November 8, 2022, General Election Basic Timeline

Sonoma County Voting

General Election

Start Date	Deadline	Event
	7/6/2022	Notification deadline (district director elections)
	7/8/2022	Specifications deadline (school districts)
7/18/2022		Candidate nominations filing period opens
8/10/2022	11/8/2022	24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($1,000 or more)
	8/12/2022	Candidate nominations filing period closes
	8/12/2022	Consolidation deadline
	8/12/2022	Deadline for governing bodies to submit measures
	8/12/2022	Tax rate statement deadline (bond measures)
8/15/2022		Extended candidate nominations filing period opens (only applies to non-incumbent candidates if an incumbent candidate has not filed for that office)
8/15/2022		Measure letter assignments
	8/17/2022	Extended candidate nominations filing period closes (only applies to non-incumbent candidates if an incumbent candidate has not filed for that office)
	8/17/2022	Deadline to amend/withdraw measure
8/18/2022		Random alphabet drawing
	8/19/2022	Argument deadline
	8/19/2022	Impartial analysis deadline
	8/26/2022	Rebuttal deadline (only if opposing arguments are filed)
9/9/2022		First day ballots may be mailed to voters registered as military/overseas
	9/24/2022	Deadline for ballots to be mailed to all voters registered as military/overseas as of this date
9/29/2022		First day County Voter Information Guides may be mailed
	9/29/2022	Deadline for 1st pre-election campaign finance statement (7/1/2022 through 9/24/2022)
10/10/2022		Voting by mail opens; first day Vote-by-Mail ballots can be picked up at Registrar of Voters Office
10/10/2022		First day Registrar of Voters may begin to process Vote-by-Mail ballots
10/11/2022		Official Ballot Drop Boxes open
10/23/2022	11/8/2022	County of Sonoma 24-hour campaign finance reporting period ($500 or more)
	10/24/2022	Standard voter registration deadline
10/25/2022		Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period opens
	10/27/2022	Deadline for 2nd pre-election campaign finance statement (9/25/2022 through 10/22/2022)
10/29/2022	11/7/2022	11-Day Vote Centers are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
	11/1/2022	Last day to request a ballot by mail
11/5/2022	11/7/2022	4-Day Vote Centers are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
11/8/2022		Election Day: 11-Day and 4-Day Vote Centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
11/8/2022		Official Ballot Drop Boxes close at 8 p.m.
	11/8/2022	Conditional (a.k.a. late) voter registration period closes at 8 p.m.
	11/15/2022	Last day Registrar of Voters Office can accept Vote-by-Mail ballots postmarked no later than 11/8/2022
	12/8/2022	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 Christmas Day (Observed) (Dec. 24), New Year’s Day (Observed) (Dec. 31), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 17), Lincoln’s Birthday (Feb. 11), César Chávez Day (Mar. 31), Memorial Day (May 30), and Independence Day (July 4).