131 vote centers for June primary to open Saturday, including several in the valley

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) - An additional 131 vote centers will open across Riverside County on Saturday for early voting for the June primaries, including more than a dozen in the Coachella Valley.

Last week, the county opened 21 vote centers, including one in Indio.

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The locations will offer additional check-in stations and voting booths to help reduce voter wait times and improve the voting experience.

With 152 vote centers soon to be operational, voters can vote in person or return their completed vote-by-mail ballot.

Voters are not assigned to a specific location and may cast their ballot at any available vote center.

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Eligible residents can register to vote or update their registration at a vote center.

Any registered voter may opt to mark a paper ballot and then cast it into a ballot box or use a touch screen, which is an accessible voting unit available at all vote centers.

For voters who wish to return their vote-by-mail ballots at a secure drop box location, the Registrar of Voters has 107 official ballot drop-off locations throughout Riverside County. Secure drop boxes have been available since May 4, 2026, and will remain available 8 p.m. on election day.

According to the Registrar of Voters, as of Friday, May 29, approximately 1,464,734 Vote-by-Mail ballots have been issued, and approximately 215,078 have been returned good. The number also takes into account supplemental voter registration and ballot reissues.

A comprehensive list with dates and hours of operation, as well as a map of vote centers and secure ballot drop-off locations are available at voteinfo.net

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