It is your right to vote privately and independently. Please call the Inyo County Clerk's office at 760-878-0224 with questions or suggestions about accessible voting in Inyo County.
Learn more about the vote-by-mail process in Inyo County.
The Secretary of State’s Office provides multiple alternative versions of the State Voter Information Guide. Three different audio options are available; cassette and compact disc formats as well as a downloadable MP3 version. A large print guide is also available. These alternative formats are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.
If you or someone you know is interested in receiving copies of either the cassette, compact disc, or large-print version of the Voter Information Guide, free of charge, please call the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at (916) 657-2166 or visit their website at: http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/alt-versions/.
Voting locations must be made accessible for all people, regardless of ability. Under State and Federal law, all voters must be given the same opportunity for access and participation in the voting process.
Voting locations are easy to get to and to use.
People who are blind or have problems seeing get the help they need.
Voting is private and personal.
Each polling location has an accessible voting machine.
Learn more about the voting locations in Inyo County.
Every polling location is required to have voting devices that are accessible for all voters. This include features like audio ballots, large print/zoom features, and height and tilt adjustments on the screens. Please let the poll workers know if you have questions or need assistance with voting.
Any Inyo County voter can use a touchscreen electronic voting device to mark their ballot. This is a device designed for use by people who are unable to personally mark an optical scan ballot due to physical impairments or barriers.
Insert the voting card given to you by the election officials into the voting machine. A voting technician is at the precinct to assist you if requested.
Review the instructions (audio options are available), hit Next to proceed to the ballot.
Make your candidate selections. Select candidates by touching their names, touch again to deselect. To vote for a write-in candidate, touch the Write-In line - a keyboard will appear. Type in the name of the candidate and touch the Record Write-In button to continue.
Use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate if your ballot is more than one page long.
Once you reach the last page of your ballot, a review screen automatically appears. This screen will list only the candidates and choices that you have selected to vote for.
To make changes, touch the screen for the desired contest and the page for that contest will automatically appear.
When you've finished reviewed your choices, touch the Print Ballot button.
Your selections will be recorded on a printed ballot.
When you are ready, return your voted ballot to the precinct officer to be placed into the ballot box. Please return the voting card to the precinct officer and they will give you an "I Voted" sticker.
Instructions for marking and casting your ballot are posted in each voting location. If you have any questions about how to mark or cast your ballot, or if you have incorrectly marked a ballot, contact an election official for instructions.
To receive a Remote Access Vote By Mail Ballot from the elections office, email kfoote@inyocounty.us and a link to your ballot will be emailed to you.
You may also get help in marking your ballot from trained election officials. Whoever helps you vote cannot tell you how to mark your ballot or provide information to others about how you voted. If you need additional assistance with voting, you can contact the Inyo County Elections Office at 760-878-0224 or you may contact Disability Rights California at 1-888-569-7955.
If you are unable to sign your own name and have no other legal mark, make an "X," if possible, on the signature line.
If you are unable to make an "X," you must indicate in some manner to the person assisting you that you want to sign your name. The person helping you must sign the election form and attest that you indicated that you want to sign the election form.
At any polling place that is exempt from the accessibility requirements or if you are unable to enter the polling place, you may vote curbside. Trained election officials will bring a ballot to you. You may sit in your car and vote, or you may vote at the door of the building.
It is the intent of the Legislature that non-English-speaking citizens, like all other citizens, should be encouraged to vote.
In precincts where the Secretary of State has determined that it is appropriate, the county elections office will have Spanish translation copies of the ballot posted at the polling place to use as a reference when casting a private ballot. In addition, any voter may choose to bring an assister to help them vote.