My Election Navigator
November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election
Welcome! Use this tool to map out your voting plan for the November 8, 2022 election. Start by answering three simple questions to find out if you are election ready, then use this tool to explore other election topics.
1. Are you registered to vote in San Francisco?
Great! You may already know that per state law, all voters will automatically receive ballots in the mail for all elections. Your ballot will be sent to your home address unless your voter record has a different mailing address.
One action you can take today to ensure timely delivery of your ballot and other elections materials is to confirm or update the information in your voter record on the California Secretary of State’s website at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov or by contacting the Department of Elections at (415) 554-4375 or sfvote@sfgov.org.
To participate in the upcoming election, your next step is to register to vote.
Go to registertovote.ca.gov, or contact us, and we will mail you a paper registration form.
Do not delay, register to vote today!
For more information, visit Registration Basics.
To be able to participate in the upcoming election, you must be a registered voter. You can check if you are registered by using the Voter Portal or by contacting us.
2. Have you decided how you will vote in the upcoming election?
Great! Thank you for making a plan to vote.
Keep an eye out for your vote-by-mail ballot packet in early October. Along with the ballot, your packet will include instructions, a postage-paid return envelope, and an “I Voted” sticker. You can return your ballot by mail, drop it off in person at the City Hall Voting Center, a ballot drop box, or any polling place, or have another person drop it off for you. Please remember to sign the ballot envelope and return it on time.
You can sign up to receive automatic notifications on the status or your ballot via email, text, or voice message at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov
For more information, visit the Vote by Mail page.
Great! Thank you for making a plan to vote.
Although you will receive a ballot in the mail, you can still use in-person services at the City Hall Voting Center or at a neighborhood polling place.
With early voting opportunities available 29 days before Election Day, we encourage you to vote as early as possible. If you vote early in person or by mail, your ballot will be reviewed and counted well before Election Day.
For more information about in-person voting services, visit the Ways to Vote page.
Great! Thank you for making a plan to vote.
Beginning October 10, all voters will be able to use the Accessible Vote-by-Mail System on the Department’s website. The System allows voters to download and mark a screen-readable ballot on any device with internet access, print their selections, and return a ballot printout to the Department. You may use a postage-paid envelope enclosed with your vote-by-mail packet to return your ballot printout. Please remember to sign the ballot envelope and return it on time. You can sign up to receive automatic notifications on the status or your ballot via email, text, or voice message at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov
For more information, visit the Accessible Vote-by-Mail page.
We’d be glad to help you make a plan to vote!
You have several voting options:
- In early October, the Department of Elections will mail ballots to all voters.
Along with the ballot, your vote-by-mail packet will include instructions, a postage-paid return envelope, and an “I Voted” sticker. You can return your ballot by mail, drop it off in person, or have another person drop it off for you. - Beginning October 10, all voters will also be able to use the Accessible Vote-by-Mail System on the Department’s website to download and mark screen-readable ballots. After marking a ballot, the voter must print and return the ballot to the Department.
- Although all voters will receive ballots by mail, voters can still use in-person services at the City Hall Voting Center or polling places.
For more information and other voting options, visit the Ways to Vote page.
3. Are you familiar with ranked-choice voting that allows voters to rank up to ten candidates in local contests?
Great! In the upcoming November 8 election, San Francisco voters will use ranked-choice voting (RCV) to fill the offices of Assessor-Recorder, District Attorney, and Public Defender, and voters living in even-numbered Supervisorial Districts (2, 4, 6, 8, or 10) will use RCV to elect members of the Board of Supervisors.
Please note that your address may now fall within new voting districts due to recent redistricting, which may impact the Supervisorial contest and candidates listed on your ballot. To compare your “old” and “new” districts, use the District Lookup Tool or visit our Maps page.
To learn more about RCV and try our interactive RCV Practice Ballot tool, visit the Ranked-Choice Voting page.
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San Francisco has used ranked-choice voting (RCV) to elect most of its local offices since 2004. RCV allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.) and eliminates the need to conduct runoff elections.
Voters can rank all available candidates in a given contest – up to a maximum of 10 candidates – using the columns on the ballot to indicate their choices. Voters may rank as many or as few candidates as they like. If voters do not want to rank some of the candidates, they can leave any remaining columns blank.
In the upcoming November 8 election, San Francisco voters will use RCV to fill the offices of Assessor-Recorder, District Attorney, and Public Defender, and voters living in even-numbered Supervisorial Districts (2, 4, 6, 8, or 10) will use RCV to elect members of the Board of Supervisors.
Please note that your address may now fall within new voting districts due to recent redistricting, which may impact the Supervisorial contest and candidates listed on your ballot. To compare your “old” and “new” districts, use the District Lookup Tool or visit our Maps page.
To learn more about RCV and try our interactive RCV Practice Ballot tool, visit the Ranked-Choice Voting page.
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San Francisco has used ranked-choice voting (RCV) to elect most of its local offices since 2004. RCV allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.) and eliminates the need to conduct runoff elections.
Voters can rank all available candidates in a given contest – up to a maximum of 10 candidates – using the columns on the ballot to indicate their choices. Voters may rank as many or as few candidates as they like. If voters do not want to rank some of the candidates, they can leave any remaining columns blank.
In the upcoming November 8 election, San Francisco voters will use RCV to fill the offices of Assessor-Recorder, District Attorney, and Public Defender, and voters living in even-numbered Supervisorial Districts (2, 4, 6, 8, or 10) will use RCV to elect members of the Board of Supervisors.
Please note that your address may now fall within new voting districts due to recent redistricting, which may impact the Supervisorial contest and candidates listed on your ballot. To compare your “old” and “new” districts, use the District Lookup Tool or visit our Maps page.
To learn more about RCV and try our interactive RCV Practice Ballot tool, visit the Ranked-Choice Voting page.