First-time voter registrations take a bit longer to process compared to updates or changes to current voter registration requests. Why? Because registration requests from people who register to vote within the County for the first time have to go through a system called “CalValidator” before their registration is considered complete.
What is CalValidator?
Let’s start from the beginning. On the Voter Registration Card are areas to input your California Drivers’ License/State ID number and the last four digits of your Social Security Number. We only need one of those numbers, but both is fine too.
