Murrieta voters can cast ballots in person starting Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Alderwood Clubhouse on Baxter Road. It is one of 21 vote centers opening across Riverside County for the Nov. 3 general election.
The county's Registrar of Voters announced the rollout on Oct. 22. An additional 131 vote centers will open Saturday, Oct. 31, bringing the countywide total to 152. Five of those will be Super Vote Centers, one per supervisorial district, with extra check-in stations and voting booths to cut wait times.
Voters are not assigned to a specific location. Any registered voter can walk into any open vote center, mark a paper ballot or use an accessible touch-screen unit, and cast a vote. Residents who still need to register or update their address can do so at any vote center.
Nine Murrieta vote centers
According to the county's vote center list, the Alderwood Clubhouse at 28610 Baxter Road opens Oct. 24 and runs through Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eight more Murrieta locations open Oct. 31:
- Avaxat Elementary School, 24300 Las Brisas Road
- Las Brisas-Riverside County Office of Education, 24990 Las Brisas Road
- Murrieta Regional Learning Center, 41350 Guava Street
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District, 41870 McAlby Court
- Sky Canyon-Riverside County Office of Education, 38670 Sky Canyon Drive
- The Colony at California Oaks, 40710 Avenida Florita
- The Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 25924 Jackson Avenue
- Tovashal Elementary School, 23801 Saint Raphael Drive
All nine sites will be open on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Drop-off sites already open
Voters who prefer to return a completed mail ballot without voting in person have six drop-off locations in Murrieta. Murrieta City Hall at 1 Town Square is open during regular business hours. The other five sites are open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
- Las Brisas-Riverside County Office of Education, 24990 Las Brisas Road
- Lisa J. Mails Elementary School, 35185 Briggs Road
- Murrieta Fire & Rescue Station #4, 28155 Baxter Road
- Murrieta Regional Learning Center, 41350 Guava Street
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District, 41870 McAlby Court
Those drop boxes have been available since Oct. 5 and remain open through 8 p.m. on Election Day, according to the Registrar of Voters. All drop-off sites will also be open Nov. 3 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Countywide, the Registrar of Voters has placed 107 official ballot drop-off boxes. The office sent 1.4 million vote-by-mail ballots to the U.S. Postal Service in early October, according to a separate county announcement. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Nov. 3 and received by Nov. 10.
Cristal McDonald, Murrieta's local elections official and city clerk, oversees candidate filings and city measures, while the county Registrar of Voters administers the consolidated election, according to the city's election page.
Full vote center hours and an interactive map are available at voteinfo.net.
