The special election for the partial term and the primary for the full-term will be held on March 5, 2024.

The candidate with the most votes in the special election will serve the remainder of the current term.

The top two vote getters in the primary for the full-term will advance to the general election on November 5, 2024. The candidate which wins in November will begin the full six-year term in January 2025.

Source: California Secretary of State

The deadline to register to vote is 15 days before Election Day. Your voter registration must be postmarked or electronically submitted no later than February 20, 2024.

However, California does allow same-day registration for you to conditionally register and vote at your local county elections office. Find your local county election office.

Source: California Secretary of State

• You change your residence address or mailing address;
• You change your name or;
• You change your political party choice.

Re-register to vote here.

Source: California Secretary of State

County elections officials offer early voting at their office, and many counties offer early voting at additional locations before Election Day.

To locate an early voting location near you, visit CAEarlyVoting.sos.ca.gov or contact your county elections office.

Voting centers for in-person early voting open February 24, 2024 in select counties. Find out if your county is a Voter’s Choice Act county.

By law, county elections officials mail ballots to every registered voter in the state. Ballots will be put into the mail starting February 5, 2024.

There are four ways to return your mail ballot:

• Return your ballot to your county elections office by mail using the provided privacy sleeve and the enclosed pre-addressed enveloped. Your ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your county elections office no later than 7 days after Election Day.
• Return your ballot to any polling place within the state or the office of your county elections official no later than the close of polls at 8pm on Election Day.
• Return your ballot at any drop-off location or ballot drop box within the state. Vote-by-mail ballots that are personally delivered to a ballot drop-off location must be delivered no later than the close of polls at 8pm on Election Day.
• Authorizing someone to return your ballot on your behalf. Anyone may return your ballot for you, as long as they do not get paid on a per ballot basis. In order for your ballot to be counted, you must fill out the authorization section found on the outside of your ballot envelope.

Source: California Secretary of State

Check with the California Secretary of State or your local county elections office if you have questions about military and overseas voting, voters with disabilities, college students, or pre-registration for 16 and 17 year-olds.