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Voter guides: LAist's 2026 Voter Game Plan
The 2026 midterm primary in California is June 2. Use LAist's Voter Game Plan to get ready to vote.
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Note: We're adding additional guides daily. Check back for more.
Statewide
Ballot measures
- Proposition 1: Affordable housing
- Proposition 4: Public campaign financing
- Proposition 38: Immunology research
- Proposition 39: Voter ID
- Proposition 40: Billionaire tax
- Proposition 42: Stopping the billionaire tax
- Proposition 44: Clinic spending requirements
California offices
- Governor
- Lieutenant governor
- Secretary of state
- California attorney general
- Controller
- Treasurer
- Superintendent of public instruction
- Insurance commissioner
- California Board of Equalization District 3
- California Board of Equalization District 4
- State Senate
- State Assembly
- California Supreme Court justices
- California Courts of Appeal
County of Los Angeles
- Sheriff
- Superior Court Judges
- California Courts of Appeal
- Measure A: Binding arbitration
- Measure E: Ethics
City of Los Angeles
- LA mayor
- LA city attorney
- LA city council District 3
- LA city council District 9
- Charter Amendment PRK
- Charter Amendment LA
- Proposition TE
- Measure FD
Other cities
- Culver City Measure YV: Teen voting
- Inglewood Measure BB: Banning billboards
- Inglewood Measure AT: Ticket tax revenue
- Pasadena Measure PFD: Property taxes
School bonds
- Explainer: What are school bonds?
- Bellflower Unified Measure SM
- Charter Oak Unified Measure S
- Claremont Unified Measure CS
- El Rancho Unified Measure ED
- Glendora Unified Measure G
- Hawthorne School District Measure HH
- Inglewood Unified Measure MM
- Keppel Union School District Measure K
- Temple City Unified Measure TCS
- Valle Lindo School District Measure R
Orange County
Countywide
- County Board of Supervisors, District 4
- County Board of Supervisors, District 5
- California Courts of Appeal
Irvine
School bonds
- Explainer: What are school bonds?
- Laguna Beach Unified Measure A
- Westminster School District Measure B
Santa Ana
FAQ
- How do I vote if I am experiencing homelessness?
- Why are there holes in my mail-in ballot envelope?
- How do I vote in person in LA and Orange counties? Here's what you need to know
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