September 16, 2025, Special Recall Election

Official local election results reports will be published at sfelections.org/results, with printed copies available at the Department of Elections’ office in Room 48, City Hall.
On Election Night, results will also be available at the North Light Court of City Hall and broadcast via the ticker on SFGTV (Channel 26).

The Department of Elections will report local election results as follows:

Election Night Reporting (Preliminary)

After the polls close, the Department will release two preliminary results reports:

  1. At approximately 8:45 p.m., a report consisting of results from vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day.
  2. As soon as all polling places have reported, a report incorporating results from in-person voting at the 20 polling places in Supervisorial District 4.

All results reported on Election Night will be preliminary and subject to change as the Department counts additional ballots. These include valid vote-by-mail and provisional ballots received on Election Day and valid vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within one week.

Canvass Period Daily Reporting (Preliminary)

  1. On Wednesday, September 17, the Department will publish a report of the approximate number of ballots still to be counted.
  2. On Thursday, September 18 and Thursday, September 25, the Department will release updated election results reports at approximately 4 p.m.

On days the Department does not count ballots and no updated results reports are available, the Department will post a notice to that effect.

Final Results Reporting

The Department of Elections will release final election results no later than October 16, 2025.

Report Formats

Election Night and canvass period reports, will include both a) the Statement of the Vote, with data sorted by precinct, district, and neighborhood (PDF and Excel), and b) the Cast Vote Record, showing raw vote data (JSON).

Public Observation

Members of the public are welcome to observe ballot processing in person or via the live stream posted on the Observe the Election Process page.