Voting Information

Registering to Vote

You may register to vote if:

• You are a United States citizen
• You are a resident of California
• You are at least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the next election
• You are not in prison or on parole for a felony conviction.

California Registration Deadlines

In California, the deadline to register to vote for an election is 15 days before each local and statewide Election Day

Places to Vote

To find out your polling location, please visit one of the following websites:

Los Angeles County
http://www.lavote.net/OnlineDistrictmapApp/

Orange County
http://www.ocvote.com/vote/polling.htm

Vote By Mail

Any registered voter may vote using a vote-by-mail ballot instead of going to the polls on Election Day.

The following are steps to vote by mail:

Step 1
    
Fill out the Vote-By-Mail Ballot Application and send it to your county elections office:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/vote-by-mail/pdf/fill-in-vote-by-mail-app-instruct.pdf

Deadlines To Mail A Request For A Vote-By-Mail Ballot

Step 2

Once your application is processed by your county elections official, your ballot will be sent to you. Fill out your ballot and return it. You may return your voted vote-by-mail ballot by:

1. mailing it to your county elections official
2. returning it in person to a polling place or the elections office in your county on Election Day
3. authorizing a relative or person living in the same household as you to return the ballot on your behalf

Regardless of how the ballot is returned, it MUST be received by the county elections office by the time polls close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots will not be counted.

Links for Further Information

For any further voting information, please visit http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm