Department of Elections
City and County of San Francisco
John Arntz, Director

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Monday, July 18, 2022 – The Department of Elections provides information about filing deadlines for the upcoming November 8, 2022 Consolidated General Election. (A detailed calendar of election deadlines can be viewed at: https://sfelections.org/tools/cscal_nov22/).

Nomination Period for Local Offices. The nomination period begins today, Monday, July 18, and continues until 5 p.m., Friday, August 12 for Assessor- Recorder, District Attorney, Public Defender, Community College Board*, Board of Education, or BART Board candidates running in the November 8 election.  During this period, candidates may obtain and file nomination documents.

*Community College Board, Seats # 1, 2, 3 are for a 4-year term ending in 2027; Seat # 7 is for a partial term ending in 2025.

Ballot Simplification Committee Meetings. On Monday, July 25, 2022, the Ballot Simplification Committee will begin its public meetings to prepare a fair and impartial summary of each local ballot measure for the November 8, 2022 election. These summaries, or “digests,” will be printed in San Francisco’s Voter Information Pamphlet, which is mailed by the Department of Elections to most registered voters before the election and available on the Department’s website.

Selection of Letters for the Local Ballot Measures. On Monday, August 15, at 11 a.m., the Department of Elections will select and assign a letter to identify each local measure that will appear on the ballot for the November 8, 2022 election. The selection of letters will occur at the Department’s office in City Hall, Room 48. The Department will also livestream the selection of letters and post a recording of the process on sfelections.org/observe.

Submission of Official Proponent and Opponent Ballot Arguments: 12 p.m., Thursday, August 18 is the deadline for the submission of Proponent and Opponent Arguments for local ballot measures and district ballot measures. (If the Department of Elections receives more than one proposed proponent or opponent argument for a measure, the Department will select one proponent and one opponent argument according to priority levels and, if necessary, by lottery. This selection will occur at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 18).

Submission of Paid Ballot Arguments: 12 p.m., Thursday, August 22 is the deadline for the submission of Paid Arguments for local ballot measures to be printed in the Voter Information Pamphlet.  Any San Francisco voter can author an argument(s) for or against local ballot measures; paid ballot arguments require a submission fee of $200, $2 per word, and cannot exceed 300 words.

Further information about the November 8, 2022 Consolidated General Election is available at sfelections.org or by contacting the Department of Elections at (415) 554-4375.

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Department of Elections
City and County of San Francisco
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 48
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-4375
sfelections.org