California Secretary of State Communications Department
The Communications Department oversees all media relations for the California Secretary of State’s office and keeps the public informed of the latest news from the agency’s various divisions: Elections, Business Programs, Political Reform and State Archives. Media representatives interested in information about the Secretary of State’s office or obtaining interviews should call (916) 653-6575 or email sospress@sos.ca.gov.
| Number | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| PR24-94 | 12/20/2024 |
California Office of the Secretary of State to Conduct Randomized Alphabet Drawing for February 25, 2025, Assembly District 32 and Senate District 36, Special Primary Elections |
| PR24-93 | 12/17/2024 |
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. Presides Over the California Electoral College |
| PR24-92 | 12/17/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Honors the 2024 Ballot Bowl Overall Champion, UC Santa Barbara |
| PR24-91 | 12/13/2024 |
Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., has certified the results of the California November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-90 | 12/12/2024 |
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces Results of Randomized Alphabet Drawing for the March 4, 2025, General Law City Elections |
| PR24-89 | 12/02/2024 |
Secretary of State’s Office to Conduct Randomized Alphabet Drawing for March 4, 2025, General Law City Elections |
| PR24-88 | 12/02/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with San Francisco County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-87 | 11/12/2024 |
California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with San Diego County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-86 | 11/07/2024 |
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Issues Unprocessed Ballots Report |
| PR24-85 | 11/07/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Issues Veterans Day Statement |
| PR24-84 | 11/07/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Reminds Californians What to Expect During Vote Count Process |
| PR24-83 | 11/05/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces Polls Now Closed in California for the November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-82 | 11/05/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces Polls Now Open for the November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-81 | 11/01/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Releases October 21, 2024, Report of Registration |
| PR24-80 | 10/29/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces More Than 5 million California Voters Signed Up to Track Their Ballot |
| PR24-79 | 10/28/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Reminds Voters of their Rights |
| PR24-78 | 10/25/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Releases List of Presidential Write-in Candidates for November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-77 | 10/25/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces that Vote Centers Will Be Opening for Early In-Person Voting in 29 California Counties |
| PR24-76 | 10/22/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Reminds Californians Who Missed The Traditional Registration Deadline That They Still Have the Opportunity to Register and Vote |
| PR24-75 | 10/21/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Reminds Voters of the Midnight Online Voter Registration Deadline for November 5, 2024 General Election |
| PR24-74 | 10/19/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Urges Eligible Californians to Register, Vote, and Track Their Ballots |
| PR24-73 | 10/18/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Begins Reporting Ballot Return Statistics More Than 1.5 million Vote-by-Mail Ballots Already Returned |
| PR24-72 | 10/15/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Urges Californians to Take Advantage of Early Voting |
| PR24-71 | 10/09/2024 | 71,008 Students Participate in California Student Mock Election |
| PR24-70 | 10/08/2024 | Vote-by-Mail Ballots Drop Boxes Are Now Open |
| PR24-69 | 10/07/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with Orange County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-68 | 10/07/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Encourages Voter Participation During National Voter Education Week 2024 |
| PR24-67 | 10/07/2024 | Vote-By-Mail Ballots Now Being Sent to California Voters |
| PR24-66 | 10/01/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., and Recording Artist John Legend Release Public Service Announcement about Voting Rights Restoration |
| PR24-65 | 09/27/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Releases September 6, 2024, Report of Registration |
| PR24-64 | 09/27/2024 | California Secretary of State Staff to Host a Webinar about Making a Plan to Vote |
| PR24-63 | 09/26/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces More Than 1.2 million Youth Have Pre-Registered to Vote in California |
| PR24-62 | 09/24/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with Alameda County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-61 | 09/23/2024 | California Secretary of State Staff to Host Webinars about What’s On the Ballot and Making a Plan to Vote |
| PR24-60 | 09/19/2024 | California Secretary of State Weber Confirms Suspicious Package Found at Sacramento Headquarters |
| PR24-59 | 09/17/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Encourages Eligible Californians to Register to Vote |
| PR24-58 | 08/29/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Issues Labor Day Statement |
| PR24-57 | 08/29/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber Ph.D., Certifies Candidate List for November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-56 | 08/27/2024 | California Office of Secretary of State Provides Reminder that an Electronic Version of the 2024 California Roster is Available on the Secretary of State’s Website |
| PR24-55 | 08/23/2024 | CA Secretary of State Weber Releases Notice to Candidates Running in the November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-54 | 08/15/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces Results of Randomized Alphabet Drawing for the November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-53 | 08/12/2024 | California Secretary of State Launches 2024 Ballot Bowl |
| PR24-52 | 08/12/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., celebrates the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer with a podcast series |
| PR24-51 | 08/09/2024 | California Secretary of State Releases July 5, 2024, Report of Registration |
| PR24-50 | 08/09/2024 | California Secretary of State’s Office to Host Inaugural Research Symposium on Voting and Elections |
