| Filter by Office or Type | Begin Date | End Date | E-Date(s) | Event or Action | Description | Code Provision(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot Measures | 10/17/2023 | E-140 | Notification of Ordinances and Declarations of Policy to Be Submitted by The Mayor or Four or More Board Members | Deadline for the Mayor or four or more members of the Board of Supervisors to submit an original proposed ordinance or declaration of policy to the Clerk of the Board’s office and provide a copy to the Department of Elections. | SFC §2.113 | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/06/2023 | E-120 | Submission of Initiative Petitions to Qualify a Local Ballot Measure | Deadline to submit initiative petitions to the Department of Elections to qualify an ordinance, declaration of policy, or charter amendment for the ballot. Once submitted, an initiative petition may not be withdrawn. | SFC §14.101; SFMEC §§300(c), 370(c) | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/27/2023 5 p.m.(Thanksgiving holiday observed 11/24) |
E-102 | Submission of Charter Amendments and Bond Measures | Deadline for the Board of Supervisors to submit Charter amendments and bond measures to the Department of Elections. The Board of Supervisors may submit, and the Director of Elections has the discretion to accept, one Charter amendment or bond measure after E-102 but no later than E-95. | SFMEC §300(a) | |
| Ballot Measures | 11/27/2023 | 12/11/2023 | E-99 - E-85 | Ballot Simplification Committee Meetings | Timeframe during which the Ballot Simplification Committee may prepare a digest of each local measure to be published in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | SFMEC §§515, 610 |
| Ballot Measures | 11/28/2023 5 p.m. |
E-98 | Withdrawal of Support by One or More Supervisors | A measure proposed by four or more members of the Board of Supervisors shall be withdrawn if one or more of the Supervisors withdraw their support for the proposed measure, and following this withdrawal, fewer than four Supervisors continue to support the measure. A Supervisor may withdraw their support for a measure by filing with the Department of Elections a signed and sworn statement of withdrawal at any time up until 72 hours before the legal deadline for submission of local measures to the Department of Elections. Following such a withdrawal, additional members of the Board of Supervisors may join in support of the proposed measure, provided that they do so in writing before the legal deadline for submission of the measure to the Department of Elections. No Supervisor may withdraw their support for a proposed measure after this date, unless it is a unanimous withdrawal by the four or more Supervisors who supported the measure. Such a withdrawal must occur before the legal deadline for submission of local measures. | SFMEC §370(b)(2) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/01/2023 | E-95 | Submission of Ordinances and Declarations of Policy | Deadline for the submission of proposed ordinances or declarations of policy submitted by the Mayor or by four or more members of the Board of Supervisors. | SFMEC §300(b) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/08/2023 | E-88 | Submission of District Measures | Deadline for submission of a school, college, or special district measure. If a bond or tax measure is placed on the ballot, the tax rate statement is due by this date. | CAEC §§9401, 10403; CA Ed. Code §5322 | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/9/2023 | 12/19/2023 | E-87 - E-77 | Public Examination Period: District Measures | Period of public review and filing legal challenges of materials associated with measures to be submitted to the voters. | CAEC §9509 |
| Ballot Measures | 12/11/2023 | E-85 | Designation of Letters for Local 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 | 12/11/2023 | E-85 | Ballot Simplification Committee Digests | Deadline for the Ballot Simplification Committee to submit digests of each local measure to the Department of Elections for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | SFMEC §515 | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/11/2023 | E-85 | Financial Analyses | Deadline for the Controller to submit a financial analysis of each local measure, including an estimate of the increase or decrease in the cost of government and/or the effect of the measure on the tax rate, to the Department of Elections, for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | SFMEC §520 | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/11/2023 | E-85 | Ballot Questions | Deadline for the City Attorney to submit the ballot questions for local measures to the Department of Elections. | SFMEC §510(b) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/12/2023 Noon | 12/22/2023 Noon | E-84 - E-74 | Public Examination Period: Ballot Digests, Financial Analyses, and Ballot Questions | Period of public review and filing of legal challenges for the Ballot Simplification Committee’s digests, the Controller's financial analyses, and the City Attorney's ballot questions. | SFMEC §590(b)(1)-(3) |
