California Voter Guide
Important choices are in your hands this election. KQED will help you make an informed decision by providing you with information on every race and measure on the ballot in the Bay Area.
Important Dates
October 7
Voting begins
October 21
Online voter registration deadline
November 5
Election Day: Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Results will be available starting 8 p.m.
December 5
Last day for county elections officials to certify election results
California Elections
Rep. Adam Schiff, a Los Angeles Democrat, and baseball star Steve Garvey, a Republican, compete for a six-year term.
Should California issue $10 billion in bonds to help build or upgrade educational facilities?
Should marriage rights for same-sex couples be enshrined in the state constitution?
Should California issue $10 billion in bonds to fund various climate- and environment-related projects?
Should California reduce the vote threshold needed to pass certain local bonds for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects?
Should California remove limits on the ability of cities to impose rent control policies capping annual rent increases?
Should California restrict how certain health care providers can spend revenue from prescription drug sales?
Should California make permanent an existing tax on health insurance companies and restrict how those funds can be used?
Should California roll back past reforms and make it easier to charge people with felony crimes and send them to jail or prison if they repeatedly shoplift, or possess some drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine?
Bay Area Elections
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao are both facing recall elections.
Competitive elections for county supervisor and state Legislature are on the ballot.
There’s an open seat on the Board of Supervisors, and rent protection measures on the ballot in multiple cities.
Voters will pick a new state senator and consider extending a sales tax to fund the Napa Valley Transportation Authority.
The mayor’s office and six supervisor seats are up for grabs — along with dueling measures to reform city commissions.
Voters in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City will pick a new county supervisor.
Democrats Sam Liccardo and Evan Low compete for a seat in Congress, and voters pick two new county supervisors.
Presidential Election
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump compete for California’s 54 electoral votes.
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The KQED 2024 Voter Guide was made by our news and product teams comprised of Erin Baldassari, Adhiti Bandlamudi, Bryan Bindloss, Dan Brekke, Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, Jason Cater, Jason Chee, Teresa Cho, Kevin Cooke, Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman, Duke Fan, Annelise Finney, Joseph Geha, Pamela Gilmour, Jaime Guardado, Matthew Green, Alex Hall, Tyche Hendricks, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Marlon Johnson, Sydney Johnson, Kervy Justo Robles, Sahila Jorapur, Erika Kelly, Nisa Khan, Marisa Lagos, Juan Carlos Lara, Kimberly Low, Guy Marzorati, Lesley McClurg, Gabe Meline, Daisy Nguyen, Emiko Oda, Attila Pelit, Noah Piper, Vanessa Rancaño, Ezra David Romero, Caroline Sarkki, Scott Shafer, Julie Small, Molly Solomon, Ki Sung, Ethan Toven-Lindsey, and Molly Wu. We also received contributions from California Local News Fellows Sebastian Miño-Bucheli of Coastside News and Luis Melecio-Zambrano of The Mercury News.
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