How To Register To Vote In Temecula

TEMECULA, CA — While many ballots for the Nov. 5 General Election have already been mailed out to voters in California, swaths of residents still haven’t registered.

California's last day to register to vote online is Oct. 21 — 15 days before Election Day. You can register to vote here. For those who need to check their registration and in which county, click here. Those who are 16 or 17 years old can pre-register to vote here.

Same-day voter registration, also known as conditional registration, is also available for those who miss the deadline to register to vote or update their information before the Nov. 5 election.

In Temecula, you can complete the same-day voter registration process at the following locations:

• Riverside County Fire Station #96, 37700 Glen Oaks Rd.
• Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Rd.
• Grace Mellman Community Library, 41000 County
• Margarita Recreation Center, 29119 Margarita Rd.
• Mary Phillips Senior Center, 41845 Sixth St.
• MSJC Temecula Valley Campus 41888 Motor Car Parkway
• Temecula City Hall, 41000 Main St.
• Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St.
• Temecula Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd.

If you need to register on Election Day, you can also visit the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters office at 2720 Gateway Dr. and polling locations in Temecula. On Nov. 5, residents can access same-day voter registration and cast their ballots between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

If you are voting for the first time after registering to vote by mail and you did not provide your driver's license number, California ID number or the last four digits of your social security number on your registration form, you may asked to show a form of ID when you arrive at the polls, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

If this is the case, bring a form of ID with you or include a copy of it with your vote-by-mail ballot.

Here are acceptable forms of identification that you may bring:

• A copy of a recent utility bill
• The sample ballot booklet you got from your county elections office
• Another document sent to you by a government agency
• Passport
• Driver license
• State ID card
• Student ID card showing name and photo

Check out this list of forms of voter identification that you can use at a polling place here.

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Who’s Registered To Vote In Temecula?

In Temecula, there were 68,497 total registered voters as of Sept. 6, according to the latest registration report from California’s Secretary of State. Approximately 21,504 were listed as Democrats while 26,885 were registered under the Republican party.

As of Sept. 6, some 22,310,352 Californians had registered to vote. Of those voters, 46% had registered Democrat while almost 25% registered Republican. Another 22% had no party preference and 7% listed “other,” according to the Secretary of State.

The counties with the largest increase in registered voters were Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego and Los Angeles counties.