For security purposes, full on-line voter registration is not yet available, but by completing the information requested in the on-line form, a registration card with your information will be printed and mailed to you. (For more information on Internet voter registration and voting, please see the California Internet Voting Task Force Report).

Once you receive your form in the mail, which takes approximately 7 to 10 days, you must sign, date, and return it by mail to the county elections official on the return address side of the voter registration card. Please make sure all of the information is correct and drop it back in the mail. We'll pay for the postage!

To be eligible to register to vote you must:

• be a United States Citizen;
• be 18 years of age on or before the day of the election;
• be a resident of the State of California;
• not be in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony;
• not have been judged by a court to be mentally incompetent to register and vote.

If you are living overseas or you are in the military, you may want to use the Federal Post Card Application to register to vote.

Remember: In California, the deadline to register to vote for an election is 15 days before each local and statewide election day, so please register early!

As a California voter, you should be aware that there are ongoing local elections throughout the state. The 15-day close of registration deadline for these local elections varies depending on the actual date of the election. If you need to know a deadline for a local election, you will need to contact your local county elections office to confirm the deadline. You can acquire a voter registration form either at your local county elections office, library, or U.S. Post Office. It is important that the completed voter registration form has a 15-day deadline postmark on it. It is not the Secretary of State's Office desire to disenfranchise anyone from the voting process.

WARNING: It is illegal to register to vote if you are not eligible or to fraudulently register other persons. Punishable by up to three years in prison.

California Online Voter Registration Form

Available in English (click here)
or
Spanish (click here)

Downloadable National Voter Registration Card
CLICK HERE!