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Today is the deadline to register online to vote in California

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Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementThe 2020 presidential election is 15 days away. If you’re in California, today is your last chance to .But if you miss today’s deadline, you can still cast a ballot. Last year, California enacted . Sometimes called “same-day voter registration,” conditional registration lets you register up until the day of the election at your county elections office or a community vote center. Your ballot will be processed and counted after county election officials verify your registration.You can register to vote in English, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai or Vietnamese at . Registered voters can check their status to confirm their address and other details.AdvertisementIf you are 16 or 17 years old, you can use the site to pre-register, though you won’t be eligible to cast a ballot this November.In order to register to vote online, you’ll need to have on hand your California driver’s license number or ID card number, the last four digits of your Social Security number and your date of birth.As of 2019, as many as 6 million Californians were eligible to vote but had not registered — including Snoop Dogg, who just last week on his YouTube channel.AdvertisementOnce you’ve registered, it’s time to figure out how you’ll vote. The Times has . Our has published , and our news team has explainers on the ballot.Here’s , including how to vote, where to vote, where the candidates stand on the issues and more.Every voter should do this now. Just go to , a portal created by the National Assn. of Secretaries of State. If you find you are not on the voting rolls, use the portal to register.California and some other states will automatically send them to all registered voters. In other places, you must request one. You can find out whether you need to request one -- and submit the request, if you do -- through the NASS.org portal. Do this now.Earlier is even better. This will give the postal service plenty of time to deliver it. While California will count votes that arrive up to 17 days late -- provided they are postmarked by election day -- many states will not. They will toss any votes that arrive after November 3rd.Again, in California it will still get counted as long as it is postmarked by election day and arrives within 17 days after. In other states, if you haven’t mailed your ballot by a week before election day, hang onto it. You can drop your mail ballot in one of the drop boxes at polling places and -- in California and several states -- on street corners, sidewalks and in municipal buildings. If your state has early voting, you can drop your mail ballot off anywhere that is being held.Many states now enable voters to track the status of their mail-in ballot online. Californians can do this at . Voters in other states can register for tracking online through their state or local elections website.Get our Essential Politics newsletterThe latest news, analysis and insights from our politics teams from Sacramento to D.C.You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.More From the Los Angeles TimesAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementThe 2020 presidential election is 15 days away. If you’re in California, today is your last chance to .But if you miss today’s deadline, you can still cast a ballot. Last year, California enacted . Sometimes called “same-day voter registration,” conditional registration lets you register up until the day of the election at your county elections office or a community vote center. Your ballot will be processed and counted after county election officials verify your registration.You can register to vote in English, Spanish, Hindi,...

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