California Voting Records online consist of voter registration lists. Indexed collections will be the easiest to search; image-only collections will contain more information.

 

In the United States voting rights have always come with limitations. In the 1700s and early 1800s, voting rights were restricted primarily to white men who owned property and some states restricted voting rights even further.

 

During the 1800s voting rights restrictions were gradually reduced and voters didn’t need to own property and, after 1870, race was not a qualification to vote. Some states still restricted voting through poll taxes (a tax paid to vote which affected the less affluent), literacy tests, all-white primaries, and language requirements.

 

The 1900s saw the greatest expansion of voting rights including:

  • rights were extended to women (1920)

  • the Voting Rights Acts to prevent additional prohibitive voting laws (1965)

  • poll taxes were banned in the U.S. by the Supreme Court (1966) 

  • the right to vote for anyone 18 years old or older (1971)

  • protection for language minorities (1975)

  • protection for people with disabilities (1982)

  • and simplified voter registration (1993).

 

Voting records may include:

  • name

  • physical description of person

  • age

  • gender

  • registration date

  • dates voted

  • residence

  • marital status

  • property ownership

  • occupation

  • place of birth

  • citizenship status, if naturalized, date, court

 

 

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California Voting Records online

California – Voting Registers – California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898, at Anc$

California – Voting Registers – California, Great Registers, 1866-1910, at MH$

California – Voting Registers – California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968, at Anc$

Alameda County – Voting Registers – California, Alameda County Great Register, 1902, at FS

Alameda County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Alameda County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1886, 1892-1894, 1900, at FS

Alpine County – Voting Registers – Election Returns and Poll Lists, Aug. 1864-1904, Certificates of Nomination and Candidacy, Ca. 1902-1911, at FS

Alpine County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1910 ; Indexes, 1908-1920, at FS

Alpine County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1873-1890, at FS

Alpine County – Voting Registers – Miscellaneous County Records, Ca. 1864-1920, at FS

Alpine County – Voting Registers – School, Tax, and Other Records, Ca. 1865-1929, at FS

Amador County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Butte County Great Register Index, 1898, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Butte County, California, Great Register : 1866-1878, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Butte County, California, Great Register : 1867-1908, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Copy of the Uncanceled Entries Existing in the Great Register of Butte County, California on the Sixth Day of October, A.D. 1884 : a Correct Transcript Therefrom of the Name, Age, Country of Nativity, Occupation, Local Residence, Naturalization, and Date of Registration of the Persons Named in Said Uncanceled Entries, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Great Register of Voters, 1850-1909, at FS

Butte County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Calaveras County – Voting Registers – Calaveras County Voter Register, 1890 : Great Register Project, at FS

Calaveras County – Voting Registers – Calaveras County, California Great Registers, 1896-1909, at FS

Calaveras County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1892, at FS

Colusa County – Voting Registers – Colusa County Great Register, 1880, at FS

Colusa County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1909, at FS

Colusa County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1871-1898, at FS

Contra Costa County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Del Norte County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1869, 1873, at FS

Del Norte County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872-1898, at FS

Del Norte County – Voting Registers – Index to the Great Register of Del Norte County, California, 1890, at FS

El Dorado County – Voting Registers – Great Register, 1867. El Dorado County, at FS

El Dorado County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

El Dorado County – Voting Registers – Miscellaneous County Records, Ca. 1864-1920, at FS

Fresno – Voting Registers – Fresno County Great Registers, 1866-1906, at FS

Fresno County – Voting Registers – Fresno County Great Registers, 1866-1906, at FS

Fresno County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Fresno County – Voting Registers – Miscellaneous County Records, Ca. 1864-1920, at FS

Glenn County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Humboldt County – Voting Registers – Great Register and Supplement of the County of Humboldt, State of California, 1890 : a Full, True, and Correct Transcript of the Registered Voters of Humboldt County, on the Sixth Day of October, A.D. 1890, at FS

Humboldt County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1871-1898, at FS

Humboldt County – Voting Registers – List of the Names and Registration of the Domiciled Inhabitants of the County of Humboldt : Copied from the Great Register of Humboldt County, October 7th, 1884, at FS

Inyo County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1871-1872, 1875, 1877, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Kern County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Kern County – Voting Registers – The Great Register (voter Registration), Kern County, California : a Partial Substitute for 1890 Census, at FS

Lake County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1894, at FS

Lake County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872-1873, 1875, 1879-1880, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Lassen County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1901, at FS

Lassen County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1868, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1886, 1890, 1898, at FS

Los Angeles County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1873-1896, at FS

Los Angeles County – Voting Registers – Index to the 1890 Los Angeles County Great Register, State of California, at FS

Madera County – Voting Registers – Great Register, 1898, at FS

Marin County – Voting Registers – Great Registers (voting), 1866-1908, at FS

Marin County – Voting Registers – Great Registers (voting), 1867-1868, 1873, 1875-1876, 1879-1888, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Mariposa County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872-1873, 1875-1877, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Mendocino County – Voting Registers – Great Registers of Mendocino County, State of California, at FS

