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Register to Vote
Learn if you’re eligible to vote, how to cast your ballot, and where to vote in your area to fight for a brighter future for all of us.
Registering in California takes a few minutes online. Already registered? Check your status before the deadline.
Know Your RightsWho Can Vote
You must be a US citizen and resident of California, 18 years or older on election day, not currently serving a state or federal prison term, and not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court.
If You Have a Past Conviction, You Can Still Register to Vote
People with a criminal history can register to vote in California if:
- You are currently on parole, probation, mandatory supervision, post-release or community supervision
- You are currently serving time in a county jail: serving a misdemeanor sentence (a misdemeanor never affects your right to vote), or awaiting trial
- You are a person with a juvenile wardship adjudication
Once you have finished serving your term, your right to vote is restored; however, you must register online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov.
If you are released from custody: if you requested a vote-by-mail ballot but are released from custody before you receive your ballot, you can still vote. Just go to the polling place for your home address or any polling place in the county where you are registered and vote a provisional ballot.
If you change your name, home address, mailing address, or party preference you must complete a new voter registration card.
Prop 17Restoration of Voting Rights
In 2020, nearly 60% of California voters passed Proposition 17.
Prior to the passage of Prop 17, California prohibited people with felony convictions from voting while in prison or on parole, which disenfranchised nearly 50,000 people on parole.
We are grateful to our comrades who passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment ACA 6, which put Proposition 17 on the November 2020 ballot: Asm. McCarty (D-Sacramento) the ACLU of California, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Initiate Justice, League of Women Voters of California, Mi Familia Vota, People Over Profits San Diego, Vote Allies, White People for Black Lives. ACA 6 is co-authored by Asms. Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles), Rob Stone (D-Monterey Bay), Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), Mike Gipson (D-Carson), Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco), Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco).
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