Outreach Community Newsletter April 2026

This is an important moment in the election cycle, and your partnership continues to ensure that voters are informed and prepared to cast their ballots. In this edition, we’re sharing updates and reminders you can use in your outreach—from key information about voting by mail and in-person voting options to opportunities for election observation, poll worker service, and more.

As always, we appreciate your ongoing efforts to connect with communities across San Francisco and share clear, trusted election information.

Beginning in May, San Franciscans will start seeing the Department’s outreach campaign for the June 2 Election across the city—in mailers, on posters, on digital platforms, and at community events.

This year’s theme, “Our Community. Our Direction. Vote in the June 2, 2026 Election.”, highlights both the importance of voting and the shared role residents play in shaping San Francisco’s future. The theme reflects the idea that while voting is a personal decision, it is also part of a broader community effort that brings us all together.

The campaign features familiar San Francisco imagery alongside a sunrise backdrop, symbolizing new beginnings and optimism. To reflect the city’s diversity, the word “vote” appears in 13 languages, emphasizing that participation is accessible and welcoming to all communities.

You may have already seen this theme on our website or in the informational mailer delivered to households in April. Throughout May, the theme will continue to appear across outreach materials, helping keep the June 2 Election top of mind.

We encourage everyone to make a plan to VOTE in the June 2 Election!

Next week, vote-by-mail ballots for the June 2 Election will begin arriving in mailboxes across San Francisco. Every registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot, making it easy to vote at a time and place that works best, whether by mailing the ballot back, dropping it off at one of the City’s 37 secure drop boxes or the City Hall Voting Center, or bringing it to one of the 501 polling places open on Election Day.

At our upcoming outreach events, we are highlighting the following reminders to help ensure every vote counts:

• Look out for your ballot starting the first week of May
• Mark your ballot and be sure to sign the return envelope—your signature is required for the ballot to be counted
• Return your ballot as early as possible to ensure it is received on time
• If mailing your ballot on Election Day, take it to a USPS counter and request a hand postmark. Ballots placed in a USPS drop box on Election Day may not be collected or postmarked until the next day, and a late postmark means the ballot cannot be counted
• Track your ballot at sfelections.gov/voterportal to see when it is received and counted

As a trusted community partner, we invite you to share this information in your outreach to help ensure all voters are aware of these important reminders.

While many San Franciscans vote by mail, in-person voting remains a convenient option for those who prefer it.

Beginning May 4, the City Hall Voting Center will be open to all voters. At the Voting Center, voters can cast their ballot, receive language assistance, or use accessible voting equipment. Early voting will be available through Election Day, June 2:

• Monday–Friday: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (except the May 25 holiday)
• Weekends of May 23–24 and May 30–31: 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Election Day, June 2: 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

For voters who prefer to vote in person on Election Day, 501 polling places will be open across San Francisco from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Polling place locations may change from one election to the next, so even those who have voted in person before may have a different location this time. To confirm your assigned polling place, check the back cover of your Voter Information Pamphlet (arriving in early May), visit sfelections.gov/myvotinglocation, or call (415) 558-6100.

To support 501 polling places across San Francisco on Election Day, we recruited approximately 2,500 poll workers, including many bilingual poll workers who help ensure voters can access language assistance.

We’re glad to have met our staffing goals, but we continue to welcome bilingual volunteers, as we are always looking to expand language assistance on Election Day. We encourage you to share this opportunity with individuals in your communities who speak Chinese, Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese, Bengali, Burmese, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Thai, Urdu, or other languages.

Poll workers can earn up to $295, and the application process is quick and easy—it takes just a few minutes at sfelections.gov/pw.

Transparency is at the core of how we conduct local elections, and your partnership helps make that visible to the community. Members of the public are welcome to observe many election processes, both in person and online.

Observers can watch key activities such as voting equipment testing, ballot processing, Election Day operations, and post-election ballot counting and the official canvass. A schedule of observation opportunities for the June 2 Election is available at sfelections.gov/observe.

To make participation convenient, many activities are also livestreamed at sfelections.gov/live, allowing community members to observe from wherever they are.

We appreciate your help in sharing this information to help build awareness and trust in the election process!

Eligible non-citizen residents may vote in the local Board of Education contest in the June 2 election.

To be eligible to register to vote, non-citizen residents must live in San Francisco, be at least 18 years old on Election Day, and be a parent or legal guardian of a child who lives in San Francisco and will be under 19 years old on Election Day. Eligible voters also must not be currently incarcerated for a felony conviction and must not have been found mentally incompetent to vote by a court.

Our community outreach partners continue to be among the most effective ways to share this information, as they are trusted sources in the communities they serve. This year, in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission, we established a new partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District Family Liaisons network to help raise awareness of non-citizen voting in the June 2 Board of Education Election and inform immigrant parents of their right to participate in this local election.

Non-citizen voters must register using a registration form available by calling the Department of Elections at (415) 558-6100, printing a form from sfelections.gov/NCV, or picking one up in person at the Department’s office in City Hall, Room 48.

If your organization serves potential non-citizen voters, we would be glad to connect with you and provide information and outreach support.

Over the past month, the Department’s outreach team had the opportunity to connect with San Franciscans across the city through a variety of community-focused events.

At each event, we shared resources to help residents stay vote-ready—including information on registration, voting options, and key election dates. We appreciate every opportunity to engage with the community and look forward to continuing these efforts in the month ahead.

Here are a few highlights from our recent events:

Helped residents Go Green! By opting out of the paper Voter Information Pamphlet.

Pre-registered students and informed residents about the upcoming June Election.

Conducted a bilingual presentation on election information for senior residents.

Thank you for reading this edition! When we return in May, we’ll be just days away from the June 2 Election, and we hope you’ll have already voted or made a plan to vote—and encouraged others to do the same.

In the meantime, please feel free to reach out if you need materials or support for your outreach. We’re here to support you every step of the way.

Warmly,
Your Outreach Team: Nataliya, Anmarie, Adriana, Max, and Edgar