2020 Presidential General Election

November 3, 2020
(29th edition)

Important Dates:

• October 5 - Vote-by-Mail ballots start being sent out to all active registered voters;  first day of early voting
• October 19 - Voter registration deadline
• October 20 - November 3 - Conditional, "same day" voter registration available at vote centers and county election offices
• October 27 - last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot be sent by mail; voters advised to return ballots by mail by this day
• Tuesday, November 3 - Election Day - polling places and vote centers are open statewide 7am - 8 pm. Conditional voter registration available at all voting sites. 

Resources:

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From The California Voter Foundation:

• Voting FAQ
• Contact Your County Election Office
• Online Voter Tools - Check Your Voting Status
• CVF's Social Media Graphics 
   

From Maplight & the League of Women Voters:

• Voters Edge - comprehensive nonpartisan election information 

From the Secretary of State:

• Official California Voter Information Guide
• November 3, 2020 General Election homepage
• Certified List of Nov. 3 2020 Candidates
• Voter Registration Statistics
• Where's My Ballot? Vote-by-mail ballot tracking service for voters
• County-by-County In-Person Voting Options 
• Election Observations Rights and Responsibilities
• Voter Intimidiation: Prohibited Voter Challenges
• Apply to be a California Poll Worker
• See what voting equipment your county uses
• About Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail voting
• Early voting and drop-off locations 
• Vote-by-Mail and Provisional Ballot Signature Verification Regulations
• Report election misinformation to the Office of Election Cybersecurity
• Cal-Access - official campaign finance disclosure web site for the State of California 

CVF recommends these additional nonpartisan voter resources:

• Top Ten Contributors to Ballot Measure Campaigns - from the California Fair Political Practices Commission
• California Initiative Review - nonpartisan overview of California's 12 propositions from UOP's McGeorge School of Law students
• Voters Choice California - explains the new voting models being used this election in 15 California counties. 
• Easy Voter Guide - from the League of Women Voters, availble in 5 languages
• You Don't Need a Home to Vote - 2019 manual from the National Coalition for the Homeless
• What is Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail? - resource from Disablility Rights California 
• MediaWise - How to Sort Fact from Fiction Online, from the Poynter Institute
• Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot and Backup Ballot from the Federal Voting Assistance Program
• Make sure your Vote-by-Mail ballot is counted - fact sheet from Asians Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles
• About the California Voter's Choice Act - a new voting model to be utilized in 15 counties
• Ballotpedia - comprehensive nonpartisan resource about everything on the ballot
• A Voter's Guide to Election Security - from Stateline/Pew Charitable Trusts
• California Attorney General's Ballot Initiatives resources
• Verified Voting's Verifier for California voting systems

Archived editions of CVF's California Online Voter Guide:

• March 2020 Presidential Primary Election 
• November 2018 General Election
• 1994 - Primary 2018, plus other archived election resources are accessible via CVF's Archived Elections page