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This Version of the Voter Information Pamphlet Does Not Include Your Sample Ballot, Because Different Versions of the Sample Ballot Apply Throughout San Francisco John Arntz, Director NOTE: This version of the Voter Information Pamphlet does not include your sample ballot, because different versions of the sample ballot apply throughout San Francisco. Your sample ballot can be accessed, along with the location of your polling place, at sfelections.org/voterportal. Also, the pages in this online version of the pamphlet are arranged in a different order from the printed version. For this reason, we are unable to provide a Table of Contents. To find specific information, please refer to the bookmarks on the left side of this file. English (415) 554-4375 sfelections.org 中文 (415) 554-4367 Fax (415) 554-7344 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Español (415) 554-4366 TTY (415) 554-4386 City Hall, Room 48, San Francisco, CA 94102 Filipino (415) 554-4310 City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections Voter Information Pamphlet & Sample Ballot Have your say! VOTE your way! November 3, 2020, Consolidated General Election To ensure that San Franciscans can exercise their right to vote in a safe manner during the November 3 election, the Department of Elections will mail ballots to all registered voters in October. Be sure to return your voted ballot on time! See page 5 for more information. Las boletas oficiales, boletas de muestra y otros materiales electorales están disponibles en español. Para más información, visite la página Asistencia en español. 選務處提供中文版正式選票、選票樣本和其他選舉資料。欲知詳情，請查閱「中文選民服務」。 Makakukuha ng opisyal na mga balota, halimbawang mga balota at iba pang mga materyales para sa eleksyon sa Filipino. Para sa impormasyon, tingnan ang pahinang Tulong sa Filipino. Quick Guide to the November 3, 2020, Election Election Highlights • Ballots will be mailed to all registered voters. This means any registered voter may vote by mail instead of going to the polls on Election Day. • Any registered voter may access their ballot using the Accessible Vote-by-Mail system. AIL TE-BY-M VO T MAIL BALLO • Early voting at the City Hall Voting Center will be relocated to an outdoor area in front of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. • Health and safety protocols will be in place at all of the City’s 588 neighborhood polling places and the Voting Center. For more information about voting options, please turn to page 5 of this pamphlet. Important Dates October 5 October 19 October 31 – ELECTION DAY, Start of early voting Last day to register to November 3 Tuesday, November 3 (ballots begin arriving vote and receive a ballot Additional ballot All polling places are open for to voters’ mailboxes, in the mail. After October drop-off stations vote-by-mail ballot drop-off and the City Hall Voting 19, anyone who is eligible are open in several in-person voting from 7 a.m. Center opens, and to vote can still register locations in the City. to 8 p.m. Ballots returned by ballot drop-off stations conditionally and vote For locations and mail must be postmarked on or are set up at the Voting provisionally in person. hours turn to page 6. before this date to be counted. Center entrances.) Serve as a Poll Worker on November 3! VOTE Help your community and receive a stipend up to $240 for your service. Each poll worker is assigned to one of 588 polling places to facilitate voting on Election Day. To apply to be a poll worker, please visit sfelections.org/pwa or call (415) 554-4395. 2 General Information 38-EN-N20-CP2 John Arntz, Director Dear San Francisco Voter, September 10, 2020 With great assistance from our Mayor, City Administrator, the Board of Supervisors, and many City agencies, the Department of Elections has undertaken many measures to ensure you can safely vote in the November 3, 2020, Consolidated General Election. Voting By Mail For the upcoming election, all registered voters will automatically receive ballots in the mail. After the October 19 registration deadline and through Election Day, people can still register to vote but must do so in person at the Voting Center or a polling place. Voting by mail allows voters to mark their ballots at home and avoid traveling elsewhere to vote in person. To vote by mail, fill in the ovals beside the candidates and measures, place your ballot cards in the postage-paid return envelope, sign the envelope, and mail your ballot to the Department. You can also bring your ballot to a polling place or a ballot drop-off station. Returning Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot The most common method to return voted ballots is using the United States Postal Service (USPS). If you drop your ballot envelope into a blue USPS box, or a letterbox, be sure to check the date and time the USPS will collect your ballot. The reason is the Department can only count ballots in return envelopes with postmarks dated on or before Election Day. You can search for locations of USPS boxes and pickup times at usps.com/locator. The next most common method to return voted ballots is dropping them off at any of the City’s 588 neighborhood polling