Bay Ballot

Changelog

October 2026

  1. Data

    Silicon Valley DSA added a reason for Newark Measure DD

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    The Press Democrat added a reason for Healdsburg City Council, District 2; added a reason for Napa County Measure B

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    East Bay Democratic Socialists of America added a reason for Oakland Unified School District, District 2; added a reason for City of Alameda Measure M; and 1 more change

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    Courage California added a reason for Prop 2

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    Bay Area Reporter added a reason for Regional Measure RTM

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    The Press Democrat endorsed No on Prop 41; endorsed No on Prop 42

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    Palo Alto Daily Post endorsed No on Palo Alto Measure J

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    The Mercury News, East Bay Times and Marin Independent Journal added 2 reasons for Superintendent of Public Instruction; endorsed Larry Bragman and Matt Da Cunha for Fairfax Town Council; and 1 more change

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    Silicon Valley DSA added a reason for Union City Measure II

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    The Press Democrat added a reason for U.S. Rep., District 4

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    The Mercury News, East Bay Times and Marin Independent Journal added a reason for Sausalito City Council

  12. Data#127

    Westside Family Democratic Club added a reason for Prop C

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    Silicon Valley DSA added a reason for Prop 39; added a reason for Fremont Union High School District, Trustee Area 4; and 3 more changes

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    Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter endorsed Rita Duncan for Oro Loma Sanitary District, Division 5

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    San Francisco Labor Council endorsed Yes on Regional Measure RTM

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    San Francisco Chronicle endorsed Yes on Supreme Court Associate Justice Joshua Groban; endorsed Yes on Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli M. Evans; and 3 more changes

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    The Press Democrat added a reason for Prop 44; added a reason for American Canyon Measure P

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    Palo Alto Daily Post added a reason for Palo Alto Unified School District Board

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    Noe Valley Democratic Club removed its endorsement for Supervisor, District 8

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    The Mercury News, East Bay Times and Marin Independent Journal endorsed No on Regional Measure RTM

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    League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville added a reason for Berkeley Measure V

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    Empower Oakland added a reason for Oakland Unified School District, District 2; added a reason for AC Transit Board, Ward 3; and 3 more changes

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    Courage California added a reason for Secretary of State; added a reason for Superintendent of Public Instruction; and 2 more changes

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    Bay Rising Action added a reason for Redwood City Measure E

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    Bay Area Reporter added a reason for Superintendent of Public Instruction; added a reason for Prop H

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    350 Bay Area Action endorsed Damon Connolly for State Senate, District 2

  27. New#110

    Sonoma County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/sonoma

    20 Sonoma guides and 42 local contests (30 races and 12 measures), plus Congress Districts 1, 2 and 4, State Senate District 2 and Assembly Districts 2, 4 and 12. Six guides are new (The Press Democrat, the Sonoma County Democrats and Republicans, the Sonoma County API Democratic Club, Indivisible Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Farm Bureau), and fourteen others now count on Sonoma contests, among them the North Bay Labor Council, the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter, Reform California, SEIU 1021 and Courage California. The Sonoma County Board of Education Trustee Area 2 contest moved here from Marin's list. Petaluma Joint Union High School District Trustee Area 3 and Santa Rosa Junior College Measure AB are new, and they also show on Marin pages.

  28. New#110

    Solano County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/solano

    15 Solano guides and 35 local contests (24 races and 11 measures), plus Congress District 8, Assembly District 11 and Board of Equalization District 1. Five guides are new (the Solano County Democrats and Republicans, the Northern Solano Democratic Club, the Napa Solano Central Labor Council and Reform California), and ten others now count on Solano contests, among them SEIU 1021, the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter, East Bay DSA and Courage California. Reform California's county voter guides also count in every other county on Bay Ballot.

