General information
Use the California Secretary of State’s My Voter Status page.
Anyone who meet all the requirements below is qualified to register to vote:
- Is a United States Citizen.
- Lives in the state of California.
- Is 18 years of age or older.
- Not in prison for the conviction of a felony.
- Those 16 years of age or older can pre-register.
You can register to vote any time. The registration deadline is 15 days before the election. Your registration must be received by the Elections Department or postmarked by that day or before.
You should register as soon as possible so that you get your voter guide in the mail. If you register later than 29 days before an election, you may not get your voter guide.
14 days prior to an election through Election Day by 8 p.m., you may register and vote at any vote center within Marin County. See our List of Vote Center locations for days and hours of operation.
You can register online at the CA Secretary of State website.
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You must fill out a paper voter registration form, sign it, and return it by mail or in person to the Marin County Elections Department.
- Register online at the CA Secretary of State website .
- Call the Elections Department at, 415-473-6456 to request a form be mailed to you.
- At the Marin County Elections Department.
- The following locations may have forms:
- Post Offices;
- Libraries;
- Any fire station;
- City Clerks’ Offices; or
- The Department of Motor Vehicles.
Required Information
- Qualifications:
- U.S. citizen, Yes/No
- 18 or older, Yes/No
- 16 or 17 pre-register, Yes/No
- Name - First, Middle, Last
- Birth date
- California driver's license or ID card number — both available at the DMV (If you do not have a CA driver’s license or ID card, just last four (4) digits of your Social Security number will be OK).
- The last four (4) digits of your Social Security number
- Birth place
- Residence Address
- Mailing address if different from your residence address.
- Signature — will be used to check petitions and your vote by mail ballot.
We will send you a letter and ask you to provide the missing information.
When we get the required information, you will be registered to vote.
If there is a problem with your ID information, the Secretary of State will let us know. You will be given a chance to correct your information.
If your information has not been confirmed in time for Election Day, you can go to the Elections Department or any vote center in Marin County. See our List of Vote Center locations for days and hours of operation.
If you —
Move or otherwise change your place of residence
Re-register to vote with your new address.
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During an election you can complete a Request Change of Address/Party Form at any vote center in Marin County. See our List of Vote Center locations for days and hours of operation.
The Post Office does not forward election mail.
Change your mailing address
Call the Elections Department, 415-473-6456.
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During an election you can complete a Request Change of Address/Party Form at any vote center in Marin County. See our List of Vote Center locations for days and hours of operation.
The Post Office does not forward election mail.
Change your name
Re-register to vote to vote with your new name.
Change your party preference
Re-register to vote with your new party, or no party if you prefer.
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During an election you can complete a Request Change of Address/Party Form at any vote center in Marin County. See our List of Vote Center locations for days and hours of operation.
If we do not have your current home or mailing address, you will not receive your ballot.
The Post Office does not forward election mail.
You can still register to vote. Write the address of a shelter or the cross streets of where you sleep on your voter registration form.
You must provide a mailing address.
If mail we send to a voter is returned undeliverable, the voter will be moved to the inactive list. We send a notice to inform the voter that they have been moved to the inactive list. Voters that do not respond and do not vote in two General Elections (even years) in a row, will be cancelled.
Inactive voters must respond to the notice, contact the Elections Department or vote a Provisional ballot to become an Active voter.
Yes. A voter can be moved to the Inactive List or have their registration cancelled.
Inactive Voters
If mail we send to a voter is returned undeliverable, the voter will be moved to the inactive list. We send a notice to inform the voter that they have been moved to the inactive list.
Inactive voters will not receive election materials and their name is not on the roster at vote centers.
Inactive voters must respond to the notice, contact the Elections Department or vote a Provisional ballot to become an Active voter.
Cancelled Voters
A voter can be cancelled for the following reasons:
- Voter has died (notification must be in writing and signed).
- Voter has moved out of the County of Marin.
- Voter is in prison for the conviction of a felony.
- Voter has been declared incapable of voting by a judge.
- Inactive voters that do not vote in two General Elections (even years) in a row.
Cancelled voters must re-register or vote a Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) ballot to become an Active voter.
Yes. Fill out and return the Registration Cancellation Form.
You must re-register to vote.