Elections

• Candidates and measures for the November 6 ballot are now being qualified around Santa Clara County. For information on upcoming races in Santa Clara County visit the Registrar of Voters Unofficial Candidate List. For details on your ballot see the SmartVoter site.

• Candidate Forums and Pros and Cons meetings are being scheduled around Santa Clara County. For dates and locations go to the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County.

• NEW 2012 REDISTRICTING
  New district lines have been drawn for many public offices based on the 2010 Census data. The new districts will affect which candidates & contests appear on your ballot in 2012. To find your new districts, go to: County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters; type in your address. The resulting page will give you your districts.

• New Congressional House of Representatives District 18 includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View; new State Senatorial District 13 includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View; new State Assembly Member District 24 includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View.

SMART VOTER: Key in your address and zip code, see the contests on your ballot. Then click a candidate or ballot measure to find background information -- from the League and other nonpartisan sources. You can also find your polling place. Archives of past elections available with election results. Go to Smart Voter

Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters: Find your polling place, register to vote, request an absentee ballot, etc.

See more information on elections in California: preparing to vote, voting (in person, by mail, if you've moved), voting rights, results of past elections, etc.

The official voter information page from California Secretary of State for the November 6 election can be retrieved from the links here.

Are you registered to vote? Do you want to change your party, your address, your name? We have information on voter registration.