https://www.shapethefuture.org/ The San Mateo County Elections Office can assist you in registering to vote, getting information on candidates and measures, voter data, information on political jurisdictions relating to elections, and in learning how to run for public office. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/040512.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will issue the first semi-official election results for the April 10 Brisbane School District Special Election at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10 on its website, www.shapethefuture.org. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/040412.asp On Friday, April 6, the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin the opening and processing of returned Vote by Mail ballots for the April 10, 2012 Brisbane School District Special Election, and will continue daily until all signature-verified Vote by Mail ballots are processed. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/032612.asp In preparation for the Special Fairmont Drive Territory Election on May 8, 2012, the county's Elections Office will begin logic and accuracy (L & A) testing of the eSlate voting system equipment at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28 at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/031212b.asp On Thursday, March 15th at 11 a.m., the Elections Office and the Secretary of States' Office will conduct random alpha drawings. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/031212.asp San Mateo County's Chief Elections Officer, Mark Church, announced that Monday, March 12 was the first day of the early voting period for the April 10, 2012 Brisbane School District Special Election. item> https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/030812.asp San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the 10-day public review period for ballot measures and candidate filing documents for the June 5, 2012 Presidential Primary Election will open March 9 at 5 p.m. when the filing period closes. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/030612.asp In preparation for the Special Brisbane School District Election on April 10, 2012, the county's Elections Office will begin logic and accuracy (L & A) testing of the eSlate voting system equipment at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 9 at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/022912b.asp Those interested in running for office in the June 5, 2012 Presidential Primary Election have until 5 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2012 to file their nomination papers with the San Mateo County Elections Office. The same deadline applies to local jurisdictions that intend to place a measure on the June ballot. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/022912.asp On March 1, 2012, San Mateo County will mail its "Sample Ballot & Official Voter Information Pamphlet" for the April 10, 2012 Brisbane Special Election to the district's 3,961 voters. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/020312.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will hold two candidate seminars for potential candidates running for office or considering a run for office in the upcoming June 5, 2012 Presidential Primary Election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2012/011712.asp Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the deadline to file Primary Arguments in favor of and against the April 10, 2012 Special Election for the Brisbane School District Parcel Tax measure is 5 p.m. on January 20th. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/113011.asp Today, Mark Church, the Chief Elections Officer for the County of San Mateo, officially certified the election results for the November 8, 2011 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/110111.asp Election night returns for the November 8, 2011 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election will be publicly reported beginning at 8:05 p.m. on the official website of the San Mateo County Elections Office, at www.shapethefuture.org. Subsequent returns will be reported on the half-hour until all precincts have been accounted for, as follows: https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/102611.asp Voters who wish to receive their Vote by Mail ballot in the mail (USPS) for the November 8 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election must ensure that the request is received by the Elections Office no later than Tuesday, November 1. This legal deadline is to allow for sufficient time for postal delivery to and from the voter. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/101911.asp On Friday, October 28, authorized staff of the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin opening and processing returned Vote by Mail ballots for the November 8, 2011 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election, and will continue daily until all signature-verified Vote by Mail ballots are processed. The public is invited to observe. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/101911a.asp Election Day for the November 8, 2011 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election is less than three weeks from today, and October 24 is the last day for eligible voters to file a new or updated voter registration card to be entitled to vote in this election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/100611.asp San Mateo County's Chief Elections Officer, Mark Church, announced today that Tuesday, October 11 is the first day of the early voting period for the November 8, 2011 election. The early voting period is the 29 days immediately prior to election day, during which any eligible voter may cast a ballot at one of two regional Voting Center sites and Vote by Mail voters may submit their mail ballots by mail or by in-person delivery to a Voting Center. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/100511.asp Schools throughout the peninsula are once again partnering generously with San Mateo County's election officials in the recruitment of high school students aged 16 and over to participate in the democracyLIVE! program to become student election officers in the upcoming countywide election on Tuesday, November 8. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/092611.asp San Mateo County's "Sample Ballot & Official Voter Information Pamphlet" for the November 8, 2011 countywide election will begin to be mailed to the county's 318,379 voters beginning on Thursday, September 29, and will conclude about 10 business days later. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/092211.asp "overvotes" (more votes for an office than seats to be voted) to make sure that all potential voter choices are tested for accuracy. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/090811.asp The filing period for the nomination papers of write-in candidates for every elective office appearing on the ballot for the November 8, 2011 election (a Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election) was announced today by San Mateo County's Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Mark Church. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/090611.asp The 'Special Absentee Voters' ballot application period opens September 9 and will remain open through November 8 for overseas and military voters participating in the November 8 Election, according to Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/082311.asp Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the deadline to file Rebuttal Arguments in favor and against the local ballot measures and the Impartial Analyses prepared by the County Counsel or City Attorney(s) for the November 8, 2011 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election is 5 p.m. on August 29. At that time, the 10-day public review period for rebuttal arguments will open and remain open until 5 p.m. on September 7. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/081611.asp The random alpha drawing to assign letter names to the local measures that will appear on the ballot for the November 8 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election will be held Thursday, August 18 at 11 a.m. at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/081211.asp San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the 10-day public review period for ballot measures and candidate filing documents for the November 8 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election will open August 12 at 5 p.m. when the filing period closes. To review the ballot measures, go to https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2011/nov2011/default.asp anytime or visit the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo during regular business hours. