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Go Bears, Go Vote! Voter Information: Home

This guide is designed to help Cal students, staff, and faculty get registered to vote, find reliable information about ballot issues and candidates, and how to cast your ballot. Information sources on this guide are from official and non-partisan sources

Get Registered! Get Informed! and Go Vote!

Are you #BallotReady? Make a Plan to Vote!

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General Election

2024 California Presidential General Election is November 5, 2024

Berkeley is in Alameda County, a Voter's Choice Act (VCA) County. 

 

Other Key Dates to be aware of:
August 29, 2024 Check My Voter Status to confirm your mailing address and voting status.
September 17, 2024 National Voter Registration Day!!!
September 6, 2024 Official Voter Information Guide: Online Version Available
September 26 – October 15, 2024 Check your mailboxes!  The CA Secretary of State will mail the Voter Information Guide during this period.
October 7, 2024

Early Voting sites open!

Keep an eye out for your ballots and voter information in the mail. 
County elections officials begin mailing vote-by-mail ballots on or before this date.
October 8 – November 5, 2024

California Ballot Drop-off locations open. UC Berkeley Ballot Drop Box is
between Sather Gate And Architects & Engineers Bldg Berkeley or find an Alameda county drop box near you.
October 21, 2024 Last day to register to vote for the CA Presidential General Election.
October 26, 2024

11-Day Vote Centers Open for the CA Presidential General Election.
NOTE: Alameda County Vote Locations  are forthcoming.
Website currently shows past site from Nov. 2023 Election.
 

4-Day Vote Centers Open for the CA Presidential General Election.
NOTE: Alameda County Vote Locations  are forthcoming.
Website currently shows past site from Nov. 2023 Election.
November 5, 2024

Election Day – Polls shall be open throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Vote-by-mail ballots must be post-marked on or before today and received by County Elections Office March 12, 2024.  To track your ballot, sign up for the CA Secretary of State's Where's my Ballot service.

 

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