Department of Elections Request for Proposals (RFP) Notices

2024 Non-Citizen Voting Outreach Partnership

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The primary goal of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to identify local non-profit partners with whom the San Francisco Department of Elections (DOE) can collaborate to provide outreach on non-citizen registration and voting (NCV) in the November 5, 2024, Board of Education Election. This outreach will be directed to both eligible non-citizens who have voted in previous local Board of Education elections and new registrants. (Per local law, and unlike California voter registration, San Francisco’s NCV registration is valid for only one Board of Education Election cycle and must be renewed.) To inform eligible non-citizen San Franciscans about registration and voting options, in the City’s next Board of Education Election, the DOE will supplement direct outreach, which includes official notices, materials, and events, with indirect outreach through non-profit organizations. As with the DOE’s own outreach, outreach through local non-profit partners must be multilingual, multiformat, consistent with all applicable law, and entirely non-partisan. Accordingly, any and all successful grantees under this RFP will receive comprehensive training and official materials from DOE.

2024 Ranked-Choice Voting Education Partnership

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The primary goal of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to identify local non-profit partners with whom the San Francisco Department of Elections (DOE) can collaborate to provide outreach about the November 5, 2024, Consolidated General Election. The November 5 Election includes federal, state, and local contests, including contests that will use ranked-choice voting (RCV). Accordingly, grantees’ outreach will focus on providing information on RCV, as well as other general election topics. This outreach will be directed mainly toward San Franciscans in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities. The DOE provides election-related services to San Franciscans and conducts all public local, state and federal elections in the City and County of San Francisco in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. This law includes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the California Elections Code, as well as the San Francisco Municipal Elections Code. To inform San Franciscans about registration, services, voting options, and contests in the next election, the DOE will supplement its direct outreach, which includes distribution of official notices and materials, and events, with indirect outreach through local non-profit organizations. As with the DOE’s own outreach, outreach through non-profit partners must be multilingual, multiformat, consistent with all applicable law, and entirely non-partisan. Accordingly, any and all successful grantees under this RFP will receive comprehensive training and official outreach materials from DOE.

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