September 14, 2021 Timeline Calendar
California Gubernatorial Recall Election
Note: This timeline calendar only covers local election dates; for dates specific to the gubernatorial recall, please visit the Secretary of State’s September 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election webpage.
Start Date | Deadline | Event |
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5/26/2021 | Signatures in lieu of filing fee open | |
5/26/2021 | Candidate nominations filing period opens | |
6/16/2021 | 9/14/2021 | 24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($1,000 or more) |
6/18/2021 | Deadline for officer whose recall is being sought to file Statement of Qualifications | |
6/18/2021 | Consolidation deadline | |
6/18/2021 | Deadline for governing bodies to submit measures | |
6/18/2021 | Tax rate statement deadline (bond measures) | |
6/21/2021 | Measure letter assignments | |
6/22/2021 | Signatures in lieu of filing fee deadline | |
6/23/2021 | Deadline for governing bodies to amend/withdraw measures | |
6/25/2021 | Impartial analysis due (for county, school, and special district measures)* | |
6/25/2021 | Argument deadline (for county, school, and special district measures)* | |
7/1/2021 | Candidate nominations filing period closes | |
7/2/2021 | Rebuttal deadline (for county, school, and special district measures)* | |
7/2/2021 | Random alphabet drawing | |
7/16/2021 | First day ballots may be mailed to voters registered as military/overseas | |
7/31/2021 | Deadline for ballots to be mailed to all voters registered as military/overseas as of this date | |
7/31/2021† | Deadline for semi-annual (1/1/2021 through 6/30/2021) and/or quarterly (4/1/2021 through 6/30/2021) campaign finance statements (per Cal. Code Regs., Section 18531.5(c)(3), a committee established by an officeholder who is the subject of a recall must file quarterly until the semi-annual period in which the recall election is held) | |
8/5/2021 | First day County Voter Information Guides may be mailed | |
8/5/2021 | Deadline for 1st pre-election campaign finance statement (7/1/2021 through 7/31/2021) | |
8/16/2021 | Voting by mail opens; first day Vote-by-Mail ballots can be picked up at Registrar of Voters Office | |
8/16/2021 | First day Registrar of Voters may begin to process Vote-by-Mail ballots | |
8/29/2021 | 9/14/2021 | County of Sonoma 24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($500 or more) |
8/30/2021 | Standard voter registration deadline | |
8/31/2021 | Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period opens | |
9/2/2021 | Deadline for 2nd pre-election campaign finance statement (8/1/2021 through 8/28/2021) | |
9/7/2021 | Last day to request a ballot be mailed | |
9/14/2021 | Election Day (polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.) | |
9/14/2021 | Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period closes at 8 p.m. | |
9/21/2021 | Last day Registrar of Voters Office can accept Vote-by-Mail ballots postmarked no later than 9/14/2021 | |
10/14/2021 | Deadline to certify election results |
*For impartial analysis, argument, and rebuttal deadlines for municipal measures, contact the town/city clerk’s office.
†For these event deadlines that fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or County holiday, use the next regular business day for transactions. County holidays during this period include: May 31, 2021 (Memorial Day), July 5, 2021 (Independence Day - Observed); and September 6, 2021 (Labor Day).