Register to Vote

Monday is the last day to register to vote for the March 7 primary election.

Who Can Register: Under California election laws, people entitled to vote must be U.S. citizens, at least 18 years old at the time of election and California residents for 29 days before the election. If you move within 28 days of the election, you can vote by returning to your former precinct or by obtaining an absentee ballot for that precinct. If you are in prison or on parole for a felony conviction you are ineligible to vote.

Reasons to 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: Registration-by-mail forms are available at most county offices, city halls, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, fire stations, post offices, libraries, chambers of commerce, high schools and senior citizen centers. Los Angeles County residents can also call the registrar-recorder/county clerk’s election information section at (562) 466-1310, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to request registration forms.

Absentee Ballots: Monday will be the first day that absentee voter ballots for the March 7 primary election will be issued. Applications for absentee ballots are on the back page of your sample ballot. They also may 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 in person at the registrar-recorder/county clerk’s office, 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk. To be counted, the absentee ballot must be mailed in time to arrive in the registrar’s office by March 7 or returned by the voter personally to any polling place in the district no later than 8 p.m. on election day.

Source: Times files, Los Angeles County registrar-recorder.