Registration Status
Registration Status
Information on your voter registration affidavit will be used by elections officials to send you official information on the voting process, such as the location of your vote centers/drop boxes, candidates, and measures that will appear on the ballot. Commercial use of voter registration information is prohibited by law and is a misdemeanor. Voter information may be provided to a candidate for office, a ballot measure committee, or other person for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State.
Driver license and social security numbers, or your signature as shown on your voter registration card, cannot be released for these purposes. If you have any questions about the use of voter information or wish to report suspected misuse of such information, please call the Secretary of State’s Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683).
Certain voters facing life-threatening situations may qualify for confidential voter status. For more information, contact the Secretary of State’s Safe at Home program toll-free at (877) 322-5227 or visit their website Safe at Home-English, Safe at Home- Spanish.
Click the button below to check your registration status.
No Party Preference Voters
Check your voter registration. Review your current address and party affiliation. If you want to change your party, you must re-register to vote. Check your Voter Registration.
No Party Preference Cross-Over Ballot Notice & Application-English
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No Party Preference Cross-Over Ballot Notice & Application-Punjabi
No Party Preference Informational Flyer-English
No Party Preference Informational Flyer-Español
Why Your Political Party Preference is Important in This Election
The political party preference you selected when you last registered to vote determines which presidential candidates will be on your ballot.
For example: if you are registered with the Democratic Party, you will see the Democratic Presidential candidates; if you are registered with the Republican Party, you will see the Republican Presidential candidates. If you did not select a political party preference when you last registered, you are considered a “No Party Preference” voter.
In a Presidential Primary Election, political parties determine whether voters registered with “No Party Preference” can vote for their party’s presidential candidates. This is known as “crossover” voting.
If you are a “No Party Preference” voter, you will receive a nonpartisan ballot with no presidential candidates unless you request a party’s ballot.
Are you a “No Party Preference” Voter?
Are you a “No Party Preference” voter? Voters who registered to vote without stating a political party preference for one of the six official parties in California are known as “No Party Preference” (NPP) voters. Check your Voter Registration.
The Madera County Elections Department has mailed NPP Crossover Ballot Notices and Applications to nearly 14,712 county voters registered as “No Party Preference.” The notice explains how “No Party Preference” (NPP) Voters can request a ballot that includes the presidential contest.
Take action to Vote for President!
If you want to vote in the Presidential Primary Election for a U. S. Presidential candidate from the following parties:
- Green Party
- Peace and Freedom Party
- Republican Party
You must re-register with that party. To change your voter registration, visit the California Secretary of State’s RegisterToVote.CA.Gov and change your party preference.
If you are a “No Party Preference voter and want to vote in the Presidential Primary Election for a U.S. Presidential candidate from the:
- American Independent Party
- Democratic Party
- Libertarian Party
You need to request a ballot from that party. There are four ways you can do that:
1. No Party Preference voters were sent a card from the County Clerk-Recorder & Registrar of Voters. A portion of it is a postage-paid detachable card. You can check the party ballot you would like to vote on that card and put it in the mail to us.
2. If you misplace your card or would prefer to fill out a form instead, you can fill out the No Party Preference Voter Crossover Ballot Form in English or Spanish and return it to us.
3. Come into the Elections Division at 200 W. 4th St., Madera, and we will give you the form to complete.
4. Call us at 800-435-0509 and request the ballot from the Elections Division.
Conditional Voter Registration
Same-Day Voter Registration (Conditional Voter Registration)
The voter registration deadline for any election is 15 days prior to Election Day. If you miss the registration deadline, you may register and vote under Conditional Voter Registration, also called Same-Day Voter Registration.
Missed the deadline to register to vote?
You can still vote under Conditional Voter Registration (CVR).
- CVR extends the existing 15-day registration deadline to eligible voters, allowing them to register and vote 14 days prior to an election until the close of polls on Election Day. The last day to register to vote for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election is February 20, 2024.
- CVR allows voters to update their address, change their political party, receive, and vote a ballot.
- The voter must appear in person at a voting location to register and vote under CVR. For voters unable to appear in person due to a disability, please contact the Elections Office at (559) 675-7720 or toll free at 800-435-0509 or by email at [email protected]
CVR is available at the Madera County Elections Office and Vote Centers
What’s the process?
- At the voting location, you will be asked to register to vote by providing your information at the check-in table.
- The information you provide will be placed on the CVR envelope. The voter must sign the CVR envelope in order to register and have your CVR ballot counted.
- Next, you will be issued a ballot that you must vote at the voting location. The ballot issued contains no unique markings and is identical to the ballot you would have been issued if you had registered on time.
- Vote your ballot and place it in your CVR envelope. Seal the envelope. Don’t forget to sign your envelope!
- Once your information is verified then your ballot will be counted.
To find out how you can register and vote, call the Elections Office toll free at 800-435-0509.