Regardless of your personal politics every vote counts. Here are some critical dates and links so that you can safely vote in the November election in the State of California:

• Deadline to REGISTER TO VOTE is Friday, October 19th, 2020

  • Registering can be done online by clicking here: https://registertovote.ca.gov or by mail. 

  • If you would like to register using a paper voter registration application, you can pick one up at your county elections office, library, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, or U.S. post office.
  • It is important that your voter registration application be filled out completely and be postmarked or hand-delivered to your county elections office by at least October 19th.
  • To request a paper voter registration application be mailed to you, please call (800) 345-VOTE (8683) or email Elections Division staff.

• Deadline to Mail in Your Vote - All California registered voters will be sent a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 3, 2020, General Election.  Registered voters do not have to apply for a vote-by-mail ballot for this election. Instead of going to the polls on Election Day, you may vote using the vote-by-mail ballot that will be sent to you. 

  • Ballots that are mailed must be postmarked on or before November 3^rd and received by your county elections office no
    later than November 20^th.
  • More information on voting by mail can be found here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail  
  • Vote-by-mail ballots will start being automatically sent to registered voters in California on October 5th
  • The USPS recommends voters mail their ballot at least one week prior to the state deadline, by October 27^th.
  • You can track your ballot status here: https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/
• Deadline to Drop Off Your Vote- You may also return your voted ballot by:
  • Returning it in person to a polling place or the office of your county elections official. Vote-by-mail ballots that are personally delivered must be delivered no later that the close of polls at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
  • Dropping your ballot into one of your county's ballot drop boxes. Vote-by-mail ballot that are personally delivered to a ballot drop-off location must be delivered no later than the close of polls at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day; or 
  • Authorizing someone to return the ballot on your behalf. Anyone may return your ballot for you, as long as they do not get paid on a per ballot basis. In order for your ballot to be counted, you must fill out the authorization section found on the outside of your ballot envelope. 

• Getting Assistance to Drop Off Your Vote: 

  • If you need someone to return your ballot for you, KI will be assigning volunteers to facilitate that.  Please reach out to tikkunolam@ourki.org if you would like someone to drop your ballot off for you.

• Map of drop off ballot locations: Click Here

• Send letters through Vote Forward: Click Here.

• Sign Up to Volunteer as a Poll Worker: 

  • https://www.vote4la.com/pollaccess/ElectionRegularWorkerApplication.aspx
• Poll Worker FAQ: 
  • https://www.lavote.net/documents/pollworker-faq.pdf
• Student Election Worker FAQ:
  •  https://www.lavote.net/docs/rrcc/election-info/student-election-worker-brochure.pdf
• Sign up to be an Election Protection Volunteer:
  •  https://protectthevote.net/
• Volunteer with Rock the Vote: 
  • https://www.rockthevote.org/get-involved/relational-organizing/
• Here is a great user-friendly link on how to vote: 
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/how-to-vote/california/

Election Day is November 3rd.