Register to vote in the 2024 CA Election. VOTE BY MAIL, VOTE EARLY! VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS!

Register online or at the Elections Office.  Hours are 8:00am – 12:00pm and 1:00pm – 5:00pm, excluding holidays. 511 E. Lakeside Pkwy, Suite 134, Santa Maria, CA 93455-1310)  1-800-722-868       Link to Map

Once you are registered or have updated any status or address changes, scroll down for more voting information.

Register to vote online or check voting status:  https://registertovote.ca.gov/

(Allow at least 48 hours for online registration for the verification process to be completed.)

Requirements to Register to Vote in California:

• A citizen of the United States,
• A resident of California,
• At least 18 years of age at the time of the next election,
• Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony (for additional information on the rights of people who have been incarcerated please visit the Secretary of State’s Voting Rights: Persons with a Criminal History page), and;
• Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court (for more information, please visit the Secretary of State’s Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship page).

Once your registration form is received and processed, the county will send you a Voter Notification Card within 2 to 3 weeks indicating that you are now registered to vote.

If you are under 18, you may pre-register to vote if you meet the following qualifications:

• Be 16 or 17 years old, and;
• Meet all of the other eligibility requirements to vote listed above.

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

CLICK HERE: Registration and Voting information for Youth.

You must re-register to vote if you:

• change your name
• change your address
• wish to change your political party preference
• change your signature

If you do not have a California Driver’s License or California State Identification card, you can still use the online voter registration form to apply to register to vote. However, you will need to take additional steps to complete your voter registration.

f you are unable to retrieve your registration information, please call (800) SBC-VOTE (800-722-8683).

More details at the Santa Barbara County Elections website:

  https://www.countyofsb.org/1139/Register-to-Vote

Want to know what voting District you are in?  CLICK HERE to look up Districts and Representatives by address

ONCE YOU ARE REGISTERED AND HAVE YOUR BALLOT..GET READY TO VOTE!!

This is a Presidential election year.

Joseph Biden is the Endorsed Incumbent Democratic President.

The CA Democratic Party has endorsed Proposition 1

and these Democratic candidates:

U.S. Congress, Dist. 24, Salud Carbajal, Incumbent

State Senate, Dist 21,  Monique Limon, Incumbent

State Assembly, Dist 37, Gregg Hart, Incumbent

There are two U.S. Senate  terms for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat;

one for the remainder of her term and one full term.  Vote Democrat please.

CONVENIENT!!  Mail completed ballots…no stamp required… or there are several secure ballot  “drop boxes” available 24 hours a day until 8:00 p.m. on election day.   https://www.countyofsb.org/3265/Current-Ballot-Drop-Box-Locations-by-Are