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The online deadline doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 your last chance to register at all. There are in-person registration options through 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3.
But the Oct. 19 online cutoff point is necessary to give county election officials time to verify voters鈥� eligibility and still ship out their ballot, explained Janna Haynes, spokesperson for Sacramento County鈥檚 elections department.
鈥淭hat is why the Oct. 19 online voter registration deadline exists,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is for people to still get a ballot in the mail in time for the election.鈥�
Since the 2016 general election, California has added nearly 3 million new voters and the voter registration rate is at its highest level since 1952, the Secretary of State鈥檚 office . More than 84% of eligible voters are registered 鈥� or 21.2 million Californians.
Even so, millions more are eligible to vote who have not registered.
Here鈥檚 How You Can Still Register If You Miss The Oct. 19 Deadline
Don鈥檛 lose hope if you miss the deadline. You can still register to vote in person at your county elections office through Nov. 3 and later this month at voting locations. A list of county election offices and addresses is , and a map of voting locations in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer and El Dorado counties is .
These later signups are known as 鈥渃onditional registrations,鈥� as election officials must still verify a person鈥檚 eligibility but voters can cast a provisional ballot through California鈥檚 process.
Many Californians will be able to register in-person at vote centers starting Oct. 24. These sites also allow anyone registered in their county to update their registration (if you鈥檝e moved or changed your name), and to vote in-person or drop off a mail-in ballot. The first vote centers open on Oct. 24 and all open by Oct. 31.
These sites are larger than traditional polling places and often located at libraries or community centers, though there are fewer of them.
Sacramento, Madera, Napa, Nevada, and San Mateo counties switched to the in 2018. Ten more counties adopted it this year: Butte, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Fresno, Santa Clara, Orange and Los Angeles.
You can find a vote center, also called early voting locations, by entering your county, city or zip code on this .
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