| Ballot Measures | 12/14/2023 Noon | E-82 | Submission of Official Proponent and Opponent Ballot Arguments for Local Ballot Measures and District Measures | Deadline to submit official proponent and opponent ballot arguments for local ballot measures and district measures to the Department of Elections. Prior to submitting an argument, the author must sign and submit Ballot Argument Control Sheets. | CAEC §§9162-9164, 9281-9283, 9286, 9315-9136, 9501-9509; SFMEC §535(b) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/14/2023 2 p.m. |
E-82 | Selection of Proponent and Opponent Arguments | If the Department of Elections receives more than one proposed proponent or opponent argument for a measure, the Department will select one official proponent and one opponent argument according to priority levels and, if necessary, by lottery. | CAEC §§9166, 9503; SFMEC §545 | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/15/2023 Noon | E-81 | Deadline to Correct Grammatical, Spelling, and Factual Errors in Official Proponent and Opponent Ballot Arguments for Local Measures Only | Deadline for the authors of official proponent and opponent ballot arguments to correct any, grammatical, spelling, and factual errors in the arguments for or against local measures. The Director of Elections' determination shall be final. | SFMEC §535(f) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/15/2023 Noon | 12/26/2023 Noon | E-81 - E-71 | Public Examination Period: Official Proponent and Opponent Arguments for Local Ballot Measures and District Measures | Period of public review and possible legal challenge of official proponent and opponent arguments for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | CAEC §§9380, 9509; SFMEC §590(b)(4) |
| Ballot Measures | 12/18/2023 Noon | E-78 | Submission of Rebuttal Arguments for Local Ballot Measures and District Measures | Deadline to submit rebuttal arguments for local ballot measures and district ballot measures to the Department of Elections. | CAEC §§9504, 9167, 9285; SFMEC §535(c) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/18/2023 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 | 12/19/2023 Noon | E-77 | Deadline To Correct Grammatical, Spelling, And Factual Errors In Rebuttal Or Paid Arguments For Local Measures Only | Deadline for the authors of rebuttals or paid ballot arguments to correct any grammatical, spelling, and factual errors in their arguments for or against local measures. The Director of Elections' determination shall be final. | SFMEC §535(f) | |
| Ballot Measures | 12/19/2023 Noon | 12/29/2023 Noon | E-77 - E-67 | Public Examination Period: Rebuttal Arguments (Local and District Measures) and Paid Arguments (Local Measures Only) | Period of public review and filing legal challenges of rebuttals and paid ballot arguments submitted for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet. | CAEC §§9380, 9509; SFMEC §590(b)(5)-(6) |
| Registration and Voting | 1/20/2024 | 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 | 2/5/2024 | E-29 | First day to vote at the City Hall Voting Center | City Hall Voting Center hours:Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. located outside Room 48 | CAEC §3018 | |
| Registration and Voting | 2/19/2024 | E-15 | Last Day to Register to Vote and receive a ballot in the mail (other than Conditional Voter Registration) | Last day to register to vote and receive a ballot by mail: 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 receive a vote-by-mail ballot. To register and vote after this deadline, see Conditional Voter Registration below. | CAEC §2102 | |
| Registration and Voting | 2/20/2024 | 3/5/2024 | E-14 - Election Day | Conditional Voter Registration and Voting | Those who did not register to vote by February 19, 2023. the registration deadline for this election, may come to the City Hall Voting Center to conditionally register and vote a provisional ballot. After the Department of Elections processes the Conditional Voter Registration Form and confirms the voter's eligibility, the registration becomes permanent and the provisional ballot will be counted. Voters may also visit a Polling Place on Election Day to register to vote and receive a provisional ballot. | CAEC §2170 |
