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San Francisco residents can vote starting today. Here’s how. 

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San Francisco residents can vote starting today. Here’s how. 


Today the San Francisco Department of Elections will begin processing ballots — those you mail in or those you fill out at City Hall.

Here’s your guide!

Register to Vote

You have until Oct. 21 to register to vote by mail. You can do that on-line here. Or, visit the Department of Elections in the basement of City Hall and receive a mail-in ballot. 

After Oct. 21, residents can still register to vote through Election Day on Nov. 5, but only in person at the City Hall Voting Center. It is open on weekdays and some weekends until the election. You can also register to vote and vote at a polling place on Nov. 5. You can find your assigned Election Day polling place here. 

While non-U.S. citizens are not eligible to vote in the federal, state and most local races, they can vote in the San Francisco Board of Education election. They must have a child. You can register by filling out and submitting a form available here, or at City Hall. 

Bilingual ballots are offered in English and Chinese, Spanish and Filipino. Voters can submit their choice of language online through the Department of Elections. 

Vote or return your ballot on time

Here are the important dates:


37 official ballot drop boxes open across

San Francisco, available 24/7 through

8 p.m. on election day (see map below).

The City Hall Voting Center is open every

weekday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(and until 8 p.m. on Nov. 5) except Oct.

14, Indigenous People’s Day.

Anyone who registers or updates their

address by this date will automatically

receive a ballot packet by mail.

 

After this date, eligible residents can still

register and vote at the City Hall Voting

Center or a polling place.

The City Hall Voting Center is open for

weekend voting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The City Hall Voting Center and 501

neighborhood polling places are open

from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

 

Ballots returned in person must be

hand-delivered by 8 p.m. to any official

ballot drop box or voting site.

 

Ballots returned by mail must be

postmarked before 8 p.m. on election

day.

37 official ballot drop boxes open

across San Francisco, available

24/7 through 8 p.m. on election

day (see map below).

The City Hall Voting Center is

open every weekday from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. (and until 8 p.m. on Nov.

5) except Oct. 14, Indigenous

People’s Day.

Anyone who registers or updates

their address by this date will

automatically receive a ballot

packet by mail.

 

After this date, eligible residents

can still register and vote at the

City Hall Voting Center or a polling

place.

The City Hall Voting Center is

open for weekend voting from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The City Hall Voting Center and

501 neighborhood polling places

are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

 

Ballots returned in person must

be hand-delivered by 8 p.m. to

any official ballot drop box or

voting site.

 

Ballots returned by mail must be

postmarked before 8 p.m. on

election day.

Source: San Francisco Department of Elections. Chart by Kelly Waldron.

Drop off boxes for your ballot — all must be delivered by 8 p.m. Nov. 5.

Here is a link to the polling places open on Election Day, where you can also drop off a ballot or vote.

Inform yourself

For the first time ever in San Francisco, voters will be electing a mayor on the same day they elect a president. On top of that, voters will decide on many important ballot measures and races. 

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Written by Kathryn Sears

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