What’s on the Ballot
Primary and General Elections
What’s on your ballot is determined by where you live and are registered to vote. Examples of your ballot and other important voting information can be viewed 40 days before every election.
How are presidential primary elections conducted in California?
Qualified political parties in California may hold presidential primaries in one of two ways:
- Closed presidential primary – the party only allows voters indicating a preference for that party to vote for its presidential nominee.
- Modified-closed presidential primary – in addition to allowing voters indicating a preference for that party to vote for its presidential nominee, the party also allows voters who did not indicate a party preference to vote for its presidential nominee.
If a qualified political party chooses to hold a modified-closed presidential primary, the party must notify the California Secretary of State no later than the 135th day before Election Day.
What do party preferences mean when listed with candidates’ names on the ballot? What are the qualified political parties and abbreviations of those party names?
The term “party preference” is now used in place of the term “party affiliation.” A candidate must indicate his or her preference or lack of preference for a qualified political party. If the candidate has a qualified political party preference, that qualified political party will be indicated by the candidate’s name on the ballot. If a candidate does not have a party preference, “Party Preference: None” will be indicated by the candidate’s name on the ballot.
Similarly, voters who were previously known as “decline-to-state” voters (because they did not have a party affiliation) are now known as having “no party preference” or known as “NPP” voters.
Abbreviations for the qualified political parties are:
- DEM = Democratic Party
- REP = Republican Party
- AI = American Independent Party
- GRN = Green Party
- LIB = Libertarian Party
- PF = Peace & Freedom Party
Offices up for election in the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election
Office Name | Term |
Party-Nominated Offices | |
President of the United States | 4-year term |
Party Committees | |
Democratic Central Committee Members | 4-year term |
Republican Central Committee Members | 4-year term |
Voter-Nominated Offices | |
United States Senate | 6-year term |
United States Representative, 3rd District | 2-year term |
Member of the State Assembly, 8th District | 2-year term |
Local Nonpartisan Offices | |
Supervisor, 2nd District | 4-year term |
Supervisor, 4th District | 4-year term |
Supervisor, 5th District | 4-year term |
State and Local Ballot Measures |
Offices up for election in the November 5, 2024 General Election
Office Name | Term |
Party-Nominated Offices | |
President & Vice President of the United States | 4-year term |
Nominated Candidates from the Primary Election | |
Voter-Nominated Offices | |
United States Senate | 6-year term |
United States Representative, 3rd District | 2-year term |
Member of the State Assembly, 8th District | 2-year term |
Local Nonpartisan Offices | |
Top two candidates from local countywide Primary Election where more than two candidates filed, but no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. | |
Offices open for filing in General Election (There are multiple seats available for each entity, unless otherwise indicated) | |
Municipal | |
Bishop City Council Member (three seats) | 4-year term |
Bishop City Treasurer (one seat) | 4-year term |
Board of Education | |
County Board of Education, Area 2 (one seat) | 4-year term |
County Board of Education, Area 4 (one seat) | 4-year term |
School Districts | |
Big Pine Unified School District Board Member | |
Bishop Unified School District Board Member | |
Death Valley Unified School District Board Member | |
Lone Pine Unified School District Board Member | |
Owens Valley Unified School District Board Member | |
Round Valley Joint Elementary School District | |
Trona Joint Unified School District Board Member | |
Kern Community College District, Trustee Area 2 | |
Hospital Districts | |
Northern Inyo County Hospital District Director | |
Southern Inyo County Health Care District Director | |
Resources Districts | |
Inyo-Mono Resource Conservation Board Member |
Voter Information Guides:
Secretary of State – State Voter Information Guide Site
Inyo County Elections Office – Local Voter Information Guides by Ballot Type will be made available on this site before each election. Please check back again after January 25, 2024 for information on the March 2024 Presidential Primary.
Archived Voter Information Guides from prior elections:
Archived Voter Information Guides for the November 8, 2022 Statewide General Election.
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 1
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 2
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 3
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 4
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 5
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 6
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 7
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 8
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, Ballot Type 9
Archived Voter Information Guides for the June 7, 2022 Statewide Direct Primary Election.
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, District 1
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, District 2
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, District 3
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, District 4
Voter Information Guide with Sample Ballot, District 5
Archived Voter Information Guides for Recall Election
Inyo County Voter Information Guide
Secretary of State – Voter Information Guide
Archived Voter Information Guides & Sample Ballots for the November 3, 2020 Election.
Voter Information Guide Style 1, Sample Ballot Style 1
Voter Information Guide Style 2, Sample Ballot Style 2
Voter Information Guide Style 3, Sample Ballot Style 3
Voter Information Guide Style 4, Sample Ballot Style 4
Voter Information Guide Style 5, Sample Ballot Style 5
Voter Information Guide Style 6, Sample Ballot Style 6
Voter Information Guide Style 7, Sample Ballot Style 7
Voter Information Guide Style 8, Sample Ballot Style 8
Voter Information Guide Style 9, Sample Ballot Style 9
Voter Information Guide Style 10, Sample Ballot Style 10
Voter Information Guide Style 11, Sample Ballot Style 11
Voter Information Guide Style 12, Sample Ballot Style 12