Election Guide : Voting: How to Register and Vote

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, see Military and Overseas Voters),
• 18 years old or older on Election Day,
• Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony (for more information, see Voting Rights: Persons with a Criminal History), and
• Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court (for more information, see Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship)

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.

Check your status or see if your registration has taken effect.

Register online at the official State of California portal. Your online registration must be submitted electronically no later than 15 days prior to an election.

As a Californian living away from home while attending college, you may choose to register to vote using your home away from home address you use while at school or your traditional home address.

Choosing which address to use when you register to vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, you may not register to vote in two places during the same election cycle.

Look up your polling place (voting location) based on your residence address in San Luis Obispo County. The polling place lookup provides the polling place name, address, sample ballot booklet, audio enabled sample ballot, accessibility details, and map location.

To do this, you must visit your county elections office at least seven days before Election Day. You will be required to sign an oath saying you are eligible to vote in California and have not voted in the same election in any other state. Then you may vote only for President and Vice President.

Voter Bill of Rights