SF Elections

Official Twitter account of the San Francisco Department of Elections.

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Early bird? Night owl? 🐦🦉 Our official ballot drop boxes never sleep.

🕐 Open 24/7 until 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov 3
🚚 Collected every day by our team + the SF Sherriff's Dept
✍️ Sign your return envelope before you drop it off. No stamp needed!

Already voted? Track your ballot in the Voter Portal: https://t.co/nmQLIAqjgA

#SFVotes #SanFrancisco #VoteByMail #BallotDropBox #SFElections #NovemberElection2026

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Today we observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Our office and the City Hall Voting Center are closed.

You can still return your ballot at any of our 37 official drop boxes, open 24/7, or visit the Voter Portal (link in bio) to track your ballot or request a replacement.🗳️

We’ll see you on Tuesday, October 13 at 8 a.m. 🫡

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⚠️ Heads up: Our office, including the City Hall Voting Center, will be closed Monday, October 12, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

You can still:
📬 Return your ballot at any of our 37 official drop boxes, open 24/7
💻 Track your ballot or request a replacement in the Voter Portal (link in bio)

Our office and the Voting Center will reopen on Tuesday, October 13 at 8 a.m.

#SFElections #SFVotes #SanFrancisco #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NovemberElection2026

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The City Hall Voting Center is OPEN! 🏛️🗳️

Starting today, the City Hall Voting Center is open to every San Francisco voter, no matter where you live in the city. Stop by to:
✅ Vote in person
📬 Drop off your ballot
♿ Use accessible voting equipment
🌐 Get language assistance
✍️ Register or update your registration

📍 Ground floor, Room 48
🚪 Weekdays: enter on Grove St, Polk St, McAllister St, or Van Ness Ave
🚪 Weekends: enter on Grove St

⏰ Mon–Fri, 8am-5pm (closed Oct 12)
⏰ Oct 24–25, 10am-4pm
⏰ Oct 31–Nov 1, 10am-4pm
⏰ Election Day, Nov 3, 7am-8pm

Come see us at the Voting Center! 💜

#SanFrancisco #SFVotes #EarlyVoting #NovemberElection2026 #VoteReady #SFElections

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🗳️ Poll worker training starts TODAY!

🏛️ In person: call 415-558-6120 to book

💻 Online: log in to your poll worker profile

⏰ Finish by Oct 12 · 💸 Earn up to $295

Not signed up yet? There's still time: https://t.co/DBoLmTFw9R

#SFElections #SFVotes #PollWorker #NovemberElection

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A civic flex that pays up to $295: serving as an SF Poll Worker on November 3 and taking home this limited-edition enamel pin. 🏅🌉

Help your neighbors vote, gain hands-on election experience, and earn a stipend for your time!

Apply in under 5 minutes ➡️ https://t.co/DBoLmTFw9R 📲

Why join our poll worker team?
💵 Earn money: Earn up to $295 for training and working on Election Day.
🤝 Serve your community: Help neighbors at one of 501 neighborhood polling places.
🏅 Collect the pin: Take home a piece of SF civic history!

Spots fill up fast—apply online in under 5 minutes!
📲 Apply today: Link in bio or visit https://t.co/DBoLmTFw9R!

#SFElections #SFVotes #PollWorker #SanFrancisco #NovemberElection #VoteReady #SFEvents

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How do we make sure votes are accurately recorded and counted? It all starts with Logic & Accuracy (L&A) Testing! 🛠️🗳

Before a single ballot is processed, every piece of voting equipment—from accessible ballot-marking devices to high-speed central tabulation machines—undergoes rigorous testing to verify that the equipment is properly configured and accurately records and tabulates votes.

Swipe through to see our Ballot Distribution team and equipment technicians in action: preparing secure media devices for Logic & Accuracy testing, installing our new Agilis scanning machine and reconfiguring central scanners in Room 59, performing preventive maintenance on our tabulation scanners.

All testing is open to the public! You can observe in person at our Pier 31 warehouse or City Hall Room 48. Prefer to watch remotely? Observe L&A testing and other election processes in real-time at https://t.co/A8FooO3B7K

We welcome public observation throughout the election cycle! For a complete calendar of observable activities for the November 3 Election, visit https://t.co/6TBoRFVz2A.