| Registration and Voting | 2/20/2024 | 3/5/2024 | E-14 - E-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 | 2/24/2024 | 2/25/2024 | E-10 - E-9 | Weekend Voting at the City Hall Voting Center | In person voting is available Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, February 25, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | CAEC §3018 |
| Registration and Voting | 2/27/2024 | E-7 | Last Day to Request Valid Vote-By-Mail Ballots for Counting | Written or telephone requests must be submitted to the Department of Elections by 5 p.m. Online requests must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. | CAEC §3001 | |
| Registration and Voting | 3/2/2024 | 3/3/2024 | E-3 - E-2 | Weekend Voting at the City Hall Voting Center | In person voting is available Saturday, March 2 and Sunday March 3 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | CAEC §3018 |
| Registration and Voting | 3/5/2024 | 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 | 3/12/2024 | E+7 | Last Day for Department of Elections to Receive Vote-By-Mail Ballots | Vote-by-Mail ballots must be received by end of day and postmarked no later than Election Day. | CAEC §3020 | |
| Registration and Voting | Deadline is 2 days prior to Certification of Election | Vote-By-Mail Ballots - Unsigned Identification Envelope | The Department must receive completed Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement no later than two days prior to the certification of the election for voters who did not sign the Vote-By-Mail ballot identification envelope. Voters may also visit the Department and sign their return Vote-By-Mail Envelope. | CAEC §3019 | ||
| Superior Court | 9/14/2023 | 11/8/2023 | E-173 - E-118 | Signatures-In-Lieu of Filing Fees | The period during which candidates can obtain and file in-lieu petitions to pay for all or part of their filing fees by obtaining signatures of qualified voters. These signatures are due before or upon filing of nomination documents, or the signatures-in-lieu deadline (E-118), whichever comes first. | CAEC §§8061, 8105(b), 8106(b) |
| Superior Court | 10/30/2023 | 11/8/2023 | E-127 - E-118 | Declaration of Intention | The period during which judicial candidates must file their Declaration of Intention with the Department of Elections. Candidates must pay in full upon filing their Declaration of Intention. Signatures in lieu of the filing fee will not be accepted after the Declaration of Intention is filed. The filing fee is nonrefundable. The Department will assign seat numbers according to the order candidates file their Declarations of Intent. | CAEC §§8023(a),8104-8106 |
| Superior Court | 11/9/2023 | 11/13/2023 | E-117 - E-113 | Declaration of Intention - Extension Period | If the incumbent has not filed a Declaration of Intention to the same office, then any person other than the incumbent may file a declaration during the extension period. | CAEC §8023(b) |
| Superior Court | 11/13/2023 | 12/8/2023 | E-113 - E-88 | Nomination Period | The period during which candidates may obtain and must file nomination documents (including nomination papers for collection of signatures and Declaration of Candidacy). A candidate shall not be required to execute a nomination paper if the number of in-lieu signatures meets the requirements for nomination signatures. No candidate may withdraw after filing the Declaration of Candidacy unless appointed to a state or federal office by E-68. | CAEC §§8020, 8040, 8041, 8061, 8100, 8105, 8106, 8800, 8810 |
| Superior Court | 11/13/2023 | 12/8/2023 | E-113 - E-88 | Candidate Qualification Statement and Publication Fee | : Candidates who choose to submit a candidate qualification statement shall file the statement with the Department of Elections when the candidate returns his or her nomination papers for filing. A candidate may withdraw, but not change, their Candidate Qualification Statement by filing with the Director of Elections a signed and sworn statement of withdrawal no later than 5:00 p.m. of the sixty-seventh day prior to the election. | SFMEC §220 |
| Superior Court | 12/09/2023 Noon | 12/19/2023 Noon | E-87 - E-77 | Public Examination Period: Candidate Materials | Period of public review and filing legal challenges regarding candidate legal names, candidate qualification statements, ballot designations, and Chinese names and transliterations. | SFMEC §590(a) |
