該怎麼做
Current local law allows certain non-citizens to vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education (School Board) elections. This law does not allow individuals to vote in any other local, state, or federal election.
Check if you're eligible
To register as a non-citizen voter for the next Board of Education (School Board) election, you must be all of the following:
- A San Francisco resident who intends to remain so until the next Board of Education election;
- The parent, legal guardian, or caregiver of a child living in the San Francisco Unified School District (i.e. living in San Francisco);
- At least 18 years of age on Election Day (the next such date is November 5, 2024); and
- Not disqualified from voting under state law for imprisonment or mental incompetence.
Register
Local law requires all non-citizen voters to register for Board of Education elections using a postage-paid NCV registration form. This form is also available at the Department’s office. Completed non-citizen registration forms must be returned by mail or in person. A new NCV registration form must be completed for each Board of Education election by any non-citizen voter.
Non-citizen voters cannot use the state voter registration form or register at state offices (e.g., Department of Motor Vehicles).
Registration of any non-citizen voter will expire after each local Board of Education election. Non-citizen registrants may cancel their voter registration at any time by contacting the Department of Elections or by returning a NCV registration cancellation form.
Any information you provide to the Department of Elections, including your name and address, may be obtained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies, organizations, and individuals. In addition, if you apply for naturalization, you will be asked whether you have ever registered or voted in a federal, state, or local election in the United States. You may wish to consult with an immigration attorney, an organization that protects immigrant rights, or other knowledgeable source before providing any personal information to the Department of Elections and before registering to vote in San Francisco Board of Education Elections. You can find a list of nonprofit organizations that specialize in protecting the rights of immigrants on sfelections.org. See translated versions of this notice.
Log in to the Non-Citizen Voter Information Portal
Non-citizen voters may confirm their registration information, check the status of their ballots, and find their assigned polling place by logging in to the Non-Citizen Voter Information Portal or by contacting the Department.
Ways to vote
Find your polling place
Any voter can contact the Department of Elections, use the Voting Site Wait Times Lookup Tool, or check the back cover of their Voter Information Booklet to find their assigned polling place.
Check in at the polls
This process will mirror the one for citizen voters, meaning that non-citizen voters will need to sign the roster of voters to receive a ballot. All voters, including non-citizens, have the right to cast a secret ballot.
Non-citizen ballots and other materials
For every Board of Education election, the Department of Elections will produce a registration form, an official ballot, a Voter Information Booklet, and various outreach materials specific to non-citizen voters. All of these materials are multilingual and multiformat. Additionally, the Department maintains a separate voter roll for non-citizen voters.
Contests on the ballot for non-citizen voters
You can only vote on Board of Education contests.
Children not in a SFUSD School
You and your children must live in San Francisco, but your children do not need to go to SFUSD schools. If your child attends private school, or is too young to attend school, you may vote in the School Board elections.
Non-citizens residing outside of San Francisco
You and your child must both reside in San Francisco to be eligible to vote in local Board of Education elections.
Confidentiality of non-citizen registrations and voting histories
Per state law, the Department of Elections must provide some of this information under certain circumstances. (Please see the State page on this topic.)
誰可登記？
若要登記成為非公民選民，在下一次的教育委員選舉中投票，您必須符合以下所有條件：
(1) 目前是三藩市的居民，並且在下一次教育委員會選舉前仍然是三藩市的居民；
(2) 居於三藩市聯合校區（即是，在三藩市居住）的兒童的家長、法定監護人或照顧者；
(3) 在選舉日至少年滿18 歲（下一個選舉日為2024年11月5日）；以及
(4) 根據州法律，未因被監禁或精神不健全而喪失投票資格。
如何登記
三藩市地方法律規定，非公民參加教育委員會選舉的投票，必須用這份郵資已付的非公民選民登記申請表登記。該表格也可於選務處索取。填妥的非公民選民登記申請表必須以郵寄或親身交回選務處。每次教育委員會選舉前，任何非公民如想再次登記為選民均需要填寫一份新的非公民選民登記申請表。
