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Vote by Mail

 

In California, all active registered voters are mailed a ballot before each election in which the voter is entitled to vote.

Replacement Ballot

In California, all active registered voters are mailed a ballot before each election.

  • Mail ballots for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election are delivered to the United States Postal Service on October 6, 2025

If you lose, damage, or mismark your ballot, you may request a replacement ballot by:

Delivery of Ballots

Mail Ballots delivered to the U.S. Post Office:

  • October 6 for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election

Vote an Accessible Ballot

Voters with disabilities may vote independently, using their computer, to mark an accessible ballot.

Request a Translated Sample Ballot

Return a Voted Mail Ballot

Return a voted mail ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election:

  • At a Mail Ballot Drop-off Location
    • Ballots must be delivered no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 2025
  • By mail via the U.S. Postal Service
    • No postage required
    • Ballots must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and received by the Registrar of Voters within seven days following the election.
  • Drop off at an Early Vote site
  • Drop off at any Polling Place on Election Day

Check the Status of Your Voted Mail Ballot

Check the status of your voted Mail Ballot using the Mail Ballot Status tool using My Elections Gateway.

Sign up for Where’s My Ballot? to receive email, text, or voice call notifications to track your ballot.

Resolving Unsigned and Non-Matching Signatures for Mail Ballots and Provisional Ballots

When the Registrar of Voters receives a voted mail ballot or provisional ballot without the voter’s signature on the identification envelope or is unable to compare the voter’s signature on the return envelope with the signature on file in the voter’s record, the Registrar of Voters is unable to count that ballot. However, California law allows voters another chance to correct their mail ballot or provisional ballot up until two days before the election results are certified. These voters are notified by mail that they may:

  • Go to the Registrar of Voters in person to sign the mail ballot or provisional ballot identification envelope or sign the Signature Verification and Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement;
  • Complete and return a Signature Verification and Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement; or
  • Fix the ballot identification envelope online.

If you received a letter from the Registrar of Voters stating that your mail ballot or provisional ballot return envelope was not signed or your signature did not compare with your signature on file, complete and return an Signature Verification and Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement immediately.

For mail ballots:

For provisional ballots:

  • Signature Verification and Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement – 2025 Statewide Special Election [available soon]