200,000 16- and 17-Year-Olds Have Pre-Registered to Vote in California

200,000 16- and 17-year-olds have preregistered to vote. in California. Sarah Morris/Getty Images

As part of National Voter Registration Day, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Sept. 25 that 209,577 16- and 17-year-olds have preregistered to vote.

In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that allowed voter preregistration beginning at age 16 through VoteCal, California’s statewide voter registration database.