#SFElections #SFVotes #ElectionIntegrity #BehindTheScenes #SanFrancisco #VoteReady #CivicPride #LogicAndAccuracy

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The SF Voter Information Pamphlet (VIP) is landing in mailboxes soon, but here's a little surprise for the early birds: THE ONLINE VIP IS LIVE NOW! 🤩

Your VIP has everything you need to get vote-ready: candidate statements, impartial summaries of local ballot measures, financial impact statements, and your options and rights as a voter.

💻 Read your VIP now at https://t.co/dpaY8wCsRc

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We speak your language, SF! 🗣️Registered voters can receive their ballot and Voter Information Pamphlet in four bilingual options: English paired with Chinese, Spanish, Filipino, or Vietnamese. Reference ballots are also available in Bengali, Burmese, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Thai, and Urdu.

Need translation assistance? Call 415-558-6100📞

Use the Voter Portal to update your language preference at https://t.co/rEdOx3NYtE 🌐
#LanguageAccess #SFVotes #SFTranslates

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From Paris to Bejing to naval stations across the globe: San Franciscans are voting! 🌐🗳️

Military and Overseas (MILOS) ballots head out this Saturday, Sept 19! Most overseas voters receive theirs via an email link to our Accessible Vote-by-Mail (AVBM) System.

Quick reminder on how the process works:
1️⃣ Visit https://t.co/DjPyW9lYgh ➡️ Mark your ballot on screen ➡️ Print it out! 📄
2️⃣ Sign your official Voter Oath. ✍️
3️⃣ Send your ballot and Voter Oath to the Department by Postal Mail or Fax! 📮📠

🛑 Pro-tip: You can't email your completed ballot back to us (it's the law!), so make sure you leave enough time to pop it in the mail or send a fax well before Election Day!

Need assistance? We’re here to help you vote from anywhere: email [email protected] or call 415-558-6100 🌉✨

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Bilingual poll workers help make sure EVERY voter in San Francisco can cast their ballot with confidence! 📝

At every polling place, poll workers provide official voting materials and assistance in Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese and more.

We are actively recruiting bilingual poll workers for the November 3 election! If you speak more than one language, your skills are needed to support voters across the city.

🤝 Help your community vote in their preferred language!
💵 Earn up to $295 for the day!
🔗 Apply today: https://t.co/DBoLmTFw9R

#NationalPollWorkerRecruitmentDay #BilingualPollWorkers #BilingualSF #SFVotes #Accessibility #SanFranciscoElections #SFElections

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Big thumbs up for youth in democracy! 👍🗳️ Did you know high school students (16+) can serve as SF poll workers, gain real-world civic experience, AND earn money?

🎓 Serving at the polls is a great way to boost your resume or college applications and give back to your community. Plus, you get to help carry out the most important event in our democracy - election day!

💰 Earn up to $245 while serving SF voters!
🔗 Learn more & apply: https://t.co/DBoLmTFw9R

#NationalPollWorkerRecruitmentDay #HighSchoolPollWorkers #YouthInDemocracy #CivicEngagement #PollWorker #SFVotes #SFVotes #SFElections #SanFranciscoElections

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Hey, SF! Ever wondered who makes up the team that welcomes you at your neighborhood polling place? 🗳️👋

Meet some of the friendly faces who helped make past San Francisco elections smooth, secure, and accessible. From community centers to school gyms, local libraries, and neighborhood garages, SF poll workers are the heart of local democracy!

📢 Mark your calendar: National Poll Worker Recruitment Day is coming up! Stay tuned to learn how you can join this incredible team for the November 3 election. 👀

#SFVotes #SFElections #PollWorker #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay #SanFrancisco #PollingPlace

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Transparency in action! 📸 Here's an insider look at Ballot Simplification Council (BSC) hearings as the Council works to craft clear, fair, and impartial summaries of local ballot measures for the upcoming November election.

Did you know that the public is invited to participate in this process? Before these digests are printed in your Voter Information Pamphlet, you can review the draft summaries and BSC revisions, offer public comment in writing or in person, and help ensure the language is as clear and accessible as possible for every SF voter.