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/080211.asp Those interested in running for office in the November 8 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election have until 5 p.m. on Friday, August 12 to file their nomination papers with the San Mateo County Elections Office. The same deadline applies to local jurisdictions that intend to place a local measure on the November ballot. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/071211.asp San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer, Mark Church, issued the official public notice for the upcoming Nov. 8 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election and announced the opening of the Candidate Filing period for 44 local jurisdictions on the ballot. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/070711.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will hold two candidate seminars for potential candidates running for office or considering a run for office in the upcoming Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election on November 8, 2011. There are 12 Cities, 14 School Districts, and 17 Special Districts with scheduled candidate elections. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/050911.asp Today, Mark Church, San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, officially certified the election results for the May 3, 2011 Consolidated Local Special Election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/050411.asp On Friday, May 6 at 8:30 am, the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin its one percent manual tally of votes cast in the May 3 Consolidated Local Special Election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/050211.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will issue the first semi-official election results for the May 3 Consolidated Local Special Election at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3 on the Elections web site, www.shapethefuture.org. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/042211.asp All voters in the May 3, 2011 Consolidated Local Special Election were sent their Vote by Mail packets during the first week of April. About half of the county's voters are already signed up to vote by mail permanently. "This election will provide all voters the chance to give vote by mail a try," said Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Mark Church. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/041411.asp With the May 3, 2011 Consolidated Local Special Election just slightly more than two weeks away, San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church is reminding citizens that Monday, April 18 is the last day for voters to register or re-register to vote and be eligible to participate in this all-mail special election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/042011.asp With the all-mail Consolidated Local Special Election less than two weeks away, the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin the opening and processing of returned Vote by Mail ballots on April 22 and continue on a daily basis through Election Day. This is the final step before the tally of Vote by Mail ballots can begin on election night. The public is invited to observe this process. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/040611.asp Voters in the upcoming May 3, 2011 Consolidated Local Special Election will be able to sign up to access their Voter Information Pamphlet online with last year’s passage of AB 1717 which added Section 13300.7 to the Elections Code effective January 1. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/040111.asp The upcoming May 3, 2011 Consolidated Local Special Election is a historic election for San Mateo County as it will be the first time that everyone in the county will vote by mail. No polling places will be open for voting. Five voting centers will be open for in-person voting on the accessible eSlates. Both Elections Offices will serve as Voting Centers during the 29-day period before the election. Three additional Voting Centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week of April 25-29. These centers will be located at the Millbrae Community Center, the Half Moon Bay Library and the Galleria Room at Serramonte Del Rey. City Halls throughout the county will provide ballot drop-off boxes between April 4 through May 3 during regular business hours. (Hours and days of operation vary city to city.) https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/032111.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will perform the Logic & Accuracy (L & A) testing of the eSlate Voting System in preparation for the May 3 Consolidated Local Special Election, an election to be conducted by All-Mail ballots. The testing will take place at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/030911.asp On Friday, March 11 at 8:30 am, the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin its one percent manual tally of votes cast in the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/030711.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will issue the first semi-official election results for the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8 on their web site, www.shapethefuture.org. Alternatively, anyone wishing to receive the election results via email can do so by signing up online at https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2011/march2011/default.asp . The request must be received by 5 p.m. on March 7. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/030411.asp Mark Church, San Mateo County's Chief Elections Officer, announced today, "The filing period for write-in candidates to file nomination papers and gather signatures for the Office of the Board of Supervisors in District 1 appearing on the May 3 Consolidated Local Special Election ballot will open Monday, March 7." https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/022811.asp Voters who wish to Vote by Mail in the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election must ensure that their mail, fax or online request is received by the Elections Office no later than Tuesday, March 1. A postmark is not acceptable; this deadline is imposed by the election code and allows sufficient time for postal delivery of ballots to voters in time for Election Day. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/022311.asp With the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election just days away, the San Mateo County Elections Office will begin the opening and processing of returned vote by mail ballots on Feb. 25 and continue on a daily basis through Election Day. The public is invited to observe this process. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/021811.asp With the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election just days away, San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church is reminding citizens that Tuesday, February 22 is the last day for voters to register or re-register to vote and be eligible to vote in this election. The registration period was extended by one day because Monday, February 21 is the President’s Day Holiday. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/020411.asp The Secretary of State will conduct a Random Alpha Drawing on February 7 to determine the ballot order for candidates in the supervisorial contest in the May 3 Consolidated Local Special Election. The Random Alpha Drawing is the method established in the Elections Code to impartially establish ballot order. In instances where the offices to be voted on are wholly within one County, the Secretary of State conducts the drawing at the request of the Chief Elections Officer as required by law. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/012511.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will conduct the Logic & Accuracy (L & A) testing of the eSlate Voting System in preparation for the March 8 Brisbane School District Special Election. The testing will take place at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo at 9:00 a.m. on January 26. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/010411.asp San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the candidate filing period for the upcoming Board of Supervisors – Special Election on May 3, 2011 will open at 8 a.m. on January 10 and close at 5 p.m. on February 4. As there is no eligible incumbent for this office, the candidate filing period will not be extended. https://www.shapethefuture.org/pressreleases/2011/010311.asp The San Mateo County Elections Office will hold a candidate seminar for potential candidates running for office or considering a run for office in the upcoming Board of Supervisors Special Election on May 3, 2011. The seminar will be held on January 7, 2011 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. Due to the potentially small number of attendees, the Candidate Seminar and Voter Data Seminar will be combined and offered as one. Candidates and their staff are welcome; RSVPs are requested. The seminar is open to the public.