Hurry, Banning and Beaumont! Voter Registration Deadline Approaching

Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer Thursday reminded residents who have not yet registered to vote that they have barely a month left to submit a registration application.

Spencer will be joining registrars throughout the state and country on Tuesday in observing National Voter Registration Day, making staff available to assist residents at the registrar's headquarters at 2724 Gateway Drive. The office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 8 general election is Oct. 24.

Spencer noted that there are 1.4 million eligible voters in Riverside County, but as of Wednesday, only 941,710 were on the rolls.

According to the registrar, residents can fill out a registration application online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov, or pick up applications at any post office, Department of Motor Vehicles office or library. The forms must be postmarked on or before Oct. 24 to be processed for the upcoming election.

According to Spencer, a person must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen and not be mentally incompetent or have certain criminal convictions to qualify as a registered voter.

More information is available at https://www.voteinfo.net/ .

– By City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone