Register or re-register to vote with the California Secretary of State to vote in local, state, and national elections.
Prepare for election day:
- National election: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 (last day to register May 21, 2018)
- California gubernatorial election: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018
- Enter your address and find your polling place, or see campus polling locations listed below
- Review California state election dates, ballot measures, and candidate information for upcoming elections
- See detailed voter-registration instructions plus election news and info from UC San Diego's Student Organized Voter Access Committee (SOVAC)
You are eligible to vote if you:
- Are a United States citizen
- Are a resident of California (even if you're a student originally from another state, you can register using your current California college address and you can vote in California; there is no extra wait time)
- Are at least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the next election on June 5, 2018)
- Are not in prison or on parole for conviction of a felony
- Have not been judged by a court to be mentally incompetent to register and vote
On-campus polling locations:
- The Village: Building 2 Conference Room
- Roosevelt & I-House: Middle Earth Lounge
- Marshall: Fireside Lounge
- Muir: Half-Dome Lounge
- Revelle: PC West Level 2, Marshall College Room
- Warren: Student Activity Center (SAC)
- Sixth & Rita Atkinson: Sixth College Dogg House
- Mesa Apartments (Graduate Housing Off-Campus): Comm Room #3755 (still awaiting confirmation and may be changed prior to Election Day)
- Provisional & Absentee: PC West Level 2, Roosevelt College Room
Mail ballot drop-off location:
- Tuesday, May 30 through Monday, June 5, 2018
8 a.m. (10 a.m. on Sunday, June 4) to 8 p.m.
Price Center East, Level 1, Group Study Room 4
Anyone may use this mail ballot drop-off location. You may also mail in your mail ballot, which must be postmarked by Tuesday, June 6 and received by Friday, June 9.