Are you election ready? Review our voter info and recommendations.
Voters' Choice Act (VCA): More Days, More Ways!
The California VCA modernizes elections by allowing voters to choose how, when, and where to cast their ballot. Get the details on how the California Voters' Choice Act affects you.
Are You Registered to Vote?
- Not yet registered to vote? If you miss a voter registration deadline for any election, you can complete a Same Day Voter (also known as a Conditional) Registration and cast your ballot at the vote in-person sites for Alameda County mentioned below.
- Are you sure you are still registered to vote? Check your California voter registration at VoterStatus.sos.ca.gov, and make any updates or corrections at RegisterToVote. To ensure your ballot is received, sign up for ballot tracking.
Make Sure Your Ballot/Vote is Counted!
Here's how:
- Follow the directions that come with your ballot. In general, do not choose more candidates than allowed for a race, and ensure that you mark your ballot correctly.
- If you do make a mistake marking your ballot, call your Registrar of Voters or visit acvote.org/willcall for a replacement. Alameda County voters may call their ROV at (510) 267-8683.
- Complete both sides of a two-sided ballot card, and place your ballot in the return envelope provided.
- Remember to sign, date, and write your address on the return envelope.
- To authorize another person to return your ballot, fill out the appropriate section on the return envelope.
- Return your ballot early OR return your un-voted ballot to election officials at an Alameda County accessible voting location, and vote a regular ballot.
- No postage is required to return your ballot. It will be delivered and treated as first class mail.
Prepare for Election Day
It can be hard for busy citizens to keep up with candidates and issues during election cycles. Here you can review LWV of Alameda's voter information and recommendations to help you get election ready. See our California Voter FAQs & How to Vote Section and our California Voter Resources Section below.
The best and easiest way to prepare yourself for Election Day is the Easy Voter Guide from the League of Women Voters. Use it to review the process of voting, what you should know, and what you will be voting on. This is a critical voting year, so you will want to be prepared to register (if you have not yet registered, or if you have moved or changed your name) and vote. The guide is very informative and concise, and is published in multiple languages.
Another way to prepare yourself for Election Day is to visit Vote411.org, where you can find your assigned polling place, and see who and what is on your ballot, and more.
Another way to prepare yourself for Election Day is to visit Vote411.org, where you can find your assigned polling place, and see who and what is on your ballot, and more.
If you do not find an answer here to your voting or election question here, please contact us at LWV of Alameda. We are here to help you be a California voter. Please note the information presented is, in some cases, specifically for Alameda County voters.
You can also click here to play VerifyIt! our Civics and Voting game. Just look for Voting California under topics. It’s a great resource for young and first-time voters.
California Voter FAQs
& How to Vote Steps
Register to Vote
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Ways to Vote
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Inform Your Vote
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Election Day
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Ways to Vote
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Make a plan now on how you will cast your vote.
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Inform Your Vote
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California Voter Resources
Alameda County
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The Alameda County Registrar of Voters (ROV) is the county elections office for Alameda County. On their website, Alameda County voters can apply to vote by mail, find early voting hours at the ROV, update their voter profile, see election results, and more.
Alameda County voters with disabilities can find remote accessible vote by mail ballot delivery, and other options to ensure they can vote. The Alameda County ROV is located at 1225 Fallon Street, Room G-1, Oakland CA. You can call them at 1 (510) 272-6973. |
Easy Voter Guide
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The Easy Voter Guide is a newsprint and online pamphlet for new voters and busy voters. Its aim is to make nonpartisan information about the ballot accessible to as many Californians as possible. Find helpful information about ballot measures, propositions and candidates in this guide.
The paper version is distributed by the League of Women Voters of Alameda to multiple locations in Alameda, including libraries, schools, churches, and senior centers. The California Easy Voter Guide is available for download in multiple languages. |
Secretary of State
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Are you registered to vote? Do you want to change your party, your address, or your name? Visit the California Secretary of State's website on Elections & Voting to learn about how to register to vote, deadlines, requirements, political parties, voting overseas, and more.
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Vote411
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Vote411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific info on the multiple aspects of the election process.
Visit Vote411.org and enter your address to find your ballot and polling place. It's that easy! |
Youth Voter Guide
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This guide is meant for Californians aged 16 or 17 years of age. You can pre-register to vote online, and be automatically registered to vote in your first election at age 18.
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