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Officials say Election Day voting ‘smooth sailing’ across Bay Area counties
Elections officials say so far, so good at the polls Tuesday, as Election Day 2020 has launched smoothly in the Bay Area’s nine counties. By 11 a.m., counties reported...Read More
Millions of Bay Area ballots cast before Election Day polls open
Tuesday is Election Day! Polls in California officially opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. Bay Area voters are already off to a big start with...Read More
Warriors to host polling locations at facilities across three cities
The Golden State Warriors announced Friday that the team’s Oakland facility and the Santa Cruz Warriors’ Kaiser Permanente Arena will serve as polling places for the November election. Voters...Read More
County pushes for mail-in ballots, extended in-person voting days, younger staff
Along with pleas for Contra Costa County voters to use mail-in ballots in November if at all possible, county supervisors and elections officials said Tuesday they will redouble efforts...Read More
State reminds voters of right to take time off work to cast ballots
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is reminding voters that they are allowed two hours off of work without loss of pay to cast their ballots in next week’s...Read More
Free SF election-day lunch tradition lives on at John’s Grill
A revived tradition continues Tuesday in San Francisco when John’s Grill holds its free election-day lunch. Former Mayor Willie Brown is hosting the non-partisan event starting at 11:30 a.m....Read More
Kaiser strike vote begins Monday amid charge execs ‘thriving’ at worker, patient expense
Kaiser Permanente workers will begin voting Monday on whether to authorize a massive strike that would affect Kaiser facilities nationwide, according to the Service Employees International Union, one of...Read More
San Mateo heralds new touchscreen voting for November election
San Mateo County will have new voting technology for its Nov. 5 elections.Read More
Marin, Sonoma test new voting machines
Marin and Sonoma counties will be testing new voting systems in coming months.Read More
Hand-counted audit of SF election results begins Monday
San Francisco's elections department on Saturday randomly chose 1 percent of the precincts used in the Nov. 6 election to manually count.Read More
Museum of Ice Cream workers serve message to voters
What makes people excited to register to vote? Perhaps, ice cream.Read More
Monday is last day to register to vote Nov. 8
Monday is the last day for Bay Area residents and Californians in general to register to vote for the Nov. 8 General Election.Read More
Santa Clara leaders decry ‘rigged election’
Santa Clara County leaders spoke out against national rhetoric alleging election-rigging and voter fraud that they said won't happen at polling places.Read More
CSU faculty voting to strike over stagnant wages
Faculty are voting this week on whether to authorize a statewide strike.Read More
CSU faculty rumble toward strike vote
Faculty members at all 23 California State University campuses will vote Monday morning on whether to strike. The Strike Authorization Vote will begin online and in-person for the approximate...Read More
SF teens rally for right to vote
A large group of teenagers urging city officials to allow them to vote in local elections rallied at City Hall.Read More
Know This Love: I’m a cynic and I’m still voting
No politician on the planet gives a damn about people who don’t vote. Read More
Bill lobbies for on-campus polling places
A newly proposed bill would require universities to have polling places available on campus. Read More