a member of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; a member of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps of the U.S.; or a member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia; or 2) an eligible spouse or dependent of such person; or 3) an eligible U.S. citizen living outside of the territorial limits of the U.S. or the District of Columbia; and 3. I am a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age or older on Election Day, and I am eligible to vote in the California jurisdiction in which I am voting with the enclosed/attached voted ballot; and 4. I am not in prison, on parole, serving a state prison sentence in a county jail, serving a sentence for a felony pursuant to subdivision (h) of California Penal Code section 1170, or post release community supervision; and 5. I have not been found by a court to be mentally incompetent, or if so, my voting rights have been reinstated; and 6. I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any other jurisdiction in the U.S., except the California jurisdiction cited in this enclosed attached ballot; and 7. I am the person whose name appears on this envelope.
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