Department of Elections
City and County of San Francisco
John Arntz, Director
For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – During voting hours (7 a.m. - 8 p.m.) on Election Day, approximately 2,000 poll workers will assist local voters at 501 polling places across the City as well as at the City Hall Voting Center. Any local voter may go to sfelections.org/pollingplace, refer to the back of their Voter Information Pamphlet, or call (415) 554-4375 to locate their assigned polling place.
Any eligible San Franciscan can still register and cast a ballot in person at the City Hall Voting Center or a polling place.
Anyone returning a vote-by-mail ballot to an official ballot drop box, polling place, or the City Hall Voting Center is reminded to arrive before the close of polls at 8 p.m. A list and map of San Francisco’s official ballot drop boxes is available at sfelections.org/ballotdropoff.
Anyone returning a ballot by mail on Election Day is advised to confirm the last mail pickup time has not yet occurred before depositing their return envelope into the USPS mailbox. If the last pickup has already occurred, the ballot envelope will be postmarked late and will not be counted. As an alternative, voters can take the ballot to a local post office and confirm with the counter representative that the ballot will be postmarked with today’s date.
Any eligible San Franciscan who has yet to vote but is unable to travel to an in-person voting site, can request ballot delivery and/or pickup service by calling the Department of Elections at (415) 554-4375.
Any local voter with questions about their voting options or other election matters is urged to call the Department of Elections at (415) 554-4375 as soon as possible so that Department staff can assist while the polls are open and there is still the opportunity to vote.
After the polls close, the Department will issue four preliminary election results reports. The first, showing results from most of the vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day, will be issued at approximately 8:45 p.m. The second and third, incorporating Election Day results from reporting polling places, will be issued at approximately 9:45 p.m. and 10:45 p.m., respectively. The fourth, with all Election Day polling place results, will be issued as soon as all 514 precincts have reported. All of the election results reports released on Election Night will be preliminary and will change in the canvass period. All local elections results reports will be posted at sfelections.org/results
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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