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    San Francisco Chronicle endorsed Alan Wong for Supervisor, District 4; endorsed No on Prop 5; and 3 more changes

  30. Data#117

    Twelve more local measures in Marin and Santa Clara County, each with Reform California's position

    Marin gains Reed Union School District Measure O, Corte Madera Measure Q, Mill Valley Measure T, County Service Area 29 (Paradise Cay) Measure Z, Inverness Public Utility District Measure AA, Stinson Beach County Water District Measure EE and Upper Bay Permanent Road Division Measure FF. Santa Clara County gains Morgan Hill Measure A, Santa Clara Measure C and Sunnyvale Measures G, H and I.

  31. New#110

    Napa County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/napa-county

    15 Napa guides and 17 local contests (13 races and 4 measures, Napa County Measure B, American Canyon Measure P, St. Helena Measure S and Yountville Measure Y), plus Congress District 4 and Assembly District 4. Three guides are new (the Napa County Democrats and Republicans and the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter), The Press Democrat adds its Napa editorials, and eleven others now count on Napa contests, among them the Napa Solano Central Labor Council, Reform California, SEIU 1021, Planned Parenthood, Greenbelt Alliance and 350 Bay Area Action.

  32. Data#118

    The Menlo Park City School District board race, and a clearer description of East Palo Alto Measure O

    San Mateo County gains the Menlo Park City School District board race, with Silicon Valley DSA's picks. East Palo Alto Measure O now says what the bond pays for. Silicon Valley DSA's Yes on Measure O is on hold, because its write-up describes the city's 2016 Measure O, a tax on rental income.

  33. New

    The area chips switch ballots instantly, keeping your place, filters and open contest

    Picking the Bay Area or a county now redraws the list in place instead of loading a new page. Back and Forward return to where you were on each list.

  34. New

    The area picker lists counties only

    The picker shows the Bay Area and one button per county, under a Counties label, so it takes fewer rows on a phone. City pages like San Jose are no longer in the picker; on a city page its county is shaded.

  35. New

    Races where every guide agrees now say Unanimous

    The bar fills in that candidate's color instead of grey, and the line reads "Unanimous · N of N guides". Multi-seat races where every guide picked the same slate no longer say Split. Candidate colors now follow standing: the most-endorsed candidate is always the first color (blue), the next is pink, and so on, so a color can change if the lead changes.

  36. New#75

    Short links: bayballot.com/marin (and every area) goes to that area's page for the current election

  37. Data

    San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed Yes on Prop 1; endorsed Yes on Prop 2; and 11 more changes

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    Potrero Hill Democratic Club endorsed Yes on Supreme Court Associate Justice Joshua Groban; endorsed Yes on Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli M. Evans; and 7 more changes

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    Palo Alto Daily Post added a reason for Menlo Park Measure P

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    Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club endorsed Sally J. Lieber for Board of Equalization, District 2

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    The Mercury News, East Bay Times and Marin Independent Journal added a reason for State Senate, District 2; endorsed Richard Barrera for Superintendent of Public Instruction; and 2 more changes

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    Los Altos Town Crier endorsed Yes on El Camino Healthcare District Measure S

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    GrowSF added a reason for Lieutenant Governor; added a reason for Prop 40; and 4 more changes

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    Empower Oakland added a reason for Regional Measure RTM

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    Courage California added a reason for U.S. Rep., District 14; added a reason for State Senate, District 2; and 8 more changes

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    ContraCosta.news added 2 reasons for Antioch City Council, District 1; added a reason for Brentwood City Council, District 4

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    Bay Area Reporter added a reason for Lieutenant Governor; added a reason for Supervisor, District 6; and 16 more changes

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    Abundant San Francisco endorsed Gary McCoy for Supervisor, District 8

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    350 Bay Area Action added a reason for Prop 40; added a reason for Prop 42

  50. New#60

    Alameda County is on Bay Ballot, with its own pages for Oakland and Berkeley

    38 guides cover Alameda County, 17 of them new, from the Alameda County Democrats and the Alameda Labor Council to East Bay for Everyone and Empower Oakland. There are 109 Alameda County contests plus Congress Districts 12 and 14 and Assembly Districts 18 and 20. Twenty-one existing guides, including the Sierra Club, SEIU 1021, East Bay DSA and Courage California, now count on Alameda contests. ACCE Action, APEN Action and East Bay Young Democrats also count on Contra Costa contests (Richmond Mayor, San Pablo council and Measure S, and WCCUSD Measure V). Alameda is in the Counties filter on the Bay Area list.

