The Department of Elections Schedules Random Selection of Ballots for the Manual Tally of the June 2, 2026, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election

Department of Elections
City and County of San Francisco
John Arntz, Director

For Immediate Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday, June 11, 2026 – On Tuesday, June 16 at 9 a.m., the Department of Elections will conduct the random selection of ballots for the 1% manual tally. Using ten-sided dice, the Department will randomly select 1% of San Francisco precincts, as well as 1% of vote-by-mail and provisional ballot batches, for this required post-election audit.

The 1% manual tally is a public process conducted to confirm that the voting equipment accurately tabulated ballots and correctly reported election results.

The selection process will be open to public observation in person at the Department’s office in City Hall, Room 48, and will also be livestreamed at sfelections.gov/observe. A recording of the process will be posted online shortly after its conclusion.

Given that San Francisco had 501 polling places in the June 2 Election, members of the public will randomly select ballots cast in five precincts for inclusion in the manual tally. Members of the public will then randomly select batches of vote-by-mail and provisional ballots equal to 1% of the total number of batches processed, which will also be in included in the manual tally.

Once the selection process is complete, Department staff will gather the selected ballots and prepare them for the manual tally. The tally will begin on Wednesday, June 17, at 8:30 a.m. at the Department’s warehouse on Pier 31. The process will be open to public observation both in person and via livestream at sfelections.gov/observe.

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