Daly City, California Public Records

The state also offers Same Day Conditional Voter Registration at vote centers and county elections offices through Election Day itself. Registration requires a California driver's license or identification card number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number, along with residential address and date of birth. Eligible citizens must be 18 years old by Election Day, U.S. Citizens, and residents of California. As an incorporated city, Daly City holds municipal elections for its City Council and Mayor. The City Council consists ofElections typically occur in November of even-numbered years, coinciding with statewide general elections. Candidates must file nomination papers with the City Clerk at Daly City City Hall, located at 333 90th Street, during the nomination period that typically runs through July and August before the November election. Local ballot measures, including tax increases or charter amendments, may also appear when placed by the City Council or through citizen initiative. Residents can locate their assigned polling place or vote center using the San Mateo County polling place lookup tool at https://www.smcacre.org/polling-place-lookup or by calling the Elections Division at 650-312-5222. San Mateo County has implemented California's Voter's Choice Act, which means all registered voters automatically receive vote-by-mail ballots. Traditional neighborhood polling places have been replaced with fewer but larger Vote Centers that remain open for multiple days before Election Day. Voters can cast ballots at any Vote Center in San Mateo County regardless of their residential address. These centers typically operate for 3-11 days before Election Day and on Election Day itself. There is no U.S.At the state level, all 80 seats in the California State Assembly and 20 of the 40 seats in the California State Senate will be contested. Residents participate in State Assembly District 19 and State Senate District 11, both of which will have elections in 2026.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Daly voters are published by the California Secretary of State (https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections). At the San Mateo County level, several San Mateo County Board of Supervisors seats representing different districts may be on the ballot, along with countywide offices such as Sheriff, District Attorney, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, and Treasurer-Tax Collector depending on the election cycle. The city will also hold City Council elections in November 2026. California operates as a universal vote-by-mail state, meaning every registered voter automatically receives a ballot in the mail approximately 29 days before Election Day. Voters may return their ballot by mail with no postage required, drop it in an official ballot drop box located throughout San Mateo County and available 24/7 beginning 29 days before the election, or bring it to any Vote Center during the voting period. Voters can track the status of their mail ballot through the "Where's My Ballot?" system at https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/. Public election records in California include voter registration information, though names and addresses are public while birth dates, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers remain confidential. Campaign finance disclosure reports filed by candidates and committees are searchable through the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access database at http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov and through local city and county filing offices. Candidate statements and nomination papers filed with elections officials are also available, as are precinct-level election results. Voter history, which shows whether a person voted in a particular election but not how they voted, is also a public record. These records support transparency in the electoral process and are used by campaigns, researchers, and the media.