Registering to Vote

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 election.

Who can register: U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old at the time of the election and have been California residents for at least 29 days beforehand. If you move within 28 days of the election, you can vote by returning to your former precinct or getting an absentee ballot for that precinct. If you are in prison or on parole for a felony you are ineligible.

Register or re-register:

* If you have never registered to vote.

* If you have moved since the last election.

* If you have changed your name.

* If you want to change your party affiliation.

How and where to register: Mail-in forms are available at most county offices, city halls, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, fire stations, post offices, libraries, chambers of commerce, banks, Automobile Club of Southern California offices, high schools and senior citizen centers. Los Angeles County residents can also call the registrar-recorder at (562) 466-1310, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to request a form.

Absentee ballots: Monday is the first day that absentee ballots will be issued. Applications for absentee ballots are on the back page of your sample ballot. They may also be obtained by writing to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office, Absent Voter Section, P.O. Box 30450, Los Angeles, CA 90030-0450, or by going to the clerk’s office at 12400 Imperial Highway in Norwalk. Absentee ballots must be mailed in time to arrive in the registrar’s office by Nov. 2 or returned personally by the voter to any polling place in the district no later than 8 p.m. on election day.

Researched by NONA YATES / Los Angeles Times

Sources: Times files, Los Angeles County registrar-recorder