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Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters
Registrar of Voters
November 8, 2022, General Election Basic Timeline
General Election
Start Date | Deadline | Event |
7/6/2022 | Notification deadline (district director elections) | |
7/8/2022 | Specifications deadline (school districts) | |
7/18/2022 | Candidate nominations filing period opens | |
8/10/2022 | 11/8/2022 | 24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($1,000 or more) |
8/12/2022 | Candidate nominations filing period closes | |
8/12/2022 | Consolidation deadline | |
8/12/2022 | Deadline for governing bodies to submit measures | |
8/12/2022 | Tax rate statement deadline (bond measures) | |
8/15/2022 | Extended candidate nominations filing period opens (only applies to non-incumbent candidates if an incumbent candidate has not filed for that office) | |
8/15/2022 | Measure letter assignments | |
8/17/2022 | Extended candidate nominations filing period closes (only applies to non-incumbent candidates if an incumbent candidate has not filed for that office) | |
8/17/2022 | Deadline to amend/withdraw measure | |
8/18/2022 | Random alphabet drawing | |
8/19/2022 | Argument deadline | |
8/19/2022 | Impartial analysis deadline | |
8/26/2022 | Rebuttal deadline (only if opposing arguments are filed) | |
9/9/2022 | First day ballots may be mailed to voters registered as military/overseas | |
9/24/2022 | Deadline for ballots to be mailed to all voters registered as military/overseas as of this date | |
9/29/2022 | First day County Voter Information Guides may be mailed | |
9/29/2022 | Deadline for 1st pre-election campaign finance statement (7/1/2022 through 9/24/2022) | |
10/10/2022 | Voting by mail opens; first day Vote-by-Mail ballots can be picked up at Registrar of Voters Office | |
10/10/2022 | First day Registrar of Voters may begin to process Vote-by-Mail ballots | |
10/11/2022 | Official Ballot Drop Boxes open | |
10/23/2022 | 11/8/2022 | County of Sonoma 24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($500 or more) |
10/24/2022 | Standard voter registration deadline | |
10/25/2022 | Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period opens | |
10/27/2022 | Deadline for 2nd pre-election campaign finance statement (9/25/2022 through 10/22/2022) | |
10/29/2022 | 11/7/2022 | 11-Day Vote Centers are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
11/1/2022 | Last day to request a ballot by mail | |
11/5/2022 | 11/7/2022 | 4-Day Vote Centers are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
11/8/2022 | Election Day: 11-Day and 4-Day Vote Centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. | |
11/8/2022 | Official Ballot Drop Boxes close at 8 p.m. | |
11/8/2022 | Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period closes at 8 p.m. | |
11/15/2022 | Last day Registrar of Voters Office can accept Vote-by-Mail ballots postmarked no later than 11/8/2022 | |
12/8/2022 | Deadline to certify election results |
For dates that fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or county holiday, use the next regular business day for transactions. County holidays during this period include Christmas Day (Observed) (Dec. 24), New Year’s Day (Observed) (Dec. 31), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 17), Lincoln’s Birthday (Feb. 11), César Chávez Day (Mar. 31), Memorial Day (May 30), and Independence Day (July 4).