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Those procedural deadlines could determine whether you get to vote, or if your vote will count. Q: Lots of people have already received their voter information guide for the primary election, that’s the first mail out from the county registrar of voters, isn’t it? A: Yes, you get that from the county and then later this month you should also get from the Secretary of State’s office a pamphlet on the state elections. There’s a good-faith effort made by the registrar of voters to be sure that every ballot is counted. A: The easiest way now is to just go online to the secretary of state’s office or the San Diego (County) Registrar of Voters website and it walks you through the process. Q: There’s one last thing you’ve got to remember to do if you get a mail-in ballot and that's actually mailing it in. What’s the deadline for those ballots? A: A lot of people think you can mail it in the day of, but unless you’ve got federal express delivery, you’ve got to have it at the registrar of voters office. Do you have a question about local politics, local elections or why the process works the way it does? If so, ask us here: San Diego Politics 101 — the KPBS Midday Edition segment where your questions get answered View KPBS News' complete election coverage and check out Voter’s Edge California, your online Voter Guide.

Have you ever left your ballot blank when it came to voting for superior court judges? Luna joins Midday Edition Tuesday for the second installment of San Diego Politics 101. So in California the prejudice is, and most states, 40 states pretty much, it's to let the voters pick the judges so they won't be beholden to the other elected officials. They rolled all the municipal court judges into the superior courts about 20 years ago. It sounds like a lot but it's a couple hundred judges serving the needs of 3 million people. You go to a small county like Alpine County in California, they've got a couple thousand people that each judge represents. Q: Are judges prohibited from running active political campaigns? Q: Only 2 of the 47 judges' races this year have more than one candidate. A: You look at the candidates and you do the Google and if they have anything in The San Diego Union-Tribune or in Voice of San Diego you can get background on them. If so, ask us here: San Diego Politics 101 — the KPBS Midday Edition segment where your questions get answered