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The California Motor Voter program is making registering to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) more user-friendly. Eligible applicants completing a driver license, identification (ID) card or modify of address transaction online, by mail or in person at the DMV will be automatically registered to vote past the California Secretary of State, unless they choose to opt out of automatic voter registration.

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Since 1993, the National Voter Registration Act, often known as the Motor Voter law, has helped millions of people annals to vote or update their voter information during a driver license or ID carte du jour transaction at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

The California Motor Voter program applies to Californians who are eighteen or older and run across the following criteria:

  • A United States citizen and a resident of California.
  • Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony (for more information on the rights of people who accept been incarcerated, please encounter the Secretarial assistant of Land's Voting Rights: Persons with a Criminal History), and
  • Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a courtroom (for more information, delight see Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship).

Voter pre-registration is available for Californians who are 16 or 17 years one-time. They will automatically be registered to vote when they turn 18. Before visiting a DMV field role, we recommend making an appointment. Y'all can as well use DMV online services to renew your driver license or ID card or change your accost.

If you signal that you are eligible to vote, once you complete your DMV transaction online, by postal service, or in person, your voter information is transmitted securely and electronically to the California Secretary of Land. Once your eligibility to vote is adamant, you will be registered to vote.

Individuals with AB 60 driver'due south licenses are non eligible to participate in the California Motor Voter program and are non eligible to vote.

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Additional Data

Elections Code sections 2265 and 2274 require the Secretary of State (SOS) to post the Interagency Agreement between the DMV and SOS besides every bit the monthly written report provided past the DMV to the SOS.

  • Interagency Agreement (PDF) – Effective iii/one/2021 to 3/1/2023
  • Monthly Report (PDF) (ongoing) – Statistic and incident report the DMV provides to the SOS each month

If y'all are eligible to vote and would like to annals to vote online at present click the following button.

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