Watch elections processes in real time

Many elections processes are streamed live for observation. Find links to these live streams and recordings below.

November 5, 2024, Consolidated General Election

Determination of Order of Ballot and Voter Guide:

  • Random selection of letters for local ballot measures (8/12/2024)
  • Random alphabet selection (8/15/2024)
  • Random selection of proponent and opponent arguments to appear in the Voter Information Pamphlet (8/15/2024)

Voting Equipment Testing:

  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of ImageCast Central (ICC) Scanners and other media devices
    • This process has concluded
  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of Accessible ImageCast X Ballot Marking Devices 
    • This process has concluded
  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of ImageCast Evolution Ballot Scanning Machines 
    • This process has concluded
    • This process has concluded

Ballot Processing:

  • Ballot envelope sorting and scanning for signature verification (Livestream available beginning 10/7/2024)
  • Ballot remake 
  • Ballot extraction 
  • Ballot scanning 
  • Ballot adjudication (Livestream available beginning 10/26/2024)

Election Day Activities:

  • Phone bank supporting poll workers across 501 polling places (Livestream available 11/5/2024)

Activities After Close of Polls: 

  • Receiving of ballots, roster of voters, and other materials from polling places (Livestream available 11/5/2024)
  • Scanning of signatures in the roster of voters (Livestream available 11/5/2024)
  • Reconciliation of ballots and materials from polling places (Livestream available beginning 11/7/2024)

Confirmation of Voting Equipment Accuracy:

  • Random selection of 1% of precincts and batches of ballots for the manual tally (Livestream date & time to be announced)
  • Manual tally of the randomly selected precincts and batches of ballots (Livestream date & time to be announced)

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San Francisco, CA 94102

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Last updated October 10, 2024