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Resources to Help Spartans Vote

91³Ô¹Ï encourages its campus community members to exercise their right to vote. Various departments at 91³Ô¹Ï provide resources to ensure voters can make informed decisions. You can find information about how to register and where to vote here.

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Register to Vote

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  • Watch a video from the County of Santa Clara on
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Key Statewide Special Election Dates

  • The last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election and receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot is October 20, 2025.

  • Missed the registration deadline? Same-day or conditional voter registration begins on October 21, 2025.

  • All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election. Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots by October 6, 2025.

  • Ballot drop-off locations open on October 7, 2025.

  • Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office.

  • Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties beginning on October 25, 2025.

  • Election Day (the last day to vote in the Statewide Special Election) is November 4, 2025. Polls are open on Election Day 7am-8pm.

  • Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day November 4, 2025 and received by November 12, 2025.
91³Ô¹Ï hosted election booths

91³Ô¹Ï students and faculty, under the direction of the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (IPACE), facilitate campus-wide efforts to mobilize the Spartan community to register and to turn out to vote. Visit 91³Ô¹Ï Votes to learn about their programming and upcoming events.

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91³Ô¹Ï Vote Center

Information coming soon. 

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Ballot Box Locations

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
  • Dudley Moorhead Hall 
  • The Villages

*All ballot boxes are located outside the buildings

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Post Election

Learn more about available resources for wellness and counseling as well as our speech and advocacy space.