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November 2, 2021Timeline Calendar

Sonoma County Voting

Consolidated Election

Start DateDeadlineEvent
  6/30/2021 Notification deadline, district director elections
  7/2/2021 Specifications deadline, school district
 7/12/2021  Nominations open
 8/4/2021 11/2/2021  24-Hour Campaign Finance Reporting Period ($1,000 or more)
  8/6/2021 Nominations deadline 
  8/6/2021 Consolidation deadline, measures 
  8/6/2021 Tax rate statements deadline, bond measures 
 8/9/2021  Measure letter assignments 
  8/11/2021 Extended nomination deadline 
  8/11/2021 Deadline to amend/withdraw measure 
 8/12/2021  Random alphabet drawing 
  8/13/2021 Argument deadline 
  8/13/2021  Impartial Analysis deadline 
  8/20/2021  Rebuttal deadline (only if opposing arguments are filed) 
 9/3/2021  Military/Overseas 60 Day Ballots
 9/23/2021  First day County Voter Information Guides may be mailed
  9/23/2021 Deadline for 1st Pre-Election Campaign Finance Statement (7/1/2021 through 9/18/2021)
 10/4/2021   Voting by mail opens; first day Vote by Mail ballots can be picked up at Registrar of Voters Office
 10/4/2021  First day to process Vote by Mail ballots 
  10/18/2021 Regular voter registration deadline 
 10/19/2021 11/2/2021  Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period 
  10/21/2021  Deadline for 2nd Pre-Election Campaign Finance Statement (9/19/2021 through 10/16/2021) 
  10/26/2021 Last day to request a ballot be mailed
 11/2/2021  Election Day (7 a.m. to 8 p.m.) 
  11/9/2021 Last day to receive Vote by Mail ballots postmarked no later than 11/2/2021 
  11/22/2021  Deadline to certify election results 

*For dates that fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or county holiday, use the next regular business day for transactions. County holidays during this period include: July 5, 2021 (Independence Day - Observed); September 6, 2021 (Labor Day); and November 11, 2021 (Veterans Day).