Where to Start:

• Check your voter registration status through your state’s election website.
  • If you are registered, skip ahead to Plan how you will get your ballot in on election day.
  • Not registered to vote?

Decide if you would like to vote as a resident of San Diego or your home state.

• Registering as a San Diego resident:

Register online or by-mail, up to 15 days before the election. Additionally, Same Day Voter Registration is available in California. 

Commuter Students: Use your off-campus address and make sure it is where you will be living during the election 

On-Campus Students: Register using the campus address. 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, CA 92106.

• Registering in your home state:

Visit vote.gov to find the specifications for voter registration in your state. Take note if your state allows for online registration or if you must register in person or by mail. Be sure to check your home state’s voter ID laws. While California is a state that does not require an ID to vote, as of April 2024, 21 states require a photo ID and 15 also accept non-photo IDs. 

• Plan how you will get your ballot in on election day:

California Voters: California is one of 8 states that allow elections to be conducted by-mail. For California voters this means your ballot will automatically be mailed to you. In order to vote in person (if you prefer the old fashioned way) you must bring your mail-in ballot with you to the polls. 

Out of State Voters: Plan to request an absentee ballot for the upcoming election if you do not reside in one of the additional 7 states (Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Washington) with primarily mail elections. 

• Studying Abroad? You can still vote while overseas.

Register to vote absentee using the Federal Post Card Application or by using the California Online Voter Registration system.

What will be on the ballot:

President of the United States
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – American Independent
Claudia De la Cruz – Peace and Freedom
Kamala D. Harris – Democratic
Chase Oliver – Libertarian
Donald J. Trump – Republican
Jill Stein – Green

United States Senate – Full Term (California)
Steve Garvey – Republican
Adam B. Schiff – Democratic

Propositions (California)

*These are directly quoted propositions from voterguide.sos.ca.gov (linked above)

Prop. 2: Authorizes Bonds for Public School and Community College Facilities
Authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade, and construction of facilities at K–12 public schools (including charter schools), community colleges, and career technical education programs, including for improvement of health and safety conditions and classroom upgrades. Requires annual audits. 

Prop. 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage
Amends California Constitution to recognize fundamental right to marry, regardless of sex or race. Removes language in the California Constitution stating that marriage is only between a man and a woman.

Prop. 4: Authorizes Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Protecting Communities and Natural Lands from Climate Risks
Authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for water, wildfire prevention, and protection of communities and lands. Requires annual audits. 

Prop. 5: Allows Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Voter Approval
Allows approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low- and middle-income Californians with 55% vote. Accountability requirements. 

Prop. 6: Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons
Amends the California Constitution to remove current provision that allows jails and prisons to impose involuntary servitude to punish crime (i.e., forcing incarcerated persons to work). 

Prop. 32: Raises Minimum Wage
Raises minimum wage as follows: For employers with 26 or more employees, to $17 immediately, $18 on January 1, 2025. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, to $17 on January 1, 2025, $18 on January 1, 2026. 

Prop. 33: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property
Repeals Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which currently prohibits local ordinances limiting initial residential rental rates for new tenants or rent increases for existing tenants in certain residential properties. 

Prop. 34: Restricts Spending of Prescription Drug Revenues by Certain Health Care Providers
Requires certain providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug programs on direct patient care. Authorizes statewide negotiation of Medi-Cal drug prices. 

Prop. 35: Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services
Makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans, which, if approved by the federal government, provides revenues to pay for Medi-Cal health care services. 

Prop. 36: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes
Allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950, if the defendant has two prior drug or theft convictions. 

County of San Diego For students voting from a Point Loma address

California State Assembly – 77th District
Tasha Boerner – Democratic
James Browne – Republican

U.S. Congressional Representative – 50th District
Peter J. Bono – Republican
Scott Peters – Democratic

California State Senate – 39th District
Akilah Weber – Democratic
Bob Divine – Republican

San Diego County Board of Supervisors – District 3
Kevin L. Faulconer
Terra Lawson-Remer

Mayor – City of San Diego
Todd Gloria
Larry Turner

City Attorney – City of San Diego
Heather Ferbert
Brian Maienschein