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The California Motor Voter program is making registering to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) more than convenient. Eligible applicants completing a driver license, identification (ID) card or change of address transaction online, by mail or in person at the DMV will exist automatically registered to vote by the California Secretary of State, unless they cull to opt out of automatic voter registration.

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Since 1993, the National Voter Registration Act, frequently known every bit the Motor Voter police force, has helped millions of people register to vote or update their voter data during a commuter license or ID card transaction at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

The California Motor Voter program applies to Californians who are 18 or older and meet the following criteria:

  • A Us citizen and a resident of California.
  • Not currently serving a country or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony (for more information on the rights of people who have been incarcerated, please see the Secretarial assistant of State's Voting Rights: Persons with a Criminal History), and
  • Not currently plant mentally incompetent to vote past a court (for more information, please encounter Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship).

Voter pre-registration is available for Californians who are 16 or 17 years quondam. They volition automatically be registered to vote when they turn 18. Before visiting a DMV field function, we recommend making an appointment. You tin likewise apply DMV online services to renew your driver license or ID card or change your address.

If you indicate that yous are eligible to vote, once y'all complete your DMV transaction online, by post, or in person, your voter information is transmitted securely and electronically to the California Secretary of State. Once your eligibility to vote is determined, you will be registered to vote.

Individuals with AB sixty driver'southward licenses are non eligible to participate in the California Motor Voter plan and are non eligible to vote.

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Elections Code sections 2265 and 2274 require the Secretarial assistant of Land (SOS) to postal service the Interagency Agreement betwixt the DMV and SOS besides every bit the monthly study provided by the DMV to the SOS.

  • Interagency Understanding (PDF) – Effective 3/i/2021 to 3/one/2023
  • Monthly Written report (PDF) (ongoing) – Statistic and incident written report the DMV provides to the SOS each calendar month

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