Ballot processing is performed in the Elections Department between 8 AM and 4:30 PM and may take place between the extended hours of 7:30 AM and 6 PM on weekdays.
Notice of ballot processing outside the hours above will be posted 48 hours in advance on our Home Page and at the Civic Center Hall of Justice.
For information about the daily processing schedule, call the Elections Department, (415) 473-6456.
Ballot processing includes:
- Sorting returned vote by mail ballots;
- Verifying signatures on ballot envelopes;
- Removing ballots from envelopes;
- Duplicating damaged ballots;
- Counting vote by mail ballots;
- Processing provisional and conditional voter registration ballots during the canvass period;
- Conducting a manual tally of ballots at the end of the canvass period.
Elections Department location:
Suite 121 Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael.**
Call (415) 473-6456 for information.
** Ballot processing may occur and can be observed in other areas within the Civic Center, but all observers must first go to Suite 121 to check in.