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Last day to register to vote for November election is Oct. 24
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters said that Oct. 24 is the deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 8 general election.
Registrar Diane Fridley said a completed voter registration form must be either personally delivered to the Registrar of Voters Office – in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport – on or before Oct. 24, or postmarked on or before Oct. 24 and received by mail by the Registrar of Voters Office.
Residents may personally phone the Registrar of Voters Office to verify if their voter registration information is correct and up-to-date, Fridley said.
Fridley said residents may register to vote at the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office, phone staff at 707-263-2372 for a form to be mailed to them or register to vote online by visiting http://registertovote.ca.gov/ .
Registration forms also are available at most local post offices, libraries, city offices, and chamber of commerce offices, according to Fridley.
Section 2101 of the California Elections Code states, “A person entitled to register to vote shall be a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.”
Fridley also advised new residents of Lake County, and registered voters who have moved to a new address, changed their mailing address within the county or changed their name that they need to register or reregister to vote no later than Oct. 24.
If you are a registered voter and your mailing address has changed, official voting materials (state information pamphlets, sample ballots, vote-by-mail ballots, etc.) cannot be forwarded to another address and will be returned to the sender by the postal service, Fridley said.
For voters impacted by the recent wildland fires, Fridley said that homeowners who lost their homes in the fire but who plan on rebuilding their homes on the same property in the future may continue to use their pre-fire residence address for this election and upcoming elections until they can return to their homes.