Make a Plan for Successful Voting!

Here are some important things to think about before each election to help ensure you have a successful voting experience. You can write your own voting plan on the next three pages. You can choose to share your plan with others who support you, but you do not have to share it.

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Here are some important things to think about before each election to help ensure you have a successful voting experience. You can write your own voting plan with the included document below. You can choose to share your plan with others who support you, but you do not have to share it.

If you have any questions, you can contact your county elections office, or you can call Disability Rights California’s Voting Hotline: (888) 569-7955.

Voter registration: You must register in order to vote.

Are you registered to vote?
Are your name and address up to date in your voter registration?
If you are under a conservatorship, has the court made an order that you are not allowed to vote?

Voting using the ballot that is mailed to you: Ballots are mailed to all active voters who are registered far enough in advance of Election Day.

Do you want to vote using the ballot that is mailed to you?
Are you able to mark and/or handle a paper ballot?
Do you need your voting materials in alternative formats?
If you want to use a remote accessible vote-by-mail (RAVBM) system instead of the paper ballot that is mailed to you, do you have the technology you need?
Are you able to sign your name? If not, do you know your options?
Are you able to return your ballot by the deadline that applies if you are returning it by mail, in a ballot drop box, or to a voting location?
Do you need help with any voting-related task? If so, who will help you, how, and when? Do you have a backup plan?

Voting at an in-person voting location: Though ballots are mailed, you can still vote at a vote center, polling place, or county elections office.

Do you need (or prefer) to vote at an in-person voting location?
What is the address of the voting location you will use?
What day(s) and hours is that voting location open?
Do you have a way to get to the voting location?
Do you know about the accessible voting options available there?
Do you need help with any voting-related task? If so, is there anyone you want to ask to go with you when you vote? Are they available?

Download the Voting Plan here:

Voting Plan (.pdf)

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