California

Requirements

  • U.S. citizen

  • California resident

  • 18 years old or older on Election Day

  • Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony

  • Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court

https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/

Voter Registration Forms

Online

English: N/A - You can request the form from you local board of elections by calling (800) 345-VOTE(8683) or email Elections Division staff.

Español (Spanish): N/A - Puedes solicitar el formulario a su junta electoral local. Llama (800) 345-VOTE(8683) or envia un email a Elections Division.

To request a paper voter registration application be mailed to you, please call Absentee Ballot: for military/overseas must apply when registering to vote at https://covr.sos.ca.gov/ or with FPCA  https://www.fvap.gov/fpca-privacy-notice

Request Mail-in Ballot: Gov. Newsom issued Executive Order N-64-20 which sends vote-by-mail ballots to all registered voters before the Nov. 3 election. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/vote-by-mail-application.pdf (available in multiple languages, if already registered voter this is not necessary) 

https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/late-vote-by-mail-application.pdf (late vote-by-mail ballot) 

Election Info

ID Required: Yes

Same-Day Registration: Yes 

Deadlines

New Voter Registration: 

Postmarked by October 19

Online by October 20

Conditional Registration Begins on October 20

Absentee Ballot request

Request for Postal Ballot Received by October 27

Request for Online Ballot: Received by October 27

In-Person Request: -Received by October 27