SF Dept. of Elections to offer voting and ballot drop-off at 501 polling places

Bay City News
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(BCN) — The San Francisco Department of Elections will offer voting and ballot drop-off services at 501 polling places across San Francisco between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

“In every election, we partner with many public and private entities as well as individuals to secure sites like schools, firehouses, garages, community centers, and businesses for the hosting of voting activities,” said John Arntz, San Francisco’s director of elections. “At every polling place, any voter can return their mail ballot, mark and cast a poll ballot, receive language or personal voting assistance, or use accessible equipment and tools.”

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Each polling place provides ballots listing the contests in which residents of that precinct are eligible to participate. While any local voter can cast a provisional ballot at any local polling place, the elections department can only count ballot selections for contests corresponding to a voter’s residential address.

Local voters planning to vote in person on March 5 are encouraged to check their assigned polling place using any of the following methods:

  • Go to the “Find My Polling Place” tab of the voter portal at sfelections.org/VoterPortal.

  • Check voting site locations and wait times at sfelections.org/pollingplace.

  • Refer to the back cover of the voter information pamphlet (mailed in early February).

  • Call the elections department at (415) 554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.

The elections department mailed multilingual notices last month to voters whose polling places have changed since the last election. On Election Day, the department will also post multilingual signs at all former polling place sites. These signs will identify the address of the new in-person voting site in multiple languages as well as a QR location code.

For more information contact the elections department at (415) 554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org, or visit the department’s office in room 48 of city hall.

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