As California's Nov. 4 special election on Proposition 50 approaches, Placer County officials say a fairly new way of processing mail-in ballots is paying off, increasing in-person voter turnout and cutting down the time it takes to count ballots.

The process, known as "Sign, Scan, and Go," allows voters who drop off their mail-in ballots at vote centers to have them scanned and counted on-site, instead of waiting until the ballots are transported to the main elections office.

Placer County Registrar of Voters Ryan Ronco said the system was made possible after California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 626 in 2023, giving counties the green light to scan and count mail ballots directly at vote centers.

"I've been working in elections for 32 years. I started in 1993," Ronco said. "Whe

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