The voting has ended.

Welcome to the Soledad Participatory Budgeting digital ballot, courtesy of the Stanford Crowdsourced Democracy Team.

On this website, you can familiarize yourself with this year’s projects and the digital ballot. When you cast your ballot, you will be deciding how you want to allocate $250,000 of a grant from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County. The voting will be held from May 18, 2023 to May 25, 2023.

What are the voting rules?

Voting is open to all Soledad residents or workers aged 14 and older
Only one ballot may be cast per person
You may choose up to three (3) projects on the ballot
Ballots must be submitted by the end-of-day May 25, 2023, to count

For more information about the Participatory Budgeting process, visit https://bit.ly/soledadpb.

Learn about the projects in the Soledad Participatory Budgeting Voter Guide.

If you would like to vote in-person, visit one of the following Ballot Drop-off Locations between May 18 - 25th:

Rose Ferrero Elementary School, 400 Entrada Dr, 7:45 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
Main Street Middle School, 441 Main Street, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday
Frank Ledesma Elementary School, 973 Vista De Soledad, 7:45 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
Jack Franscioni Elementary School, 779 Orchard Ln, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
Gabilan Elementary School, 330 Walker Dr, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday
San Vicente Elementary School, 1300 Metz Rd, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
Soledad High School, 425 Gabilan Dr, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday
Pinnacles High School, 690 Main St, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday
Soledad Branch Library, 401 Gabilan Dr, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm, Tuesday - Wednesday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Thursday, and 10:00 – 5:00 pm, Friday - Saturday
Soledad Community Center, 560 Walker Dr, 6:00 am – 9:00 pm, Monday - Friday and 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday
Soledad City Hall, 248 Main St, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday