California Presidential Primary Election March 5 2024 : sos.ca.gov

Organization : California Secretary of State
Facility Name : California Presidential Primary Election March 5, 2024
State : California
Country : United States
Website : https://www.sos.ca.gov/

California Presidential Primary Election

I, Shirley N. Weber, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify that the information included herein will be submitted to the electors of the State of California at the Presidential Primary Election to be held throughout the State on March 5, 2024, and that this guide has been correctly prepared in accordance with the law. Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State in Sacramento, California, this 11th day of December, 2023.

Related / Similar Election : Nevada Secretary of State Presidential Preference Primary Election 2024

Schedule of California Presidential Primary Election

** The last day to register to vote for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election is February 20, 2024.
** All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election.
** Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots by February 5, 2024.
** Ballot drop-off locations open on February 6, 2024.
** Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office.
** Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties beginning on February 24, 2024.
** Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by March 12, 2024.

Find Your Polling Place or a Vote Center

** Polling places and vote centers are established by county elections ofcials. Look for your polling place address or vote center locations in the county Voter Information Guide that you receive in the mail a few weeks before Election Day.
** You may also visit the Secretary of State’s website at vote.ca.gov or call the toll-free Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683).

Election Result

** Election results for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election are available after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on the California Secretary of State’s Election Results website at electionresults.sos.ca.gov. Results will begin to be posted at 8:00 p.m. and will be updated throughout Election Night. In the days afterwards, the results will be updated at 5:00 p.m. each day throughout the canvass as counties count the remaining ballots.

** The ofcial certified results of the election will be posted by April 12, 2024, at sos.ca.gov/elections.

Check Your Voter Status Online

** Visit the Secretary of State’s My Voter Status page at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov to check your voter status, find your polling place or a vote center, and much more.
** To check your voter status, you will need to enter your first name, last name, date of birth, and your California driver’s license or California identification card number, or the last four digits of your social security number.
** Visit voterstatus.sos.ca.gov for important voter details.

How To Vote For President?

Registered to Vote with No Party Preference/No Party?
** As a voter who declined to provide a political party preference, or you registered with an unknown or unqualified political party, you are considered a “No Party Preference” (NPP) voter, and your primary election ballot will not have presidential candidates on it.

** If you want to vote for U.S. President, you must request a ballot with presidential candidates from one of the following parties:
i) American Independent Party
ii) Democratic Party
iii) Libertarian Party

** Contact your county elections office to request a No Party Preference Cross-over Ballot Notice and Application by phone, email, or fax. To contact your local county elections office, visit sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices.
** If you want to vote for the Green, Peace and Freedom, or Republican parties’ presidential candidates, you must re-register with that specific party.
** To re-register to vote online, go to registertovote.ca.gov. If you need to re-register after February 20, 2024, you can do so in person at a polling place, any vote center, or your county elections ofce.

Registered to Vote with a Qualified Political Party?
i) If you registered with any of the following qualified political parties, you can only vote for that party’s presidential candidates:
** American Independent Party
** Libertarian Party
** Democratic Party
** Peace and Freedom Party
** Green Party
** Republican Party

ii) If you want to vote for another party’s presidential candidate, you must re-register with that specific party. You can re-register to vote online at registertovote.ca.gov. If you need to re-register after February 20, 2024, you can do so in person at a polling place, any vote center, or your county elections office.