The Council has two more hearings scheduled this week:

🗓️ Thursday, July 30 at 9:30am
🗓️ Friday, July 31 at 1:00pm

How to participate:
🏛️ In Person: City Hall, Room 416
📩 Via Email: submit your comments via email to [email protected].

Come watch democracy at work and share your input! 🗳️✨

#SFVotes #SFElections #BallotSimplificationCouncil #SanFranciscoVotes #VoterInformationPamphlet

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Ever wondered who writes those clear, easy-to-read summaries of local ballot measures in your Voter Information Pamphlet?

Meet the Ballot Simplification Council (BSC)! 🗳️📖

Starting today, this nonpartisan body is officially getting to work for the upcoming November election!

The BSC’s mission is simple: make sure local voters have fair, impartial, and plain-language summaries of every local measure on the ballot.

Want to watch the Council in action? All BSC meetings are open to the public and are held in person at City Hall.

🔗Learn more and view the schedule at https://t.co/3EYfY4IIoP

#SFVotes #BallotSimplificationCouncil #SFElections

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The San Francisco Department of Elections was proud to join SFO, the San Francisco Public Library, and the San Francisco Mayor’s Office on Disability and Accessibility at the National Association of the Deaf Conference on July 1, 2026.

We appreciated the opportunity to meet attendees, answer questions about voter registration and voting, and share information about accessible voting resources available to San Francisco voters.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the outreach table. We enjoyed connecting with you!

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UPDATE: We have issued the tenth preliminary results report of votes cast in the June 2, 2026, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election.

Preliminary results are posted at https://t.co/TckDNxn1pq

Today's preliminary results report includes 5,685 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots counted since the previous results report issued on Wednesday, June 10.

The Department must still process and count approximately 1,800 ballots. This estimate includes approximately 600 vote-by-mail ballots and 1,200 provisional ballots cast at polling places and the City Hall Voting Center.

The Department will release the next preliminary results report and an estimate of the number of remaining ballots on Friday, June 12, at 4pm.

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How do we verify the accuracy of ballots tabulated by our voting systems? It starts with a roll of the dice! 🎲🗳️

On Tuesday, June 16, at 9am, the Department of Elections will conduct the random selection of ballots for the 1% Manual Tally.

What is the 1% Manual Tally? It is a public post-election audit where we hand-count ballots from a randomly selected sample to confirm that the voting equipment accurately tabulated ballots.

How does it work?
• The Selection: Using ten-sided dice, members of the public will select 1% of San Francisco’s 501 precincts, alongside 1% of all vote-by-mail and provisional ballot batches.
• The Hand Count: Department staff will gather the selected ballots and prepare them for manual hand-count. The manual count will begin on Wednesday, June 17, at 8:30am, at our warehouse on Pier 31.

You are invited to observe the entire process in person or from home!
📍 In-Person Selection: 9am on June 16 at City Hall, Room 48
📍 In-Person Tally: 8:30am on June 17 at Pier 31
🌐 Livestream: Watch these processes live at https://t.co/6TBoRFVz2A

Questions? Call 415-558/6100 or email [email protected]
#SFVotes #SFElections #ElectionIntegrity #ManualTally #PrimaryElection

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UPDATE: We have issued the ninth preliminary results report of votes cast in the June 2, 2026, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election.

Preliminary results are posted at https://t.co/TckDNxn1pq

Today's preliminary results report includes 4,863 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots counted since the previous results report issued on Tuesday, June 9.

The Department must still process and count approximately 7,000 ballots. This estimate includes approximately 2,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 5,000 provisional ballots cast at polling places and the City Hall Voting Center.

The Department will release the next preliminary results report and an estimate of the number of remaining ballots on Thursday, June 11, at 4pm.

[SF Elections @SFElections]

UPDATE: We have issued the eighth preliminary results report of votes cast in the June 2, 2026, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election.

Preliminary results are posted at https://t.co/TckDNxn1pq

Today's preliminary results report includes 36,308 vote-by-mail ballots counted since the last results report.

The Department must still process and count approximately 11,800 ballots. This estimate includes approximately 5,500 vote-by-mail ballots and 6,300 provisional ballots cast at polling places and the City Hall Voting Center.

The Department will release the next preliminary results report and an estimate of the number of remaining ballots on Wednesday, June 10, at 4pm.