Register to Vote Today!

To Register to Vote in California, You Must Be:

1. A United States citizen
2. A resident of California
3. 18 years of age or older on Election Day
4. Not in prison or in county jail (serving a state prison sentence or serving a term of more than one year in jail for a defined "low-level" felony)
5. Not on parole, post release community supervision, or post-sentencing probation for a felony conviction (for more information on the rights of people who have been incarcerated
6. Not found by a court to be mentally incompetent.

California Registration Deadline

• To Qualify for the upcoming general election on November 6, 2012, your registration must be postmarked no later than October 22, 2012.

Fill Out a Registration Card Now!

1. ONLINE: fill in the information requested on the form, print, sign, and mail it directly to the county elections office address that is pre-printed on the form. If you have any questions, you may contact the Elections Division at (800) 345-8683.  Form: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/register-to-vote/ for forms in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese, click here. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/new-voter/
2. In Person: You can pick up a voter registration form at your county elections office, library, or U.S. Post Office. It is important that your voter registration form be filled out completely and be postmarked or hand-delivered to your county elections office at least 15 days before the election

For additional assistance with voter registration, please contact the Secretary of State's office at the following toll-free numbers:

• English:        (800) 345-8683
• Spanish:        (800) 232-8682
• Chinese:       (800) 339-2857
• Hindi:            (888) 345-2692
• Japanese:     (800) 339-2865
• Khmer:          (888) 345-4917
• Korean:         (866) 575-1558
• Tagalog:        (800) 339-2957
• Thai:              (855) 345-3933
• Vietnamese:  (800) 339-8163
• TTY/TDD:        (800) 833-8683

California Secretary of State. (2102). Voter Registration. Retrieved from: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

To locate your voting precinct fill out your address in the link below and it will show you where you are listed to vote

http://vote411.org/pollfinder.php

Full legal content of Prop 34 can be accessed here:

http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i978_11-0035_(repeal_the_death_penalty).pdf?

Prop 34 Pros Fact Sheet

You can view/download the Prop 34 fact sheet from “Yes on Prop 34” below: http://www.safecalifornia.org/facts/body/SAFECAFactsabouttheDeathPenalty.pdf

Summary of the fact sheet:

• The SAFE California Act will save the state $1 billion in five years by replacing California’s death penalty with life without the possibility of parole. (The death penalty is in fact more expensive than a sentence of life in prison without parole)

• It requires inmates to work and pay restitution to the victim’s compensation fund.
•  It also creates the SAFE California Fund which sets aside $100 million or $30 million per year for three years to solve more rape and murder cases.
• It prevents innocent people from getting executed

People who support Prop 34:

• SAFE California is supported by a lead proponent of the 1978 death penalty initiative (Ron Briggs)
• The lawyer who wrote California’s death penalty law (Don Heller)
• The former warden who carried out four executions in this state (Jeanne Woodford).

Reference:

SAFE California, (2012). Be safe and replace california’s death penalty with life without the possibility of parole. Retrieved from website:http://www.safecalifornia.org/facts/body/SAFECAFactsabouttheDeathPenalty.pdf