Tuesday, March 5, 2024

On the federal level, you will be asked to vote for:

• President (primary)
  Depending on which political party you registered to vote with.
• United States Senator
  One of California's two senate seats is up for election. All SF voters can vote for senator.  
• United States Representative in Congress, Districts 11 and 15
  Look up your district.

On the state level, you will be asked to vote for:

• State Senator, District 11
  Look up your district.
• State Assemblymember, Districts 17 and 19
  Look up your district.

On the local San Francisco level, you will be asked to vote for:

• Party Central Committee
  Depending on which political party you registered to vote with.
• Judges of the San Francisco Superior Court

You will also be asked to vote on California and San Francisco propositions, also called ballot measures.

Voting for president depends on which political party you are registered with. Check your voter registration to verify your party preference.

• Political party that has qualified presidential candidates: You'll get a ballot with presidential primary candidates for that political party. 
• Political party that does NOT have qualified presidential candidates: If you do nothing, you'll get a nonpartisan ballot with no presidential candidates.
• No party preference: If you do nothing, you'll get a nonpartisan ballot with no presidential candidates. 

To vote for a presidential candidate in a different party, you need to either:

• Re-register to vote with a political party that has qualified presidential candidates.
• Request a primary election ballot for one of the parties that allows voters with no party preference to participate in their primaries. These parties will be announced in late 2023.

Remember, you may vote in only one party’s primary election.

We'll provide lots of information about candidates and ballot measures on our website and through events like our candidate forums. Subscribe for updates about our resources for voters and check back here closer to the election.

The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose candidates or political parties, so we do not endorse candidates.

No. There are no Board of Education (school board) races in this election. Eligible non-citizens who are a parent, legal guardian, or caregiver of a child under the age of 19 living in San Francisco only have the right to participate in Board of Education elections — not other items on the ballot. Learn about non-citizen voting in San Francisco. 

No, you don't need to vote for everything on your ballot. Just fill out your ballot as best you can. 

If you want to skip parts of your ballot, that's okay. However, we recommend that you do your best to fill out your entire ballot. If you don't feel like you know enough to vote on something, use our information about ballot measures and candidates to help you learn about what's on your ballot.

Even if you leave something blank on your ballot, your other votes will still be counted —so long as you got your ballot in by the deadline and, if you mailed it, signed and dated the envelope.

Sometimes people want to leave something blank as a protest vote. They might be trying express dissatisfaction with the candidate choices or political system. However, since California voters aren't required to vote for everything on their ballot, a blank protest vote is not reported differently than any other blank vote. Blanks as well as bubbles that are incorrectly filled in are all reported as what's called "undervotes."

If you feel you must cast a protest vote, don't damage your ballot or write messages on it. That can get your entire ballot classified as spoiled, and it won't be counted at all.