March 5 is Super Tuesday, where 16 states, including California, and one territory, will hold their primary election on the same day. The contests are expected to move Joe Biden and Donald Trump toward the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. California’s top-two system advances the top two vote-getters regardless of political identification to the November General Election in statewide, legislative and congressional races. In local races, candidates can win outright. How to vote, track your ballot in California’s 2024 primary election | Catch up with our voter guide here.See live updates with results on other Super Tuesday contests here. Here is where to see full election results after 8 p.m. | Resultados de Primaria Presidencial 2024 en Español.See our live coverage in the video above from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., and again from 8 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Below, you will find live updates from local races as we receive them.6:15 p.m.: Hear from voters in Southern California about who they chose for California’s Senate race. The leading candidates are Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey. 5:24 p.m.: Here are more images from voting sites across NorCal. See our full coverage at 5 p.m. below. 4:53 p.m.: KCRA’s Lee Anne Denyer has a report from a voting location in Alta, while Carolina Estrada is in Modesto. 4:28 p.m.: KCRA’s Brittany Hope has a look at drive-thru voting in Sacramento’s Natomas area. 4:21 p.m.: Hear from voters in Sacramento during our 4 p.m. news coverage.3:48 p.m.: See below for an update on our coverage of election day at noon. 3:05 p.m.: KCRA’s Andrea Flores, Lysée Mitri and Michelle Bandur are in Southern California for coverage of leading candidates in the U.S. Senate race today. See their full reports after polls close at 8 p.m. Our team coverage will also include Brittany Hope in Sacramento County, Carolina Estrada in Stanislaus County, Orko Manna in San Joaquin County and Lee Anne Denyer in Placer County. 1:47 p.m.: Here are some things to know about voting today in California. If you’re in line by 8 p.m., you can still cast your ballot.If you make a mistake, you can request a new ballot.You have the right to vote if you are a registered voter without having to show a photo ID.You have the right to get election materials in another language.You have the right to ask election officials about election procedures.For those voters who have no party preference, you can request a ballot to vote for president from one of these parties: American Independent Party, Democratic Party or Libertarian Party. The Republican, Peace and Freedom and Green parties do not allow those with no party preference to vote for their presidential candidates in the primary. But you could re-register to vote for those parties at a polling place or vote center. Learn more here.10:30 a.m.: Leticia Ordaz has the latest numbers on voter turnout in Sacramento County. As of 10:30 a.m. the turnout is 17.6%, with 153,096 ballots turned in. The majority of those votes ballot returns have been by mail. 8:30 a.m: Users of the Meta-owned social media sites Facebook and Instagram are reporting a mass outage on Super Tuesday.According to the website Downdetector, over 215,000 users reported complaints of Facebook outages as of 10:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Instagram is also down, with over 47,000 reports to Downdetector. 8 a.m.: KCRA 3’s Leticia Ordaz is in Sacramento County as voters submit their ballots on Tuesday morning. 7:50 a.m.: New demographic data released on who has voted in the California Primary Election so far.Across the state, 14% of ballots have been returned as of 7:30 a.m. 3,164,924 ballots have been returned. The majority of them have been from those ages 65 and older.70% of the returned ballots have been from white voters. while Black, Asian and Latino voters make up the majority of the remaining 30%. 50% of the ballots returned have been from Democrat voters. 7 a.m.: Polls are open across California. KCRA 3’s Melanie Wingo was at the Stanislaus County Registrar Voter’s Office at the beginning of Super Tuesday.
March 5 is Super Tuesday, where 16 states, including California, and one territory, will hold their primary election on the same day. The contests are expected to move Joe Biden and Donald Trump toward the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations.
California’s top-two system advances the top two vote-getters regardless of political identification to the November General Election in statewide, legislative and congressional races. In local races, candidates can win outright.
See our live coverage in the video above from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., and again from 8 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Below, you will find live updates from local races as we receive them.
6:15 p.m.: Hear from voters in Southern California about who they chose for California’s Senate race. The leading candidates are Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey.
5:24 p.m.: Here are more images from voting sites across NorCal.
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See our full coverage at 5 p.m. below.
4:53 p.m.: KCRA’s Lee Anne Denyer has a report from a voting location in Alta, while Carolina Estrada is in Modesto.
4:28 p.m.: KCRA’s Brittany Hope has a look at drive-thru voting in Sacramento’s Natomas area.
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You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
4:21 p.m.: Hear from voters in Sacramento during our 4 p.m. news coverage.
3:48 p.m.: See below for an update on our coverage of election day at noon.
3:05 p.m.: KCRA’s Andrea Flores, Lysée Mitri and Michelle Bandur are in Southern California for coverage of leading candidates in the U.S. Senate race today. See their full reports after polls close at 8 p.m.
Our team coverage will also include Brittany Hope in Sacramento County, Carolina Estrada in Stanislaus County, Orko Manna in San Joaquin County and Lee Anne Denyer in Placer County.
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You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
1:47 p.m.: Here are some things to know about voting today in California. If you’re in line by 8 p.m., you can still cast your ballot.
- If you make a mistake, you can request a new ballot.
- You have the right to vote if you are a registered voter without having to show a photo ID.
- You have the right to get election materials in another language.
- You have the right to ask election officials about election procedures.
- For those voters who have no party preference, you can request a ballot to vote for president from one of these parties: American Independent Party, Democratic Party or Libertarian Party. The Republican, Peace and Freedom and Green parties do not allow those with no party preference to vote for their presidential candidates in the primary. But you could re-register to vote for those parties at a polling place or vote center. Learn more here.
10:30 a.m.: Leticia Ordaz has the latest numbers on voter turnout in Sacramento County. As of 10:30 a.m. the turnout is 17.6%, with 153,096 ballots turned in. The majority of those votes ballot returns have been by mail.
8:30 a.m: Users of the Meta-owned social media sites Facebook and Instagram are reporting a mass outage on Super Tuesday.
According to the website Downdetector, over 215,000 users reported complaints of Facebook outages as of 10:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Instagram is also down, with over 47,000 reports to Downdetector.
This content is imported from Twitter.
You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
8 a.m.: KCRA 3’s Leticia Ordaz is in Sacramento County as voters submit their ballots on Tuesday morning.
7:50 a.m.: New demographic data released on who has voted in the California Primary Election so far.
Across the state, 14% of ballots have been returned as of 7:30 a.m. 3,164,924 ballots have been returned. The majority of them have been from those ages 65 and older.
70% of the returned ballots have been from white voters. while Black, Asian and Latino voters make up the majority of the remaining 30%.
50% of the ballots returned have been from Democrat voters.
7 a.m.: Polls are open across California. KCRA 3’s Melanie Wingo was at the Stanislaus County Registrar Voter’s Office at the beginning of Super Tuesday.