| Superior Court | 12/18/2023 | E-78 | Petition Indicating Write-In Campaign | The last day to file a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted. The petition must be signed by at least 0.1 percent of the registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office, not to exceed 600 signatures. Write-in candidates must also file a Statement of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination with the Department of Elections by this date. | CAEC §§8203(a), 8600-8604 | |
| County Central Committees and County Council | 9/29/2023 | 12/8/2023 | E-158 - E-88 | Nomination Period | The period during which candidates for Member of the County Central Committees and Councils must file their declarations of candidacy for office and their ballot designation worksheets and circulate their nomination papers and deliver them to the Department of Elections. | CAEC §§333, 8020, 8040, 8041, 8062-8064, 13107.3 |
| County Central Committees and County Council | 12/9/2023 | 12/19/2023 | E-87 - E-77 | Public Examination Period: Candidate Materials and Chinese Transliterations Provided for Candidates | Period of public review and filing legal challenges of candidate legal names, ballot designations, and Chinese names and transliterations. | SFMEC §590(a) |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15 | 09/14/2023 | 11/08/2023 | E-173 – E-118 | Signatures-In-Lieu-of-Filing Fee Period | Period in which candidates for state offices, United States Senator, United States Representative, may obtain forms from county elections officials for circulating petitions to secure signatures in lieu of all or part of the filing fee | CAEC §§ 8020(b), 8061,8105, 8106(b)(3), 8163 |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15 | 11/13/2023 | 12/08/2023 | E-113 - E-88 | Statement of Economic Interests | Period in which specified candidates for state offices shall file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) disclosing their investments.This statement shall not be required if the candidate has filed, within 60 days prior to the filing of the candidate's declaration of candidacy, a statement for the same jurisdiction pursuant to Section 87202 or 87203. | CA Gov. Code §§ 87200-87203, 87500 |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15 | 11/13/2023 | 12/08/2023 | E-113 – E-88 5pm |
Declaration of Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period | Period in which all candidates must deliver a declaration of candidacy for office and ballot designation worksheet, and circulate nomination papers and deliver them to the county elections official for filing. All candidates must pay the nonrefundable filing fees or present petitions in lieu of signatures at the time nomination papers are issued by the county elections official. Fees shall be payable to Secretary of State. The Department will forward all original forms to SOS for official filing. | CAEC §§ 333, 8020, 8040, 8041, 8061-8064, 8070, 8100, 8103, 8105, 8106, 13107.3 |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15, State Senate, State Assembly | 11/13/2023 | 12/08/2023 | E-113 - E-88 | Candidate Statement Period for County Voter Information Guides (U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, and State Assembly) | Candidates for State Senate and State Assembly who voluntarily agreed to expenditure limits may purchase space for a 200-word Candidate Statement in the county voter information guide of the county in their jurisdiction. In multi-jurisdictional contests, candidates must submit and purchase statements in each county in which they want their Candidate Statement to appear. Candidates for United States Representative who formally agree to campaign spending limits may purchase space in the county Voter Information Pamphlet to print a candidate statement that does not exceed 250 words. | CA Gov. Code § 85600 85601(c); CAEC § 13307.5 |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15 | 11/18/2023 | E-108 | Signatures in Lieu of Filing Fees – Determine Sufficiency | Last day for the county elections official to determine the sufficiency of the in- lieu signatures submitted by candidates for state offices, United States Senator, United States Representative in Congress, State Senator, and Member of the State Assembly. | CAEC §§ 8061, 8106(b)(3), 8163 | |
| State Offices, US Senator, US Representative - District 11, US Representative - District 15 | 01/08/2024 | 02/20/2024 | E-57 – E-14 | Statement of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period | Period in which all write-in candidates for state offices, United States Senator, and United States Representative must deliver a statement of write-in candidacy and nomination papers with the county elections official for filing with the Secretary of State. | CAEC § 8601 |
*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