Click HERE to go to the California Secretary of State’s Voter Registration Website.

To qualify to register to vote in California, you must be:

• A United States citizen and a resident of California (for information on voters in the military or overseas, please see Military and Overseas Voters), and

• 18 years old or older on Election Day, and

• Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony (for more information, please see Voting Rights: Persons with a Criminal History), and

• Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court (for more information, please see Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship).

To qualify to pre-register to vote in California, you must:

• Be 16 or 17 years old, and

• Meet all of the other eligibility requirements to vote.

You will automatically be registered to vote on your 18th birthday.