Vote by Mail

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

• Mail ballots for the November 5, 2024, General Election were delivered to the United States Postal Service on October 7, 2024

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

• Submitting a Replacement Mail Ballot Application [pdf]
  • This application must be returned in person or by mail
  • Official ballots may be picked up beginning Monday, October 7
• Visiting the Registrar of Voters office, October 7 through November 5
  • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Visiting an Early Vote site
• Authorizing another person to pick-up your mail ballot with an Application to Provide Vote-By-Mail Ballot to an Authorized Representative [pdf]
  • Official ballots may be picked up beginning Monday, October 7

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

• October 7 for the November 5, 2024 General Election

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

• Vote on an accessible ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election.

Request a translated sample ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Election to be mailed to you:

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Return a voted mail ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Election:

• At a Mail Ballot Drop-off Location
  • View the list of Mail Ballot Drop-off Locations [pdf]
  • View a map of Mail Ballot Drop-off Locations
  • Ballots must be delivered no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
• By mail via the U.S. Postal Service
  • No postage required
  • Ballots must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, November 5 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 [pdf] on Election Day

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.

When the Registrar of Voters receives a voted mail ballot without the voter’s signature on the return envelope, the Registrar of Voters is unable to count that mail ballot.  However, California law allows voters another chance to correct their mail 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 to sign the mail ballot return envelope in person;
• Complete and return an Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement; or
• Fix the unsigned ballot identification envelope online.

If you received a letter from the Registrar of Voters stating that your mail ballot return envelope was not signed, go to the Registrar of Voters to sign your envelope, or complete and return the following form immediately:

• Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement – 2024 General Election [no longer available]

When the Registrar of Voters receives a voted mail ballot but 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 mail ballot. However, California law allows voters another chance to correct their mail 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 to sign the Signature Verification Statement in person;
• Complete and return a Signature Verification Statement; or
• Fix the signature on your ballot identification envelope online.

If you received a letter from the Registrar of Voters stating that your signature on the Official Mail Ballot return envelope was unable to be compared with your signature on file, complete and return the following form immediately:

• Signature Verification Statement – 2024 General Election [no longer available]