Follow these instructions carefully so your mail-in ballot will count. It needs:
your signature (it will get checked),
no stray marks, and
returned in the envelope provided.
The Post Office might be slow. Best bet: Return your ballot early to a ballot drop-off location.
Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters — Register/Preregister to vote now online | Voter registration lookup | ballot drop-off locations | vote center locations | track your ballot
California SoS VoteSure voting information — check voter status || register in advance or same-day || polling places
Redistricting: Look up your 2022 old/new state & congressional districts California Redistricting Commission
Google: How to vote? — how, where, when to vote
Pete Rates the Propositions — analysis and recommendations on California ballot propositions
Ballotpedia — encyclopedia of U.S. elections
Gun Sense Voter (Moms Demand Action) — see which candidates are committed to gun safety
Indivisible’s Candidates for Change for Congress | Strategy for the primaries (the primaries are our opportunity to get a real opposition party to fight authoritarianism) | Endorsements Guide
Blue Voter Guide's poll tracker on the CA governor race.
CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide and candidate interview video clips on key issues
League of Women Voters of California positions || Vote 411 background on Calif. candidates and measures
Mercury News endorsements
Sierra Club congressional endorsements | SF Bay endorsements
South Bay Progressive Alliance endorsements