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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 – Logic and Accuracy testing of all voting equipment to be used in the June 5 election will begin on Friday, April 27. Following is a testing schedule:

Optech 400-C machines, used primarily to tabulate vote-by-mail ballots
When: Friday, April 27, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., with a break from noon to 1 p.m.
Where: At the Department’s computer room, located in City Hall, Room 48

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, April 20, 2018 –The Department of Elections has begun sending ballots for the June 5 election to military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas.

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, April 6, 2018–The Department of Elections is reaching out to San Franciscans to volunteer as poll workers for the June 5 election.  People can apply to be poll workers at the Department of Elections in City Hall, Room 48.  

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 – The Department of Elections reminds voters that they have until Monday, April 16, to request to stop mail delivery of the Voter Information Pamphlet for the June 5 election and read the pamphlet online instead.

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

For Immediate Release

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – Arguments in favor of or against local ballot measures to be voted on in the June 5 election may be submitted to the Department of Elections for inclusion in the Voter Information Pamphlet.

The submission deadlines are as follows:

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 – On Monday, March 12, 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 June 5, 2018, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election.

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Monday, March 5, 2018 –The San Francisco Department of Elections mailed nearly 54,000 notices to inform voters that they have the option to receive the official ballot and other election materials in Chinese, Spanish, or Filipino, in addition to English.  The Department sent the notices to voters born in countries where those languages are spoken, and who have not previously requested translated materials.

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, February 23, 2018 – The Department of Elections announces a workshop that will focus on the process for submitting arguments in favor of or against local ballot measures to be voted on in the June 5 election. The arguments will be printed in San Francisco’s Voter Information Pamphlet, which is mailed by the Department of Elections to every registered voter before the election.

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

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, February 23, 2018 – The Department of Elections will provide 583 polling places for the June 5, 2018, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election.

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