VOTE for a climate-safe future! Election 2020
California Voting Information
All California registered voters should receive a mail-in-ballot in early October if their current address and voter registration match. Make sure to verify your address and registration here.
Use the Where’s My Ballot tool to track if your ballot has been mailed to you, received, and counted.
Personally delivered ballots: Must be delivered by close of polls on November 3, 2020;
Mailed ballots: Must be postmarked on or before November 3, 2020, and received by your county elections office no later than November 20, 2020.
To register to be a poll worker, apply here. Qualifications include:
- A registered California voter
- A legal resident of the United States who would be eligible to vote except for their citizenship status
- An eligible high school student
When early voting starts |
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| Sept. 18 | Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming |
| Sept. 19 | New Jersey and Virginia |
| Sept. 21 | Michigan and Vermont |
| Sept. 24 | Illinois |
| Oct. 4 | Maine |
| Oct. 5 | California, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska |
| Oct. 6 | Indiana and Ohio |
| Oct. 7 | Arizona |
| Oct. 12 | Georgia |
| Oct. 13 | Texas |
| Oct. 14 | Kansas and Tennessee |
| Oct. 15 | North Carolina |
| Oct. 16 | Washington |
| Oct. 17 | Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico |
| Oct. 19 | Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho and North Dakota |
| Oct. 20 | Louisiana, Utah and Wisconsin |
| Oct. 21 | West Virginia |
| Oct. 24 | Florida and New York |
| Oct. 26 | Maryland |
| Oct. 27 | District of Columbia |
| Oct. 29 | Oklahoma |
When early voting ends |
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| Oct. 27 | Louisiana |
| Oct. 29 | Maine and Tennessee |
| Oct. 30 | Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas and Utah |
| Oct. 31 | Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia and West Virginia |
| Nov. 1 | New York and Wisconsin |
| Nov. 2 | Alaska, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming |
| Nov. 3 | Washington |
Recent news on candidate and party climate policy platforms
- No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election, Inside Climate News, October 29, 2020
- These youth climate activists are voting — and think you should, too, Grist, October 28, 2020
- How important is climate change to voters in the 2020 election? Pew Research Center, October 6, 2020
- Environmentalists to Biden: Say no to fossil fuel advisers, Grist, September 3, 2020
- With wild and dangerous weather all around, Republicans stay silent on climate change, Inside Climate News, August 28, 220
- Climate crisis or ‘hoax’: Where Trump and Biden stand on environmental policy
LA Times, August 17, 2020 - Harris and Ocasio-Cortez team up on a Climate ‘Equity’ Bill, Inside Climate News, August 6, 2020
- Comparison of national climate proposals: Are they enough? Ellie Cohen, July 23, 2020
- DNC climate group calls for larger federal investment on climate than Biden’s current plan, The Hill, June 15, 2020
- Fossil fuel political giving outdistances renewables 13 to one
Yale Climate Connections, January 6, 2020
