San Jose, California Public Records

California's same-day registration covers the 14-day period before and including Election Day. Municipal elections for mayor and city council happen in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, consolidated with statewide general elections. Candidate details, ballot measures, and campaign finance reports can be found through the City Clerk's Office and at sanjoseca.gov/elections. Voters can pinpoint their polling place or vote center through the lookup tool at sccvote.org by entering their address. As a universal vote-by-mail state, California automatically sends every registered voter a mail ballot roughly 29 days before each election. Ballots can be returned by mail if postmarked by Election Day, dropped in official boxes throughout Santa Clara County, or voters can cast ballots in person at vote centers during early voting or on Election Day. Public election records in California include voter registration rolls, available for political purposes under California Elections Code Section 2188, plus campaign finance disclosure statements filed by candidates and committees, searchable at netfile.com/SCCPublic, and precinct-by-precinct results published after each election.