2024 General Election

Offices Up For Election:

• View the List of Offices Up for Election [pdf] for the November 5, 2024, General Election
• View the List of Offices Proceeding to a Run-Off [pdf] for the November 5, 2024, General Election

Candidate Filing:

• Schedule a candidate filing appointment
• View the Candidate Filing Guide [pdf]
• View the Secretary of State’s 2024 Presidential General Election Calendar [external link]
• View the Secretary of State’s lists of Offices and Subdivisions within Counties [pdf]

Members of the public are no longer required to wear face coverings or practice social distancing regardless of vaccination status. Public health requirements are subject to change based on guidance from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), California Department of Public Health, or San Bernardino County Department of Public Health. For information about the coronavirus crisis including vaccines and testing, visit https://sbcovid19.sbcounty.gov/.

Candidate Statements:

Candidates are required to pay the estimated costs of printing their candidate statement in the County Voter Information Guide at the time of filing.

• View the Estimated Candidate Statement Costs [pdf]
  • Candidates are required to pay the estimated costs of printing their candidate statement in the Voter Information Guide at the time of filing.
• Use the Candidate Statement Form [docx] to prepare a candidate statement

List of Candidates:

• View the Unofficial List of Candidates [pdf]

San Bernardino County Voter Information Guide

• The Voter Information Guide is a booklet published by the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters that includes information about voting, candidates and measures, a sample ballot, and polling place information.
• The comprehensive Voter Information Guide [available soon] contains information for all offices up for election throughout San Bernardino County.
• The precinct specific Voter Information Guide contains information for offices up for election in each precinct. You can view precinct specific Voter Information Guides by using the Polling Place and Voter Information Guide Lookup tool [available soon].
• The accessible format Voter Information Guide [available soon] provides customized election information for voters who use screen-reader software.

State of California Voter Information Guide

• The California Secretary of State also publishes a Voter Information Guide [available soon] which includes information about candidates for statewide offices.

Press Releases and Public Notices

Voting options:

• Vote early at the Registrar of Voters beginning October 7, 2024
• Vote early at an Early Vote site.
  • View the Early Vote sites and hours of operation.
• Vote a Mail Ballot.
  • Mail ballot applications are not necessary. Mail ballots will be mailed to all active registered voters.
  • To request a replacement mail ballot:
    • Call the Registrar of Voters at (909) 387-8300
    • Submit a Replacement Mail Ballot Application [pdf]
    • Visit the Registrar of Voters office, October 7 through November 5
      • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
      • Saturday, November 2, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
      • Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
    • Visit an Early Vote site
    • Authorize another person to pick-up your mail ballot with an Application to Provide Vote-By-Mail Ballot to an Authorized Representative [available soon]
      • Official ballots may be picked up beginning Monday, October 7
• Voters may return their voted mail ballot:
  • At a Mail Ballot Drop-off Location
    • View the list of Mail Ballot Drop-off Locations [available soon]
    • View a map of Mail Ballot Drop-off Locations [available soon]
    • Ballots must be delivered no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
  • By mail via the U.S. Postal Service
    • No postage required
    • Ballots must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, November 5 and received by the Registrar of Voters within seven days following the election.
  • Drop off at an Early Vote site
  • Drop off at any Polling Place [available soon] on Election Day
• Vote a Remote Accessible Vote by Mail Ballot [available soon] using your computer and printer to:
  • Mark your ballot
  • Print your voted ballot
  • Place your voted ballot in your Mail Ballot Return Envelope or in your own envelope with mailing labels attached
  • Sign and date your envelope
  • Return your ballot by mail or to a Polling Place [available soon], Early Vote site, or Mail Ballot Drop-off Location [available soon]

Military and Overseas Voters:

Uniformed and Overseas citizens can obtain a Voter Information Guide as well as a Ballot for this election [available soon]. For complete information, visit the Secretary of State’s website for Military and Overseas Voters.

Eligible citizens that have not registered:

A new California law allows citizens to register and vote after the registration deadline.  In order to qualify, the voter submits a conditional voter registration application in person at the Registrar of Voters, an Early Vote site or a polling place.  After completing the application, the voter will be provided with a provisional ballot.

• View the Vote Early page for locations
• Use the Polling Place Look-up tool [available soon] to find your polling place
• View the List of Polling Places [available soon]

If you want to vote by mail, your voter registration application must be postmarked no later than October 21, 2024 for the 2024 General Election.