places, open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. The location of your polling place is printed on the back cover of this pamphlet. You can return your ballot without entering the polling place since poll workers will provide ballot boxes at the entrance of each polling place. Starting October 5, voters can bring their voted ballots to the drop-off site located on the Civic Center Plaza. Starting October 31, the Department will provide three additional sites designated as drop-off stations: Chase Center, Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library, and Excelsior Branch Library. Tracking the Status of Your Ballot Voters can track their ballots, as they move through the steps of assembly, delivery, processing, and counting at sfelections.org/voterportal. Voters can also sign up to receive notifications on the status of their ballots via email, text, or voice message at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov. Voting in Person As in prior elections, the Department will organize 588 polling places on Election Day for in-person voting. On October 5, the Department will also open its Voting Center, which is available to all City voters. The Voting Center will be set up outdoors in front of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on 99 Grove Street. The Voting Center will be open every weekday (except October 12), 8 a.m.–5 p.m., starting October 5 and through November 2, the two weekends prior to Election Day, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and November 3 (Election Day), 7 a.m.–8 p.m. This site will serve all City residents—including non-citizens eligible to vote in the Board of Education contest—who want to vote in person, drop off their ballots, use accessible voting equipment, or, after the October 19 registration deadline, to register and vote provisionally. On Election Day, 588 polling places will open for in-person voting and vote-by-mail ballot drop-off services from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you decide to vote in person, please remember to wear a facial covering. Health and Safety Protocols With guidance from the Department of Public Health, the Department has implemented health and safety protocols at all in-person voting and ballot drop-off sites. All sites will be set up to allow for social distancing, and elections workers will regularly sanitize voting supplies, equipment, and high-touch surfaces. Sites will offer face masks, hand sanitizer, and gloves to all voters, and multilingual notices will be posted reminding voters to follow health and safety guidelines. For more information, call the Department, (415) 554-4375, email [email protected], or visit sfelections.org. Respectfully, John Arntz, Director English (415) 554-4375 sfelections.org 中文 (415) 554-4367 Fax (415) 554-7344 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Español (415) 554-4366 TTY (415) 554-4386 City Hall, Room 48, San Francisco, CA 94102 Filipino (415) 554-4310 38-EN-N20-CP3 General Information 3 Purpose of the San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet The San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet By law, the San Francisco Department of Elections must provide the Voter Information Pamphlet (VIP) to every registered voter in San Francisco prior to each election. The VIP includes your sample ballot and information about voting, candidates running for local and certain state and federal offices, and local ballot measures. To download this VIP in PDF, HTML, XML, or MP3 format, please go to sfelections.org/vip. To request this VIP in large print, audio on USB, compact disc (CD), or National Library Service (NLS) cartridge format, please contact the Department of Elections. The California Voter Information Guide The California Secretary of State provides the Voter Information Guide (VIG), with information on candidates for certain state and federal offices and state ballot measures. You may access the VIG at sos.ca.gov. If you’d like to stop receiving paper guides in the mail and receive them by email instead, you may opt out of the mailings at sfelections.org/voterportal. The Ballot Simplification Committee Prior to each election, San Francisco’s Ballot Simplification Committee (BSC) works in public meet- ings to prepare impartial, plain language summaries of local ballot measures. The BSC also helps prepare the “Words You Need to Know” and the “Frequently Asked Questions” sections of the VIP. BSC members are volunteers and come from a variety of backgrounds, including journalism, educa- tion, and written communication. The BSC’s current members are: Betty Packard, Chair Michele Anderson Nominated by: Nominated by: the National Academy of Television Arts and Pacific Media Workers Guild Sciences Jenica Maldonado, ex officio* Lauren Girardin Deputy City Attorney Nominated by: Andrew Shen, ex officio* the League of Women Voters Deputy City Attorney Scott Patterson *By law, the City Attorney, or his or her repre- Nominated by: sentative, serves on the Ballot Simplification the National Academy of Television Arts and Committee and can speak at BSC meetings but Sciences cannot vote.
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