Statewide Special Election November 4, 2025
2025 Statewide Special Election The last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election is October 20, 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 began mailing ballots on October 6, 2025. Ballot drop-off locations opened on October 7, 2025. Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office. To make sure your ballot is counted, return it early by mail, drop box, or vote center. If you mail it, do it early — or walk it into the post office and request a postmark. Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties beginning on October 25, 2025. Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by November 12, 2025.