| Filter by Office or Type | Begin Date | End Date | E-Date(s) | Event or Action | Description | Code Provision(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessor-Recorder | 8/26/2021 | 10/20/2021 | E-173 - E-118 | Signatures In Lieu Of Filing Fees | The period during which candidates can pick up and file in-lieu petitions in order to pay for all or part of their filing fees by obtaining signatures of qualified voters. These signatures are due on or before signatures-in-lieu deadline. | CAEC §8106; SFMEC §§205, 230, 840 |
| Assessor-Recorder | 10/25/2021 | 11/19/2021 | E-113 - E-88 | Nomination Period | The period during which candidates may obtain and must file nomination documents. Filing fees are due upon filing of nomination documents. All nomination documents must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the last day of the nomination period. In the event an eligible incumbent does not file by the nomination period deadline, the filing period shall be extended by five calendar days for candidates other than the incumbent. | CAEC §§10220-8; SFMEC § 205(b) |
| Assessor-Recorder | 11/20/2021 | 11/30/2021 | E-87 - E-77 | Public Examination Period: Candidate Materials | Period of public review and possible legal challenge of candidate legal names, candidate qualification statements, ballot designations, and translated or transliterated Chinese names submitted by candidates. | SFMEC §590(a) |
| Incumbent Member, Board of Education | 11/20/2021 | 11/30/2021 | E-87 - E-77 | Public Examination Period: Candidate Materials | Period of public review and possible legal challenge of statements submitted by elected officials whose recall is being sought. | SFMEC §590(a) |
| Assessor-Recorder | 11/30/2021 | 12/10/2021 | E-77 - E-67 | Public Examination Period: Chinese Transliterations Provided for Candidates | Period of public review and possible legal challenge of Chinese names transliterated by the Department of Elections' translation vendor. | SFMEC §590(c) |
| Assessor-Recorder | 12/20/2021 | 2/1/2022 | E-57 - E-14 | Statement Of Write-In Candidacy And Nomination Papers | During this period, all write-in candidates for any office must file their Statements of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination Papers with the Department of Elections. | CAEC §8601 |
| Incumbent Member, Board of Education | 10/25/2021 | 11/19/2021 | E-113 - E-88 | Elected Official Statement Period | The period during which an elected official whose recall is being sought may file a statement for the Voter Information Pamphlet | CAEC §11327 |
| Registration and Voting | 1/1/2022 | E-45 | Military and Overseas Ballot Delivery Period | Last day for the Department of Elections to transmit ballots and ballot materials to absent military or overseas voters who have requested them by this date. If a military or overseas voter ballot application is received after this date, the Department of Elections shall transmit a ballot and ballot materials as soon as practicable. | CAEC §3114 | |
| Registration and Voting | 1/17/2022 | E-29 | Vote-By-Mail Ballot Mailing Period | Period in which every registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot from the Department of Elections. During this period, voters can return ballots to ballot drop boxes around the city. For further information regarding drop boxes available at sfelections.sfgov.org/expanded-ballot-drop-services. | CAEC §§3001, 3003 | |
| Registration and Voting | 1/31/2022 | E-15 | Last Day To Register to Vote (other than Conditional Voter Registration) | Last day to register to vote in this election by typical methods: Register online by 11:59 p.m., mail (postmarked by this date) or deliver a Voter Registration Form to the Department of Elections, submit a Voter Registration Form to the Department of Motor Vehicles or any National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) designated agency, or send a Federal Postcard Application (FPCA) for military or overseas voters to the Department of Elections to register to vote and request a vote-by-mail ballot. To register and vote after this deadline, see Conditional Voter Registration below. | CAEC §2102 | |
| Registration and Voting | 2/1/2022 | 2/15/2022 | E-14 - Election Day | Conditional Voter Registration and Voting | Those who did not register to vote by the registration deadline for this election may come to the City Hall Voting Center to conditionally register and vote a provisional ballot. Once the Department of Elections processes the Voter Registration Form and confirms the voter's eligibility, the registration becomes permanent and the provisional ballot will be counted. | CAEC §2170 |
| Registration and Voting | 2/1/2022 | 2/15/2022 | E-14 - Election Day | New Citizen Registration And Voting Period | Extension of registration for new citizens who are sworn in after the registration deadline. New citizens must show proof of citizenship and declare that they have established residency in California in order to register and vote at the City Hall Voting Center during this period. | CAEC §§3500-3502 |
| Registration and Voting | 2/5/2022 | 2/6/2022 | E-10 - E-9 | Weekend Voting At The City Hall Voting Center | Available Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | CAEC §3018 |
| Registration and Voting | 2/12/2022 | 2/13/2022 | E-3 - E-2 | Weekend Voting At The City Hall Voting Center | Available Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | CAEC §3018 |
| Registration and Voting | Election Day | All polling places, including the City Hall Voting Center, open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. | CAEC §14212 | |||
| Registration and Voting | 2/22/2022 | E+7 | Last Day For Department of Elections To Receive Vote-By-Mail Ballot | Vote-by-Mail ballot must be postmarked no later than Election Day. | CAEC §3020(b) | |
| Registration and Voting | Vote-By-Mail Ballots - Unsigned Identification Envelope | A voter who did not sign the vote-by-mail ballot identification envelope may either sign the identification envelope at the Department of Elections or complete and submit an unsigned ballot statement up to two days prior to the certification of the election | CAEC §3019 | |||
| Ballot Measures | 11/22/2021 11 am | E-85 | Designation Of Letters For Ballot Measures | The Department of Elections designates letters for local ballot measures according to the procedures set forth in the SFMEC. | SFMEC §505 | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/29/2021 noon | E-78 | Submission Of Paid Ballot Arguments For Local Ballot Measures | Deadline to submit paid ballot arguments for or against local measures to the Department of Elections. Paid ballot argument fee and original hard copy must be submitted together. | SFMEC §535(d) | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/30/2021 | E-77 | Deadline To Correct Factual, Grammatical, Or Spelling Errors Paid Arguments | Deadline for the authors of paid ballot arguments to correct any factual, grammatical, or spelling errors in their arguments for or against local measures. | SFMEC §535(f) | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/30/2021 noon | 12/10/2021 noon | E-77 - E-67 | Public Examination Period: Paid Arguments | Period of public review and possible legal challenge of paid ballot arguments submitted for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | CAEC §§9380, 9509; SFMEC §590(b)(5-6) |
| Ballot Measures | 11/19/2021 | 11/22/2021 | E-88 - E-85 | Ballot Simplification Committee Meetings | The Ballot Simplification Committee prepares a digest of each local measure to be published in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | SFMEC §§515, 610 |
*The legal deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday; the deadline will move forward to the next working day. CA Gov. Code §6707
CAEC: California Elections Code
CA Ed. Code: California Education Code
CA Gov. Code: California Government Code
SFC: San Francisco City Charter
SFMEC: San Francisco Municipal Elections Code