Mendocino County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1873, 1866-1879 [Mendocino, California], at FS

Merced County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867, 1869, 1871-1872, 1875-1877, 1879-1880, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Merced County – Voting Registers – Merced County, California 1890 Great Register of Voters, at FS

Merced County – Voting Registers – Great Register of Merced County, California, 1892 : Prepared for the General Election Tuesday November the 8th 1892, at FS

Modoc County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1875-1876, 1879-1880, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Mono County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872, 1875-1876, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Monterey County – Voting Registers – Certified Copy of the Great Register of Monterey County, California, September 3, 1879, at FS

Monterey County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1875-1876, 1879-1880, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Napa County – Voting Registers – Great Register Napa County, California 1880 – 1894, at FS

Napa County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Nevada County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Nevada County – Voting Registers – Nevada County, California, Great Registers, 1892-1908, at FS

Orange County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1892, 1894, 1896, at FS

Placer County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Plumas County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Great Register : Containing the Names and Registration of the Domiciled Inhabitants of the County of Sacramento, Qualified Electors and Legal Voters Thereof, 1866-1880, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1901, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Sacramento County Great Register Index, 1890, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Sacramento County Voter Registrations (California) : 1867 and 1872, at FS

Sacramento County – Voting Registers – Supplement to the Great Register of the County of Sacramento for the Year 1882, at FS

San Benito County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1875-1898, at FS

San Bernardino County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872-1898, at FS

San Diego County – Voting Registers – Great Register of Voters, San Diego County, California, 1866-1879 : with Index, at FS

San Diego County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

San Francisco – Voting Registers – California, City and County of San Francisco, Great Registers, 1900-1922, at FS

San Francisco – Voting Registers – California, City and County of San Francisco, Great Registers, 1900-1922, at FS

San Francisco – Voting Registers – California, San Francisco County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1824-1997, at FS

San Francisco – Voting Registers – California, San Francisco County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1824-1997, at FS

San Francisco – Voting Registers – Great Register of Voters of San Francisco County, California 1888-1904 : (continued from Last Issue), at FS

San Francisco County – Voting Registers – Great Register of Voters of San Francisco County, California 1888-1904 : Continued from P. 17, Vol. 7, No. 29, at FS

San Francisco County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1866-1898; Indexes, 1866, 1888-1904, at FS

San Francisco County – Voting Registers – San Francisco County Index of Naturalized Voters, 1850-1898, at FS

San Joaquin County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

San Joaquin County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1900-1910, at FS

San Joaquin County – Voting Registers – Precinct Index Great Register of San Joaquin County 1904, 1908, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – 1890 Great Register with Index for San Luis Obispo County, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – General List of Citizens of the United States in the County of San Luis Obispo and Registered in the Great Register of Said County, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – General List of Citizens of the United States, Resident in the County of San Luis Obispo, and Registered in the Great Registers of Said County, August, 1871, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1868, 1871-1873, 1875, 1877, 1879-1880, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1898, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – Index to Great Register, San Luis Obispo County, 1902, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Voting Registers – Published by Authority of the Citizens of the United States, Residents of the County of San Luis Obispo, California, and Registered in the Great Register of Said County, July 1867, at FS

San Mateo County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1869, 1871-1872, 1875-1877, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

San Mateo County – Voting Registers – Index to The Great Register of San Mateo County, 1890, California, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Voting Registers – Great Register of the County of Santa Barbara, California, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1873-1875, 1877, 1879, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Santa Clara County – Voting Registers – Copy of the Great Register of Santa Clara County, at FS

Santa Clara County – Voting Registers – Great Register, 1892, at FS

Santa Clara County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1896, at FS

Santa Cruz County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1868-1869, 1871-1873, 1880, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Shasta County – Voting Registers – 1890 Great Register of Voters, at FS

Shasta County – Voting Registers – 1890 Shasta County Great Register, at FS

Shasta County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1869, 1871-1873, 1875-1877, 1880, 1882, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, at FS

Sierra County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1872-1898, at FS

Siskiyou County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Siskiyou County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1869, 1873, at FS

Solano County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Sonoma County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Stanislaus County – Voting Registers – Great Register of the County of Stanislaus, State of California, 1890, at FS

Stanislaus County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867, 1869, 1871-1872, 1875, 1879-1880, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Sutter County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Tehama County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1875-1896, at FS

Trinity County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1868, 1871-1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, at FS

Truckee – Voting Registers – Early Truckee Records : a Genealogy Reference for the Historic Truckee-Donner Region of California, at FS

Tulare County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1869, 1872, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, at FS

Tuolumne County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879-1888, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, at FS

Ventura County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1875, 1877, 1879-1880, 1882, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1898, at FS

Yolo County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1898, at FS

Yuba County – Voting Registers – Great Registers of Voters of Yuba County, 1896, 1900, at FS

Yuba County – Voting Registers – Great Registers, 1867-1896, at FS

Yuba County – Voting Registers – Metz Family Records, at FS

 

 

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