The online voter registration deadline has passed, but you can still vote in California

Jessica Roy
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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 27, 2020 Election assistant Andrea Delgado holds stickers at the Mobile Vote Center assembled in Grand Park as the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is trying to provide voters who live and work in downtown with the opportunity to vote in-person in the 12-acre park through 6 p.m. on Thursday. This is part of the county's transition from polling places to vote centers as residents are able to vote at any vote center and are no longer assigned to a specific polling location for in-person voting. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Want to show off one of these? Register to vote. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The bad news: You missed the voter registration deadline to cast a ballot in this election. The good news: You haven't missed your chance to vote.

Monday, Oct. 19, was the last day to use the state's online voter registration system. But last year, California enacted conditional voter registration. Sometimes called "same-day voter registration," conditional registration lets you register up until the day of the election at your county elections office or a community vote center. You can then cast a ballot, which will be processed and counted after county election officials verify your registration.

Any day between now and the election, you can register at an early voting location. Here's the state's official directory for locations and hours. On election day, you can go to any polling place and register and cast your provisional ballot there. To register, you'll need to have on hand your California driver's license number or ID card number, the last four digits of your Social Security number and your date of birth.

Currently registered voters can check their status to confirm their address and other details at RegisterToVote.ca.gov. If you are 16 or 17 years old, you can use the site to pre-register, though you won't be eligible this November.

As of 2019, as many as 6 million Californians were eligible to vote but had not registered — including Snoop Dogg, who just last week posted a video of himself registering on his YouTube channel.

Once you've registered, it's time to figure out how you'll vote. The Times has videos in 14 languages about how voting works in L.A. County. Our editorial board has published a list of endorsements, and our news team has explainers about each of the propositions on the ballot.

Here's our complete guide to the 2020 election, including how to vote, where to vote, where the candidates stand on the issues and more.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.