Register or pre-register to vote with the California Secretary of State to vote in local, state, and national elections.
Prepare for election day:
- Presidential primary elections: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (last day to register Feb. 17, 2020)
- 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:
These locations may change before 2020 elections; ask your college or check back here for updated information as we get closer to election day.
- Marshall: Angela's Place
- Muir: Mariposa Room
- Revelle: Conference Room C
- Roosevelt & I-House: Middle Earth Lounge
- Sixth & Rita Atkinson: Sixth College Dogg House
- Warren: Yosemite Room
- Mesa Nueva graduate housing: 1 Miramar Street Lounge
- The Village: Building 2 Conference Room
- Provisional & absentee voting: PC West Level 2, Green Table Room