Gators Vote facilitates campus-wide efforts to mobilize the SFSU community to register and turn out to vote. SFSU encourages its campus community members to exercise their right to vote. You can find information about how to register and where to vote here. ICCE is the campus lead for this initiative.
Upcoming Civic & Voter Events:
What’s on the Ballot - Statewide Special Election
- when: Nov. 4, 2025
- Proposition 50 — a state constitutional amendment
- It changes how congressional district boundaries are handled until the next redistricting in 2030
📍 Annex 1 – Student Event Center (Precinct 9723) - 11/4
Important: Always check your polling place before you go. Use your Voter Information Pamphlet or the Voter Portal to confirm your assigned polling place.
- If Annex 1 is not your polling place, your name won’t appear on the roster.
- You can still vote here by filling out a provisional ballot - it will count once your registration is verified.
- Since this is a statewide election, your ballot will include the same statewide measure.
For details: San Francisco Department of Elections
Check out other civic and voter engagement events and opportunities, happening on and off campus!
Have a civic or voter engagement event you would like us to promote? Email your event details to icce@sfsu.edu
Ready to Vote?
Register To Vote
📅 Key Dates: Statewide Special Election
- Ballots mailed: October 6, 2025
- Drop-off boxes open: October 6, 2025
- Last day to register to vote (and get a ballot by mail): October 20, 2025
- Early voting (in person): October 25, 2025 (in select counties)
- Election Day: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 (polls open 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.)
- Mail ballot deadline: Must be postmarked by Nov 4 and received by Nov 12, 2025
Register or Check your Status
- Register online at CA Secretary of State
- Already registered? Double-check your info (especially your address) so your ballot is sent to the right place.
- Deadline: October 20, 2025
Check Your Voter Status
Check to see if you are registered to vote, what your political party preference, and where you are registered to vote. Changed your address, name, signature, or party preference? Make sure to re-register to vote.
What if I am studying abroad?
Voting Rights Restored
Persons with a Prior Felony Conviction
Stay Informed
What's on the Ballots:
- Ballots mailed: Counties start mailing vote-by-mail ballots on October 6, 2025.
- Drop-off boxes open: Also on October 6, 2025 — 37 locations across San Francisco.
- Early voting in SF: From October 6 – November 4, you can vote in person only at City Hall’s Voting Center.
Have Your Voting Plan Ready?
Looking For Your Ballot?
Track your ballot, when it is mailed, received, and counted.
Connect your Major to the Ballots!
Draw connections between democracy and the different fields students are studying in the classroom.
This resource was created by Emma Godel, a student from American University, as part of the 2022 Codesigner Cohort.
Show Out & Vote!
Early Voting
- Dates: October 6 - Novemeber 4, 2025
- Location: In San Francisco, early in-person voting is available only at City Hall’s Voting Center.
- Note: The SFSU Voting Center is not an early voting site. It will be open only on Election Day, November 4.
SFSU Voting Center -Annex 1 - Student Event Center
Open on Election Day, November 4, 2025 (7am to 8pm)
Location: 1 N State Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132:
Important: Always check your polling place before you go. Use your Voter Information Pamphlet or the Voter Portal to confirm your assigned polling place.
- If Annex 1 is not your polling place, your name won’t appear on the roster.
- You can still vote here by filling out a provisional ballot - it will count once your registration is verified.
- Since this is a statewide election, your ballot will include the same statewide measure.
For details: San Francisco Department of Elections
Not going to be on campus Nov 4th?
Where can I mail in my ballot?
For those already registered to vote, you may have already received your ballot. After filling it out and signing the outside of the envelope, you have three ways to send it back: U.S. mail, Official Dropbox or at a voting site.