How to Vote at UCLA

Vote-By-Mail at UCLA

California voters registered by the deadline will automatically receive a Vote-by-Mail ballot for each election, no special request needed. California voters who complete their Vote-by-Mail (VBM) ballot can drop it off at one of the following locations (no postage necessary):

• at a USPS post office;
• in a USPS Blue Box;
• at an official LA County Vote-by-Mail drop box;
• or at a Vote Center.

All Vote-by-Mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day will be counted and verified.

Learn more about Vote-by-Mail in LA County.

Members of the UCLA community may drop off their Vote-by-Mail ballot at the following campus locations:

• Vote-by-Mail Dropbox
  • Parking and Information Kiosk, Westwood Plaza
• U.S. Post Office
  • Ackerman Union A-Level (near the elevators)
  • Check usps.com for hours and postmark deadlines
• Outgoing Campus Mailboxes
• Various campus departments
  • Check with your department for USPS pickup times
• Vote Centers
  • Tom Bradley International Hall, Hammer Museum, and Ackerman Union
  • See "Vote Centers at UCLA" above for more information

What about Vote-by-Mail for out-of-state elections?

All Vote-by-Mail ballots for elections outside of the state of California must be postmarked by the U.S Postal Service on or before the election deadline.

The BruinsVote coalition strongly encourages all out-of-state voters to mail in their ballot well before the respective postmark deadline and to check that their ballot has the necessary postage.

Visit the Campus Vote Project or Plan Your Vote to find the Secretary of State’s website for your site and verify your state’s election policies.

Same-Day Voting at UCLA

If you are eligible to vote in LA County and you did not register by the deadline, you will still be able to register to vote and cast a provisional ballot at any Vote Center, including the Vote Centers at UCLA.

You will be asked to complete a Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) form on the spot. You will then be instructed to complete your provisional ballot on a ballot marking device.

Instead of scanning the ballot into the ballot marking device, you will hand your provisional ballot to an election official. Your provisional ballot will be counted once your Conditional Voter Registration is verified.

CVR voters can check the status of their provisional ballot at LA County's provisional ballot status service.

For more instructions, check out LA County's provisional voting instruction.