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On National Voter Registration Day, Voters Urged to Make a Plan

California News Service

In honor of National Voter Registration Day, clean-elections groups are urging all citizens to take part in our democracy, and they have some tips on how to make the most of the process.

Today is National Voter Registration Day – and good-government groups say it's more important than ever. Millions of citizens have not yet registered. So Jonathan Mehta Stein with Common Cause is working to spread the word: Every vote counts.

"For a lot of low-propensity voters, limited English-speaking voters, young voters and first-time voters, they don't even realize that voter registration is the first step to voting. And so National Voter Registration Day is an opportunity to draw everyone's attention to the need to register to vote," Mehta Stein says. 

It only takes a few minutes to register at registertovote.ca.gov, or you can just register and vote on the same day at any polling place or vote center in the state. This year California became the first state to send mail-in ballots -- and not just ballot request forms -- to every registered voter, so people can vote from home without worrying about being exposed to COVID-19.

Mehta Stein says voters need to follow the directions on the ballot carefully.

"Hundreds of thousands of voters have problems with their vote-by-mail ballots every single election cycle. Because they've failed to sign the ballot envelope or their signature on their ballot envelope doesn't match the signature thats on file, or they've simply turned it in too late."

In-person voting locations will vary by county, so it's important to check your county registrar of voters' website. 15 of the state's counties, including L-A and Orange counties, have switched to a system of regional vote centers that are larger and open for 4 days before the election. The other counties retain the traditional neighborhood polling places that are open on Election Day only.

 

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