LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
of Fremont, Newark, and Union City
"Democracy is not a spectator sport"

ELECTION CALENDAR

PRIMARY	First Tuesday after the first Monday in March of even numbered years. Major purposes: to choose party candidates for national and state offices; to elect delegates to national party conventions; to elect local candidates to qualified-party central committees; to vote on state and local measures placed on the ballot by referendum or initiative; to elect county and judicial officers. If no candidate for a county or judicial office receives a majority of all votes cast in this election, a run-off election must occur the following November.
GENERAL DATE	First Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemberof even-numbered years. Major purpose: to elect state and national officers; to elect county and judicial officers; to vote on state and local measures placed on the ballot by referendum or initiative.
MUNICIPAL, SCHOOL, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT DATES	Dates vary by jurisdiction, any of the above days and months in any year. Major purposes: to elect mayors, council members, boards of directors and trustees; to vote on local measures placed on the ballot by referen-dum and initiative.
OTHER DATES	Special elections may be required on other dates due to initiative, referendum or recall petitions circulated by voters