March 2, 2021 - Election Calendar

March 2, 2021
Timeline Calendar

Special Election

Start Date	Deadline	Event
12/2/2020	Within 24 Hours	24 Hour Campaign Finance Reporting Period ($1,000 or more)
	12/4/2020	Consolidation deadline, measures
	12/4/2020	Tax rate statements deadline, bond measures
12/7/2020		Measure letter assignment
	12/9/2020	Deadline to amend/withdraw measure
	12/11/2020	Argument deadline
	12/11/2020	Impartial analysis due
	12/18/2020	Rebuttal deadline (only if opposing arguments are filed)
1/1/2021		Military/Overseas 60 Day Ballots
	1/21/2021	Deadline for 1st Pre-Election Campaign Finance Statement (1/1/2021 through 1/16/2021)
1/21/2021		First day County Voter Information Guides may be mailed
2/1/2021		Voting by mail opens (VBM)
2/14/2021	3/2/2021	County of Sonoma 24-Hour Campaign Finance Reporting Period ($500 or more)
	2/15/2021*	Regular Registration deadline
2/17/2021	3/2/2021	Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration
2/16/2021		First day to process vote by mail ballots
	2/18/2021	Deadline for 2nd Pre-Election Campaign Finance Statement (1/17/2021 through 2/13/2021)
	2/23/2021	Deadline to request VBM ballots by mail
3/2/2021		Election Day (7a.m. to 8p.m.)
	3/5/2021	Last day to receive VBM ballot postmarked no later than 3/2/2020
	4/1/2021	Deadline to certify election results

*For these dates that fall on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, use the next regular business day for transactions. County holidays during this period include: December 25, 2020 (Christmas Day); January 1, 2021 (New Year’s Day); January 18, 2021 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day); February 12, 2021 (Lincoln’s Birthday); February 15, 2021 (Presidents’ Day); March 31, 2021 (César Chávez Day).