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State election desk · CA

California

County, city, and town records tracked across California's decentralized local election system.

58county election authorities
483incorporated cities and towns
2552026 positions structured
0statewide-imported local candidates
2,083reported person profiles

Election calendar

From local filing to certified results

Candidate filings, qualified ballot lists, unofficial returns, county canvasses, and officeholder transitions remain separate checkpoints.

County deadline to finalize June primary official results

Completed

Secretary of State certified June primary statewide results

Completed

Regular nomination and declaration-of-candidacy period for November local offices

Local office closing times vary by filing authority; official examples publish noon or 5:00 p.m. deadlines.

Conditional extension for non-incumbents when an eligible incumbent does not file

The extension is office-specific and does not apply in every vacancy or term-limit circumstance.

Randomized alphabet drawing

Upcoming

Secretary of State posts its certified general-election candidate list

This is not a substitute for all county and municipal certified candidate lists.

Nonpartisan write-in candidacy filing period where applicable

Upcoming

California general election

Upcoming

Last day for county elections officials to certify November results

Upcoming

Secretary of State general-election Statement of Vote certification

Upcoming

County and municipal desk

All 541 California jurisdictions

Every county and incorporated city or town stays in the denominator. Filing, result, and local-verification gaps remain visible instead of removing a place.

Showing 541 of 541 county and municipal desks

Update notebook

What to refresh, and when

California's local filing and result records are published by county election offices and city clerks, so every statewide refresh preserves its local source and status.

Scheduled

Regular municipal nomination close

Snapshot all county and city filing logs at regular nomination close; retain issued, filed, qualified, withdrawn, and rejected as separate statuses.

Scheduled

Conditional filing extensions close

Resnapshot jurisdictions with extended nomination periods and reconcile final local qualified lists.

Scheduled

State certified-list scope check

Compare the Secretary of State certified list for its statewide scope; do not use it as the municipal denominator.

Scheduled

County voter-guide and ballot audit

Use county voter information guides and sample ballots to verify final local ballot names, offices, districts, and order.

Scheduled

General election-night capture

Start immutable preliminary result releases from county systems; never overwrite with later canvass releases.

Scheduled

All-county certification closeout

Acquire all 58 county certified statements/canvasses and reconcile every in-scope local contest.

Scheduled

California Elections Data Archive comparison

Compare normalized 2026 local results with the California Elections Data Archive reports when published.

Scheduled

Regular county term transition

Move a certified county winner into current-office records only after the regular term begins and any charter-specific start rule is checked.

Coverage ledger

The full denominator stays visible.

All 58 counties and 483 incorporated municipalities remain listed even when a candidate log, canvass, or current-office verification is incomplete.

County denominatorComplete58 of 58. All counties have an official registry row, election-authority link, and CalRoster desk.
Incorporated city/town denominatorComplete483 of 483. All 462 cities and 21 towns are retained, including Mountain House.
County election authoritiesComplete58 of 58. Every county desk links to the official local election authority.
Municipal CalRoster jurisdictionsComplete At Jurisdiction Level483 of 483. 483 council group fields are retained as source text; 8 visibly truncated fields are flagged and never split into profiles.
County CalRoster jurisdictionsComplete At Jurisdiction Level58 of 58. Election-facing individual rows are profiled; school offices are outside this release and selection method remains unverified.
2022 county historical resultsComplete Archive Import58 of 58. 480 in-scope county contests and 879 candidate-result rows are structured from CEDA; school, judicial, special-district, and planning-area offices are excluded.
June 2026 county/local canvass rowsBlocked DecentralizedThe Secretary of State does not certify or compile local results. Fifty-eight county canvass adapters are required.
November 2026 local candidatesFiling OpenNo candidate is imported while nomination filing remains open through August 7, with office-specific extensions through August 12.
Exact 2026 municipal office inventoryFiling Open Local Verification0 of 483. All municipalities remain listed, but exact offices require city or county notices, charter and district review, and a final qualified list after filing closes.
County 2026 office-cycle inventoryPartial Official Source Reconciliation52 of 58. 255 office records are structured across 50 verified and 2 partial counties; 6 counties remain unverified. Candidate and outcome rows remain separate.