2024 SMC Voter Guide

How to Register to Vote

For example, you might want to vote where your family lives, if you also live there when you're not at college. Each city, county, and state will have its own candidates and measures to vote on, so consider whether you want to vote on Moraga/Contra Costa/California issues, or the issues wherever you're from.

• Using Vote.org (nonpartisan nonprofit, register to vote in any state), or
• At the California Secretary of State website (California voters only)

Deadline for online voter registration: October 21, 2024

You can register to vote on Election Day, in-person, with a conditional ballot:

• Prior to Election Day: Go to a county elections office or early voting site
• On Election Day: Go to a county elections office, early voting site, or your assigned polling place 
(note: if you live on campus, your polling place is St. Monica Church)

Not sure if you're already registered?

Check your voter registration status:

• Using Vote.org (nonpartisan nonprofit, register to vote in any state), or
• At the California Secretary of State website (California voters only)

Vote by Mail

All registered California voters will be sent a "vote by mail" ballot to their voter mailing address.

If your ballot gets sent to your home address and you won’t be able to go home to get it before Election Day, you can get a replacement mailed to you by sending in this form or by registering to vote again and providing a one-time mailing address. 

Where to drop off your ballot before November 5

If you vote in California and have a mail-in ballot: Drop it in any mailbox (the SMC post office has one next to the Bookstore) or voting dropbox

If you vote in Contra Costa County and don’t have a mail-in ballot, check the county website for updated early voting locations and time.

Where to drop off your ballot on November 5

If you vote in California and have a mail-in ballot: The closest ballot dropbox is just down St. Mary’s Road at the Moraga Library. You can return your ballot there until 8 pm. Or drop it in a mailbox before last pickup (the SMC post office is next to the Bookstore).

If you vote in California and don’t have a mail-in ballot: Look up your polling place

If you have a mail-in ballot for outside California: Drop it in a mailbox before last pickup (the SMC post office is next to the Bookstore).

Vote in Person

• Prior to Election Day: Go to a county elections office or early voting site
• On Election Day: Go to a county elections office, early voting site, or your assigned polling place