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California Opens Vote Centers Ahead of Nov. 4 Prop 50 Special Election

The vote will decide whether to replace the independent congressional maps with Legislature-drawn lines through 2030.

LOS ANGELES-CA-MARCH 5, 2024: Election worker Theresa Johnson, left, cheers on Victor Espinoza, 26, right, after he casts his ballot on Super Tuesday at Avalon Carver Community Center in South Los Angeles on March 5, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
People arrive to vote at Hangar 244 at the Great Park in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. The early vote centers for the special election on redistricting open on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
In this 2024 file photo, a voter puts their ballot for the 2024 presidential primary election in the ballot drop box at the Vote Center located at the Orange Public Library in Orange, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Overview

  • Early in-person voting begins this weekend across Voter’s Choice Act counties, with additional sites coming online by Nov. 1 and all locations open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Los Angeles is opening 111 vote centers Saturday, Ventura opens nine now and nine more on Nov. 1, San Diego starts with nearly three dozen sites before expanding to 68, and all Sacramento County centers will be operating by Nov. 1.
  • Vote centers provide in-person voting, ballot drop-off, same-day registration with provisional ballots, replacement ballots, curbside assistance, and language and accessibility support.
  • All registered voters were mailed ballots in early October with prepaid postage, which must be postmarked by Nov. 4 and received within the county’s deadline window, commonly seven days after Election Day or by Nov. 12 in Sacramento County.
  • Not every county uses vote centers, as San Bernardino continues the traditional polling-place model with early voting sites and countywide check-in via electronic poll pads, and state officials urge voters to return mail ballots early due to USPS processing delays.