非公民選民不得使用州政府的選民登記申請表或於州政府部門（如：機動車輛管理局）登記。
任何非公民選民的登記將於每次地方教委員會選舉結束後失效。非公民登記人可隨時聯絡選務處或遞交取消非公民選民登記申請表以取消其登記。
任何希望在2024年11月5日教育委員會選舉中登記並投票的三藩市非公民居民，請閱讀以下的須知：
您向選務處提供的任何資料，包括您的姓名與地址，可能會被移民及海關執法局 (Immigration and Customs Enforcement，簡稱 ICE ) 以及其他機構、組織和個人取得。此外，如果您申請歸化入籍，您將會被詢問是否曾經在美國的聯邦、州或地方選舉中登記或投票。在您向選務處提供任何個人資料，以及登記參加三藩市教育委員會選舉的投票之前，不妨向移民律師、移民權利的維權組織、或其他熟悉此事務人士諮詢意見。您可以在 sfelections.org找到專門保護移民權利的非營利組織名單。
如何投票
非公民選民可享有與一般選民相同的投票選擇。他們可選擇郵寄投票、親身投票或使用無障礙郵寄投票系統投票。
非公民選民可通過非公民選民資訊門戶網站或聯絡選務處，核實他們的登記資料、查詢選票狀況、尋找指定投票站等資料。
外展材料
移民人士的資源
與移民相關的資源：
San Francisco Rapid Response Network
San Francisco Immigration Support
San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative
移民家長投票聯盟（Immigrant Parent Voting Collaborative）由三藩市多個團體組成，旨在倡導三藩市學校中的社區投票權：
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Central American Resource Center
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
La Raza Community Resource Center
Mission Economic Development Agency
常見問題
- 三藩市非公民選民是否與其他的三藩市選民使用相同的選票和官方選舉材料？ 不是 。對於每一次的教育委員會選舉，選務處將製作非公民選民專用的登記表、正式選票、選民資料手冊，以及專為非公民選民而設的各種宣傳材料。所有這些材料均採用多種語言和備有多種格式。此外，選務處亦為非公民選民設立專門的選民名冊。
- 非公民選民的選票上將有哪些競選項目？非公民選民的選票上只會有教育委員會的競選項目。
- 如果符合資格的非公民選民，其子女不在三藩市聯合校區就讀，他們可否參加投票？可以。只要登記人及其至少一名子女均往在校區內，而登記人是該名兒童的家長、法定監護人或照顧者即可。
- 如果符合資格的非公民選民並非居住在三藩市，他們可否參加投票？不可以。登記人及其至少一名子女必須在三藩市居住。換句話說，只有子女在三藩市居住是不夠的，登記的家長也必須居住在三藩市。
- 非公民選民如何找到自己的投票站？任何選民均可聯絡選務處、使用投票站地址及等候時間查詢工具，或查看他們的《選民資料手冊》封底。
- 非公民選民如何在投票站登記領取選票？此程序將與公民選民的程序相同，即是非公民選民需要在選民名冊上簽名，才能獲得選票。所有選民，包括非公民選民，均有權投下一份保密的不記名選票。
- 非公民選民的登記和投票記錄是否會保密？不會。根據加州的法律，選務處必須在某些情況下提供部分此類資訊。（請參閱州政府有關此題目的網頁。）。
- 選務處可否提供一封解釋三藩市非公民登記和投票規則的信件？可以。選務處可應要求提供一封信件，此信將會 a）陳述《三藩市市憲章》第13.111(a)(1)中規定的非美國公民可以在當地的教育委員會選舉中投票的細則，以及 b）核實某位人士曾經在某次的教育委員會選舉中投票。選民可以聯絡選務處索取此信函。
三藩市非公民投票的歷史沿革？2016年7月，市議會投票通過將提案N列入選票。2016年11月，三藩市選民投票以54%的支持率通過提案N。
2018年5月，市議會通過了第128-18號法令，要求選務處以幾種具體方式實施提案Ｎ。2021年10月，市議會通過了第206-21號法令，將提案N變為永久安排，並澄清該提案涵蓋教育委員會罷免選舉。
2022年7月，三藩市高等法院法官裁定提案N違反憲法。然而，同年稍後時間，加州上訴法院裁定，根據州憲法和市憲章，提案N實際是法律上所允許的。
2023年8月8日，加州上訴法院裁定維持三藩市的非公民投票計劃。該裁決允許居住在三藩市的兒童的非公民家長繼續在三藩市教育委員會選舉中投票。
特殊情況
Effect on Naturalization Application
Effect on Naturalization Application
In Part 9 of the latest version of form N-400, “Application for Naturalization”, applicants are asked whether they have registered to vote in any Federal, state, or local election in the United States. Applicants who have only voted in a local election where noncitizens are eligible to vote, such as San Francisco Board of Education elections since 2018, may answer “No” to this question.
Non-citizens seeking advice about the naturalization process, including questions related to voting, are encouraged to contact an attorney or organization specializing in immigration-related matters before submitting any declaration.
Outreach materials
Outreach materials
History of non-citizen voting in San Francisco
History of non-citizen voting in San Francisco
In July of 2016, the Board of Supervisors voted to place Proposition N on the ballot and in November of 2016, San Francisco voters passed Proposition N with fifty-four percent approval.
In May of 2018, the Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance No. 128-18 requiring the Department of Elections to implement Proposition N in several specific ways. In October of 2021, the Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance No. 206-21, making Proposition N permanent and clarifying that it covered Board of Education recall elections.
A local Superior Court judge ruled Prop N was unconstitutional in July 2022. However, later that year, a California Court of Appeal ruled that Prop N was in fact permissible under the state constitution and the City Charter.
On August 8, 2023, a California Court of Appeal upheld San Francisco’s non-citizen voting program. The decision permits non-citizen parents of children residing in San Francisco to continue to vote in San Francisco Board of Education Elections.
The Department can provide, upon request, a letter a) listing the criteria set forth in Charter §13.111(a)(1) for non-United States citizen voting in local Board of Education elections, and b) verifying that a given person voted in a specific Board of Education election. A voter may request this letter by contacting the Department of Elections.
聯絡我們
Department of Elections
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett PlaceCity Hall, Room 48
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone
Fax: 415-554-7344
TTY: 415-554-4386
中文: 415-554-4367
Español: 415-554-4366
Filipino: 415-554-4310
最後更新 April 17, 2024