Inyo County Elections

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:

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:

Offices up for election in the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election

Office NameTerm
Party-Nominated Offices
President of the United States4-year term
   Party Committees
Democratic Central Committee Members4-year term
Republican Central Committee Members4-year term
Voter-Nominated Offices
United States Senate6-year term
United States Representative, 3rd District2-year term
Member of the State Assembly, 8th District2-year term
Local Nonpartisan Offices
Supervisor, 2nd District4-year term
Supervisor, 4th District4-year term
Supervisor, 5th District4-year term
State and Local Ballot Measures

Offices up for election in the November 5, 2024 General Election

Office NameTerm
Party-Nominated Offices
President & Vice President of the United States4-year term
Nominated Candidates from the Primary Election
Voter-Nominated Offices
United States Senate 6-year term
United States Representative, 3rd District2-year term
Member of the State Assembly, 8th District2-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:

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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