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California Absentee Requirement

All voters are eligible to vote absentee. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.

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Registration Deadline & Requirements

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California Registration Deadline

  • In-Person: 15 days before Election Day. You can also conditionally register to vote in person through Election Day.
  • By Mail: Postmarked 15 days before Election Day.
  • Online: 15 days before Election Day.

Election Day Registration in California

If the voter registration deadline has passed, you can still conditionally register to vote and cast a provisional ballot in person at your County Elections Office at any time up to and including Election Day. Your provisional ballot will be counted when your County Elections Official verifies your voter registration.


California Registration Requirements

To register in California you must:

  • be a citizen of the United States
  • be a resident of California
  • be at least 18 or older on Election Day to vote
  • not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony not currently found to be mentally incompetent to vote by a court
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004 (Fortieth President of the United States)