Election Highlights
• Ballots will be mailed to all registered voters. This means any registered voter may vote by mail instead of going to the polls on Election Day.
• Any registered voter may access their ballot using the Accessible Vote-by-Mail system at sfelections.org/access.
• In-person voting opportunities are available at the City Hall Voting Center and 588 polling places.
For more information about voting options, please see here.
Important Dates
August 16
Start of early voting (ballots begin arriving to voters’ mailboxes and the City Hall Voting Center opens for in-person voting and ballot drop-off.)
August 30
Last day to register to vote and receive a ballot in the mail. After August 30, anyone who is eligible to vote can still register conditionally and vote provisionally in person at the City Hall Voting Center or a polling place.
September 11 – September 14
Additional ballot drop-off stations are open in several locations in the City. For locations and hours see here.
Election Day, Tuesday, September 14
All polling places are open for vote-by-mail ballot drop-off and in-person voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
To be counted, ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before September 14 and ballots returned in person must be hand-delivered to a drop-off station or a polling place by 8 p.m. on Election Day, September 14.
Serve as a Poll Worker on September 14!
Help your community and receive a stipend up to $240 for your service. Each poll worker is assigned to one of 588 polling places to facilitate voting on Election Day. To apply to be a poll worker, please visit sfelections.org/pwa or call (415) 554-4395.