  51. New

    Area pages can show Bay Area guides for state races no local guide took a position on

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    San Francisco Chronicle added a reason for Prop 1; endorsed No on Prop 4; and 2 more changes

  53. New#59

    Santa Clara County is on Bay Ballot, with a county page and a San Jose page

    69 more Santa Clara County contests (59 local races and 10 measures) and 9 Congress, State Senate and Assembly districts, from 28 guides, 5 of them new (among them the Los Altos Town Crier and Silicon Valley DSA). Palo Alto and Mountain View keep their own pages. It also adds 2 guides' San Mateo County positions (the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association and Silicon Valley DSA).

  54. New#58

    Contra Costa County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/contra-costa

    32 guides cover Contra Costa, 19 of them new, with 59 local contests plus Congress Districts 8 to 10 and Assembly Districts 11, 14, 15 and 16. Thirteen existing guides, including the Sierra Club, SEIU 1021 and Courage California, now count on Contra Costa contests, and The Mercury News guide now names the East Bay Times. Six of the new guides also cover Marin. Contra Costa is in the Counties filter on the Bay Area list.

  55. New#57

    Marin County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/marin

    14 Marin guides and 41 local contests, plus Congress District 2, State Senate District 2 and Assembly District 12. Five guides are new (the Marin Democrats and Republicans, the North Bay Labor Council, the League of Women Voters of Marin and Indivisible Marin), and nine others now count on Marin contests, among them the Marin Independent Journal's editorials under the Mercury News guide. The About page now names Marin County.

  56. New#51

    The About page tells the story behind Bay Ballot and explains how guides are found, collected and kept current

  57. New#45

    Contest pages have the same Filters as the ballot list, and a filter set on one carries to the other

    A note like "3 guides hidden · Show all" says when filters hide guides on a contest, and contest pages now line up with the ballot list instead of being centered.

  58. New#34

    Palo Alto and Mountain View are on Bay Ballot, each with its own page

    18 guides, 8 of them new, and the 14 Santa Clara County contests Palo Alto and Mountain View voters see, including the 6th District Court of Appeal.

  59. New#32

    A bar at the top of the ballot list shows which section you're in and lets you jump to any other (press g on desktop)

  60. Fix#31

    Contest, guide, About, and changelog pages are centered, at the same width as the ballot list

  61. New#28

    San Mateo County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/san-mateo

    14 San Mateo County guides and 66 local contests. Four of them (YIMBY Action, Greenbelt Alliance, Bay Rising Action and the Working Families Party) also count on San Francisco contests. A Counties filter on the Bay Area list hides a county's local contests.

  62. Fix#24

    Enter on the open contest moves into its details

  63. New#23

    The ballot is now a Bay Area list, and San Francisco has its own page

    /2026-11 groups every contest by place. /2026-11/sf shows San Francisco's contests and counts only San Francisco guides. Old contest links still work.

  64. Fix#22

    Multi-seat races in search results name a single leader only when that candidate is ahead

  65. New#19

    Browse contests with the keyboard on desktop: ↑ and ↓ (or j and k), / to search, and ? for shortcuts

  66. New#18

    A changelog lists what's new on the site and in the data

  67. New#17

    Each contest page opens with a one-line summary of how the guides split

    Search results show the same summary, for example "SF Prop B endorsements (Nov 2026): 16 of 28 guides say Yes".

  68. New#13

    Search engines can find every contest and guide page

  69. New#13

    Bay Ballot counts page views without cookies

    It never records addresses or ZIP codes.

  70. New#12

    The footer links to Bay Ballot's source code on GitHub

  71. Fix#10

    The site says “endorsements” instead of “picks”

  72. New#1

    Bay Ballot launches: 36 San Francisco voter guides, 930 endorsements