| PR24-49 | 08/05/2024 | Secretary of State’s Office to Conduct Randomized Alphabet Drawing for November 5, 2024, General Election |
| PR24-48 | 08/01/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., invites Californians to Join Her in Celebrating National Poll Worker Recruitment Day |
| PR24-47 | 07/31/2024 | Registration is Open for the 2024 California Student Mock Election! |
| PR24-46 | 07/25/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber Ph.D., Statement Regarding Changes to Potential Presidential Nominees |
| PR24-45 | 07/23/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber Ph.D., Releases Statewide Voter Information Guide for Public Review |
| PR24-44 | 07/13/2024 | CA Secretary of State Issues Statement on Shooting Incident at Former President Trump's Event in Pennsylvania |
| PR24-42 | 07/03/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Assigns Numbers to November Ballot Measures, Invites Ballot Arguments |
| PR24-41 | 06/27/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley Weber Certifies Measures for the November 5, 2024, General Election Ballot |
| PR24-40 | 06/27/2024 | Proponent Withdraws Referendum for California's November 2024 Ballot |
| PR24-39 | 06/27/2024 | Proponent Withdraws Initiative for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0029A1) |
| PR24-38 | 06/27/2024 | Proponent Withdraws Initiative for California's November 2024 Ballot (21-0027) |
| PR24-37 | 06/27/2024 | Proponent Withdraws Initiative for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0022) |
| PR24-36 | 06/27/2024 | Proponent Withdraws Initiative for California's November 2024 Ballot (21-0022A1) |
| PR24-43 | 06/26/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Presented the John Lewis Youth Leadership Service Award to George Harris |
| PR24-35 | 06/21/2024 | New Measure Eligible for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0029A1) |
| PR24-34 | 06/18/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Commemorates Juneteenth |
| PR24-33 | 06/11/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Issues Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Reverend James Lawson |
| PR24-32 | 06/11/2024 | New Measure Eligible for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0017A1) |
| PR24-31 | 06/04/2024 | New Measure Eligible for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0024A1) |
| PR24-30 | 05/21/2024 | New Measure Eligible for California's November 2024 Ballot (23-0021A1) |
| PR24-29 | 05/20/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber Ph.D., and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Present High School Awards and Celebrate Future Voters |
| PR24-28 | 05/15/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., to Visit Alma Mater Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles |
| PR24-27 | 05/14/2024 | Fourth Apostille Pop-Up Event by California Secretary of State Serves Hundreds in San Diego |
| PR24-26 | 05/10/2024 | California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, PhD., issued the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s May Revise Proposal |
| PR24-25 | 05/08/2024 | New Measure Eligible for California's November 2024 Ballot |
| PR24-24 | 05/08/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with San Diego County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-23 | 04/24/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with Alameda County to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-22 | 04/16/2024 | California Secretary of State Weber and Superintendent Thurmond Kick Off High School Voter Education Weeks |
| PR24-21 | 04/15/2024 |
Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. and Attorney General Rob Bonta File Lawsuit to Challenge Voter ID Law September 2023 Letter to Huntington Beach |
| PR24-20 | 04/12/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. has certified the results of the California March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election |
| PR24-19 | 04/09/2024 | California Secretary of State Responds to Decision in Fong Congressional Candidacy Case |
| PR24-18 | 04/02/2024 | Secretary of State Weber Certifies Candidates for Congressional District 20 Special General Election |
| PR24-17 | 03/27/2024 | California State Archives Releases Video Resources on African American Genealogical Records Ahead of Family History Week |
| PR24-16 | 03/15/2024 | Family History Week Coming to Sacramento April 1-6 |
| PR24-15 | 03/08/2024 | State’s Top Election Official Reminds Californians What to Expect During Vote Count Process |
| PR24-14 | 03/01/2024 | California Secretary of State Releases February 20, 2024, Report of Registration |
| PR24-13 | 02/23/2024 | Secretary of State Releases List of Write-in Candidates for March Presidential Primary |
| PR24-12 | 02/21/2024 | California State Archives and Sacramento State University Present 'Struggles Against Injustice: A Historical Timeline of Reparations' Exhibit" |
| PR24-11 | 02/21/2024 | California State Archives Launches New “Stories of Service: California's Black Physicians” Exhibit |
| PR24-10 | 01/31/2024 | Secretary of State Weber Certifies Candidates for Congressional District 20 Special Primary Election |
| PR24-09 | 01/26/2024 | California Secretary of State Releases January 5, 2024, Report of Registration |
| PR24-08 | 01/26/2024 | Notice of Updated Ballot Designation |
| PR24-07 | 01/26/2024 | Secretary of State Weber Announces Results of Randomized Alphabet Drawing for the March 19, 2024, Congressional District 20 Special Primary Election |
| PR24-06 | 01/18/2024 | Secretary of State Weber Announces Results of Randomized Alphabet Drawing for the April 9, 2024, General Law City Elections |
| PR24-05 | 01/18/2024 | Secretary of State’s Office to Conduct Randomized Alphabet Drawing for March 19, 2024 Congressional District 20 Special Primary Election |
| PR24-04 | 01/17/2024 | Presumptively Dangerous Substance Found in California County Elections Office |
| PR24-03 | 01/12/2024 | Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom's 2024-25 State Budget Proposal |
| PR24-02 | 01/12/2024 | California Secretary of State's Office in Partnership with San Francisco to Host Apostille Pop-Up Shop |
| PR24-01 | 01/08/2024 | Secretary of State’s Office to Conduct Randomized Alphabet Drawing for April General Law City Elections |
| 23-0035 | 02/22/2024 | Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation |
| 23-0034 | 01/10/2024 | Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation |
| 23-0032 | 01/02/2024 | Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation |
| 23-0031 | 1/02/2024 | Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation |
| 23-0030 | 01/02/2024 | Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation |
