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After Woodland Mail Thefts, Yolo County Reissues Damaged Ballots

County officials are reissuing damaged ballots with distinct envelopes to protect vote-by-mail integrity.

Overview

  • USPS alerted the county to four broken-into cluster mailboxes in Woodland, affecting 61 addresses and about 135 registered voters.
  • Stolen mail was later recovered at another location after being sorted and exposed to water, and it included election materials.
  • Thirty recovered ballots were too damaged to use, and replacements are being mailed immediately to those voters.
  • Elections staff are contacting the roughly 105 other affected voters to confirm ballot delivery and will issue replacements if necessary.
  • Replacement return envelopes will carry an ID ending in "-2" and all ballots undergo signature verification, with no suspect publicly identified as the investigation continues.