Department of Elections
City and County of San Francisco
John Arntz, Director
For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday, November 16, 2024 – Today, the Department of Elections issued the 14th preliminary election results reports of votes cast in the November 5, 2024, Consolidated General Election.
The Department will not issue preliminary results reports on Sunday, November 17. The next preliminary results reports will be issued on Monday, November 18, 4 p.m.
Today’s preliminary results report includes 6,281 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots counted since the previous results report issued yesterday, November 15.
The Department must still process and count approximately 3,300 ballots. This estimate includes:
Vote-by-mail ballots: 500
Provisional ballots (cast at polling places and the City Hall Voting Center): 2,800
Department personnel will canvass election materials until 5 p.m. today. On Sunday, November 17, Department personnel will continue the canvass of election materials in City Hall starting at 8 a.m. Ballot processing may occur from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. The canvassing of election materials and ballot processing are open to public observation in-person and via livestream at sfelections.org/observe.
The Department will next release preliminary results reports and an estimate of the number of remaining ballots on Monday, November 18, 4 p.m., which will be posted at www.sfelections.gov/results.
When the Department issues results reports, Director John Arntz will be available to respond to questions from members of the public and the media outside of Room 48 in City Hall.
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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