San Diego voter guide to the November 2024 general election
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If TV commercials and the contents of your mailboxes didn't give it away, election season is in full swing.
Why it matters: Election Day, on Nov. 5, will determine control of city halls and the county Board of Supervisors as well as decide the fate of local tax measures and state propositions on criminal enforcement, rent control and school funding.
How to vote
Registered voters will receive a ballot in the mail the week of Oct. 6.
- You can return that ballot through the postal service through Nov. 5, as long as you sign the return envelope.
- Drop boxes will open around the county beginning Oct. 8; the county registrar's office will publish a list and map of those locations on its information page once ballots go out.
- In-person voting is available at the county registrar's office starting Oct. 7, select vote centers beginning Oct. 26 and at over 200 locations beginning Nov. 2.
Zoom in: The voter registration deadline is Oct. 21.
- If you miss it, you can still register and submit a conditional ballot by visiting the registrar's office or a vote center through Nov. 5.
- The deadline for the registrar's office to certify election results is Dec. 5.
Go deeper: San Diego voter turnout is at 27% a week before Election Day
The latest: We are launching a voter guide that we'll update throughout the election season.
- Expect to see one-minute voter guides outlining the ballot choices in all 18 cities in San Diego County, plus more in-depth coverage on a race-by-race basis.
Measure G
State of play: San Diego County voters will weigh in on a proposed half-cent sales tax increase for regional transportation projects intended to ease congestion and lower the region's carbon footprint.
- How it hit the ballot
- Airport-transit skepticism clouds transit tax's marquee project
- How San Diego could lose $300 million for an airport-transit connection
Mayor of San Diego
State of play: Democratic Mayor Todd Gloria is seeking re-election against Larry Turner, a police officer and registered independent.
- Inside the last-minute scramble to combat a massive anti-Gloria donation
- 7 key moments from San Diego's mayoral debate
- Gloria's long history with Vice President Harris
- Meet the cop who wants to be mayor
- Lincoln Club chair donates to Gloria's campaign while group gets $1M for Turner
- Housing dominates San Diego mayoral race
Local tax measures
State of play: Voters in San Diego, Encinitas, La Mesa, Chula Vista, Santee, San Marcos, El Cajon, National City and Lemon Grove will be asked to pass new or extend old tax measures for city services.
- Encinitas tackles $257 million infrastructure backlog with tax measure
- How San Diego's school bond measures could impact property taxes
Zoom out: There are also 10 statewide measures that will be on ballots this fall that could redirect the state's approach on issues like crime and criminal justice, school funding, rent control and climate spending.
Go deeper: Guide to 10 measures on California's 2024 ballot
One-minute voter guides
State of play: Control of city halls across the county is on the line this November, and you can catch up quickly with everything on your city's ballot.
- Escondido takes on its structural budget deficit
- The battle for control of Oceanside
- The race to be San Diego's next top lawyer
- Former SD mayor challenges incumbent county supervisor in District 3
- Two San Diego council incumbents face challenges
- Two council incumbents face re-election in National City
- Two council members challenge incumbent mayor in Lemon Grove
- Poway voters face ballot measure, heated council race
- What's at play in Chula Vista
- Encinitas is still all about housing politics
- La Mesa's open council seats and sales tax extension
- San Diego County Supervisor District 3
- Cheat sheet for Carlsbad voters in the 2024 election
- 1-minute voter guide: San Marcos
The bottom line: We'll update this page with new election-related coverage leading up to Election Day.