A closer look at voters' views on issues in the primary for the California governor's race going into Tuesday's debate.

Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer leading California's June primary, according to a poll released ahead of Tuesday night's debate.

California's secretary of state has announced important dates for early voting, vote-by-mail options, and extended voting periods ahead of the June primary.

Some important deadlines and dates are coming up for voters planning to cast ballots for governor, mayor, congressional seats and other elected offices in the California primary election. The primary features several races that will determine which candidate will face off later this year in the November general election.

California’s notoriously long ballot-counting process has sown distrust in the state’s election systems. But experts can’t agree on how to speed up the process; some say a delayed result is better than potentially disenfranchising voters.

Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, along with Democrats Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Antonio Villaraigosa, are eligible to take part in CNN’s California governor’s debate,

California makes it easy to vote, with mail-in ballots and registration at the DMV. An upcoming ballot measure would add new voter ID requirements compelling people to prove their citizenship before they cast a ballot.

After meeting with a candidate, the lawyer made an endorsement.