Know Your Rights Learning Center
Know your rights before you need them.
Learn the protections California voters have, practice what to do in real situations, build a personal rights guide, and find upcoming training across the 805.
Choose Your Path
Who are you learning for?
The rights do not change. What changes is the quickest route through the page and what you may want to do next.
Start with the Rights Finder. Choose the situation closest to yours, then save the most useful information to your Rights Wallet.
Open Rights FinderRights Finder
What is happening?
Select the situation closest to yours. You’ll see the right involved, what you can say, what to do next, and where to get help. This is general voter information, not legal advice.
Provisional ballot
You may still cast a ballot.
If you believe you are registered but your name does not appear on the list, ask to vote a provisional ballot. Elections officials will determine your eligibility before counting it.
- Ask the poll worker to check your name and address carefully.
- If the issue is not resolved, request a provisional ballot.
- Keep the receipt or tracking information so you can check whether it was counted.
3-Minute Orientation
Learn. Practice. Know where to get help.
Four short modules turn the page into a practical orientation. Progress stays only in this browser and can be cleared at any time.
You have the right to cast a secret ballot without harassment, pressure, or another person telling you how to vote.
If your name is missing from the voter list but you believe you are registered, provisional voting may allow you to cast a ballot while eligibility is checked.
Accessible voting options, assistance marking a ballot, and language support are available under applicable election rules. Ask what assistance is available at your voting location.
Ask the poll worker or site supervisor, contact your county elections office, and use 866-OUR-VOTE for trained nonpartisan assistance when a voting problem is not resolved.
Can They Do That?
Practice the response.
These are learning checks, not a score. Choose an answer and get the explanation immediately.
The polls close while you are still in line.
Your name is not on the voter list, but you believe you are registered.
Someone is intimidating voters near a voting location.
My Rights Wallet
Keep the rights you may need.
Save useful scenario guidance or voter-rights items while you learn. Your list stays in this browser only. You can copy it, print it, or open an email with the guide already prepared.
No account is required. Saved items remain only in this browser unless you copy, print, or email them yourself.
Live Training Calendar
Learn with the community.
Know Your Rights trainings, voter-education sessions, orientations, and related learning opportunities are pulled automatically from Community Pulse when they are available.
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Bring the Learning to Your Community
From one learner to a trained network.
Organizations, schools, campuses, neighborhood groups, unions, and community partners can use this page as an orientation and request a live Know Your Rights training.
Request a Know Your Rights training
Use the partnership pathway to request a presentation, orientation, or collaborative voter-education session.
Explore Training OptionsBring voter-rights learning to a classroom or campus
Use the community-training pathway for student groups, schools, colleges, civic classes, and campus organizations.
Find Training ResourcesSee what is already happening
Open Community Pulse for the centralized 805 calendar of current trainings, voter education, volunteer opportunities, and events.
View Current OpportunitiesAccess & Assistance
Voting information should work for everyone.
Language and disability access are part of voter protection, not an add-on. Put the pathway to assistance directly beside the learning experience.
Accessible voting options
California provides accessible voting options, including accessible voting equipment and Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail for eligible use.
State accessibility guideInformation and assistance in your language
Language requirements vary by county and precinct. Ask what translated materials and bilingual assistance are available.
Language requirementsHelp marking your ballot
California’s Voter Bill of Rights includes the right to receive help casting a ballot from a person of your choice, subject to specified exceptions.
Official Voter Bill of RightsCalifornia Voter Bill of Rights
Ten protections every voter should know.
These plain-language summaries preserve the core rights from the existing page. Use the California Secretary of State’s official Voter Bill of Rights for the complete wording.
Call or text 866-OUR-VOTE, contact your county elections office, or use the California Secretary of State’s voter resources.
Need Help Now?
Protect your vote without escalating the situation.
Move to a safe place, speak with election staff, document basic facts when lawful and safe, and contact trained assistance.
Trusted Sources
Official and nonpartisan information
Official statewide voter protections.
Open official guideOfficial guidance on provisional ballots and eligibility review.
Open provisional guideUse 805 EPIC Resources for Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo County election information.
Open county resourcesCall or text trained volunteers with voting questions or problems.
Visit 866 Our Vote