How We Made the Expanded KQED California Voter Guide 

KQED’s award-winning voter guide is back — this year with information on every race in the Bay Area.

KQED staffers are committed to making information about the election easy to understand, accessible and free for the public. We have a team of about 100 reporters, editors and producers working to inform you about the measures and candidates you’ll vote on in the 2024 November general election.

The KQED Voter Guide continues to serve you information about California-wide contests, including the 10 state ballot propositions and the U.S. Senate race.

Plus, we are also including every local election in all nine Bay Area counties for the first time. That means we have information about every controversial measure, every school board race, every city or town council race and every local supervisorial and legislative race to help you become a better-informed voter.

The KQED team has been listening to your feedback. And we are now covering all local elections because you told us you want more details about local measures and contests for which reliable information can be difficult to find.

We adhere to KQED’s code of ethics, which means our news staff are prohibited from contributing to electoral candidates or campaigns in any way. Why? Because we are committed to ensuring there are no conflicts of interest in the information we bring to you.

This voter guide takes about six months to create but builds on the work we do every election. Our team fanned out across the Bay Area to interview candidates and gather documents filed with each county’s elections office. We then worked to make the information that appeared in the voter guide relevant and easy to use.

However, you’ll see in some local races, there are no candidate statements. That’s because local elections officials are still processing some statements, or the candidate didn’t reply to our interview request in time. As we continue covering every race in the nine counties, we hope to hear more from everyone in our local communities.

And once polls are closed on election night, be sure to come back to KQED.org so you can see real-time results and find out which candidates won and which measures passed.