PSA: For those of us in CA, fill out the form online at http://registertovote.ca.gov http://registertovote.ca.gov. If you don't have a CA driver's license print

PSA: For those of us in CA, fill out the form online at http://registertovote.ca.gov http://registertovote.ca.gov. If you don't have a CA driver's license print and mail the form. If you do have a CA identification the entire registration is handled electronically. The only requirement to be a resident is that you live in California with the intent to make it your home. Once you're registered mail in the vote-by-mail form elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/vote-by-mail-application.pdf. From that point forward they will mail the ballot to your house anytime there is an election. Check the boxes and drop the pre-paid envelope in the mail. It really is very easy. Often municipal elections are decided by narrow margins. If everyone working at startups in the bay area registered and started voting it could easily swing the outcome of various propositions, housing policy, etc. We like to think our industry is non-political but as software eats the world we are only going to increasingly be involved in politics. Voting is the bare-minimum in civic duty. If we don't make our voices heard we'll keep getting restrictive zoning on the local level and DMCA/CFAA garbage on the national level.