San Mateo County

November 8, 2022

Presidential General Election

Post-Election Report

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November General Election Overview

132 Jurisdictions on Ballot

198 Seats Up For Election

432,707 Registered Voters / 516,000 Eligible Voters

Election�Overview

252 Candidates (198) On Ballot

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252 Contests/Offices

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190 Ballot Styles�780 Total (English, Spanish, Chinese and Filipino)

20 Local Measures

12 State Propositions

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November General Election Infrastructure 

Curbside Ballot Drop-Off at 20 Vote Centers

45 Vote Centers

VBM

Election�Infrastructure

55 Drop Box Locations

3 Ballot Pickup Service Locations

3 Pop-up Vote Centers plus 1 Mobile VC

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RAVBM

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Voting Equipment and Technology

Voting Equipment

and

Technology

378 ICX Ballot Marking Tablets

378 ICX Ballot Printers

121 mobile ballot printers

260 Tenex pollbooks

51 Cradle Points

412 GPS ballot box tracking devices

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November 2022 Election - Features

Remote Accessible Vote by Mail

• Expanded to all voters in November
• Voters can mark ballot on any home computer
• Fully compatible with screen-readable technology

Mobile Vote Center 

• Driven to hard-to-reach areas to provide voter services
• ADA Accessible
• Fully Functional Vote Center

Where’s My Ballot? 

• Voters can track ballots and receive text and email alerts

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Staff & Volunteers

Election Staff & Volunteers

Voter Registration

Vote by Mail

Warehouse

5 employees

20 Equipment and Field Tech employees

25 Ballot Retrieval employees

32 Supplies employees

100 employees (12 signature verifiers)

Phone Bank

15 employees

Candidate Filing

10 employees

Over 115 multilingual, 28 languages represented other than English 

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125 Volunteers, 125 Student Volunteers

412 Staff Deployed

Vote Center Representatives

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Election Statistics & Comparisons

Ballots Received

2022: 252,233 Ballots Received

Turnout – Historic Highs

2020: 86% (Projected)

1976: 83.92%

1972: 84.19%

1968: 85.95%

Vote Patterns

VBM Returned Before Election Day: 50.74%

Vote by Mail Ballots: 234,272

Vote Center Votes Before Election Day: 21.92%

Vote Center Ballots: 17,961

2016: 81.57%

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Voter Education & Outreach

• Community Based Organizations (CBO) Targeted Outreach
• Historically Low Turnout Populations
• Youth, Language Minorities, and Voters with Disabilities

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Dr. Mindy Romero completed report and analysis of 2020 election cycle. With previously completed 2018 midterm report, one of the most comprehensive county-level overview of the VCA.

• Citizen advisory groups:
• VAAC
• LAAC
• VEOAC
• Postcard Mailings to Registered Voters
• Multi-Cultural, Traditional and Social Media Advertising

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Center for Inclusive Democracy

Voter’s Choice Act

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National Association of Counties (NACo) Award

Remote Accessible Vote By Mail (RAVBM) System

National Association of Counties (NACo) Award

Wait Time Widget Tool

U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Clearinghouse Award

Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers:

Student Democracy Program

ACRE Awards

National Association of Counties (NACo) Award

GPS Ballot Box Tracking

U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Clearinghouse Award

Outstanding Innovations in Elections: Embracing Equity and Inclusion in Elections 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Clearinghouse Award

Outstanding Innovations in Election Cybersecurity and Technology: 

Vote-by-Mail/Vote Center Election Environment �Honorable Mention 

STARS Green Award 

Elections Wait Time Widget Tool 

STARS Diversity & Inclusion Award  

Equity and Inclusion Initiatives in Elections 

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ACRE Awards�

Inaugural Awards for Outstanding Service to Voters with Disabilities

Disability Rights of California

The efforts of multiple staff to correct and remedy the erroneous removal of voting rights from people whose mental competence was questioned by the Superior Court merely due to their disabilities.

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Information on

November General Election:

www.smcvote.org

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Assessor-County Clerk-

Recorder & Elections:

www.smcacre.org

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Contact us:

650.312.5222

registrar@smcacre.org