If you miss the voter registration deadline, you can still register and vote in person at the Registrar of Voters office or an Early Vote site on or before Election Day, or at a polling place on Election Day. View the Vote Early page for locations, dates, and hours of the Early Vote sites for this election.

• Visit our Voter Registration page for complete information and instructions about registering to vote.
• View the Registration Summary of Qualified Voters [available soon] for this election.

Up until the close of the polls at 8 p.m. on Election Day, all voters can still update their residential address or political party preference.

• For more information, click here for instructions and a Change of Address form.

• View the Local Measures on the ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Election.
• View the Local Measure Deadlines for the November 5, 2024 General Election.
• The vote requirement for local measures can be found on the Local Measures page
• Writing a measure argument? You will need the Statement by Proponents / Authors of Arguments (Form 9600) [pdf]

Request a precinct specific translated sample ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election [available soon]:

• 要求中文選票翻譯樣本
• Permohonan Untuk Surat Suara Sampel Yang Diterjemahkan Dalam Bahasa Indonesia
• 한국어로 번역된 견본 투표지 신청서
• Kahilingan para sa Sampol na Balota na Nasalin sa Tagalog
• คำขอรับบัตรลงคะแนนตัวอย่ำงภาษาแปลเป็นภาษาไทย
• Yêu cầu Gửi Mẫu phiếu Bầu cử Đã được dịch sang Tiếng Việt

Review translated sample ballots with all contests for the November 5, 2024, General Election [available soon]:

• 為幫助選民使用官方選票進行投票，這份說明包含中文版的選票樣本。
• Untuk membantu pemilih dalam memilih Surat Suara Resmi, panduan ini berisi contoh halaman surat suara yang diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia.
• 유권자가 공식 투표 용지로 투표하는 것을 돕기 위해 본 안내서에는 한국어로 번역된 샘플 투표 용지 페이지가 포함되어 있습니다.
• Para matulungan ang mga botante sa pagboto sa Opisyal na Balota, naglalaman ang gabay na ito ng mga pahina ng sample na balota na nakasalin sa Tagalog.
• เพื่อช่วยเหลือผู้ลงคะแนนในการลงคะแนนเสียงบัตรเลือกตั้งของทางการ คู่มือนี้มีตัวอย่างหน้าบัตรลงคะแนนที่แปล เป็นภาษาไทย
• Để hỗ trợ các cử tri trong việc bầu Lá Phiếu Chính Thức, hướng dẫn này bao gồm các trang lá phiếu mẫu được dịch sang tiếng Việt.

When the Registrar of Voters receives a voted mail ballot or provisional ballot without the voter’s signature on the identification envelope, the Registrar of Voters is unable to count that ballot.  However, California law allows voters another chance to correct their mail ballot or provisional ballot up until two days before the election results are certified. These voters are notified by mail that they may:

• Go to the Registrar of Voters to sign the mail ballot or provisional ballot identification envelope in person;
• Complete and return an Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement; or
• Fix the unsigned ballot identification envelope online.

If you received a letter from the Registrar of Voters stating that your mail ballot or provisional ballot return envelope was not signed, go to the Registrar of Voters to sign your envelope, or complete and return an Unsigned Ballot Statement.

For mail ballots:

• Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement – 2024 General Election [available soon].

For provisional ballots:

• Unsigned Identification Envelope Statement – 2024 General Election [available soon].

When the Registrar of Voters receives a voted mail ballot or provisional ballot but is unable to compare the voter’s signature on the return envelope with the signature on file in the voter’s record, the Registrar of Voters is unable to count that ballot. However, California law allows voters another chance to correct their mail ballot or provisional ballot up until two days before the election results are certified. These voters are notified by mail that they may:

• Go to the Registrar of Voters to sign the Signature Verification Statement in person;
• Complete and return a Signature Verification Statement; or
• Fix the signature on your ballot identification envelope online.

If you received a letter from the Registrar of Voters stating that your signature on your mail ballot return envelope or provisional ballot did not compare with your signature on file, complete and return a Signature Verification Statement immediately.

For mail ballots:

• Signature Verification Statements – 2024 General Election [available soon]

For provisional ballots:

• Signature Verification Statements – 2024 General Election [available soon]

The Mail Ballot Return Statistics Report shows the number of mail ballots that have been issued and returned for the election, as well as historical statistics for previous elections. The data presented on this report is updated daily and may fluctuate as additional voter registration applications are received and voted ballots are processed.

• View the Mail Ballot Return Statistics Report [available soon] for this election

• Election Results [available soon]
• Election Results Posting Schedule [available soon]
• Explanation of Election Night Results [available soon]