Key Election Dates
November 2024 General Election
The last day to register to vote for the November 5, 2024, General Election is October 21, 2024.
Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office
- Monday, October 7, 2024: Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots.
- Tuesday October 8, 2024: Ballot drop-off locations open.
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024: period by which Same Day “Provisional” registration begins.
- Saturday, October 26, 2024: Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties. Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or at your county elections office.
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024: CA Primary Election Day, polls close at 8:00pm Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked and mailed.
- Tuesday, November 12, 2024: Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by November 12, 2024