Hold it, folks, and stay with me as we take a look at our voting system, which seems to be missing a major component…promptness. Please write in and tell me in your own words why you think we should have to wait in curiosity and suspense for voting results. Sometimes for days and, in some … Read more
Closing out August, we are about to enter that 10-week surge until the November elections. Certainly, the national scene will be getting attention, but important to Santa Clara is the focus on local races impacting residents. Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal are up for city council reelection. In 2018, Hardy and Chahal led the initial … Read more
This week we received an electrocardiogram report from voters on the health of our state and nation. Voters will do their own evaluation on the condition of California and the country. Democrats dominate California and maintain a margin of 47%, compared to Republicans, who number only 24% of voters. In fact, there are more independents … Read more
This November, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters will run 13 congressional elections, 12 state elections, 17 municipal elections, 67 school community college board elections and 20 special district elections. That’s hundreds of different ballot permutations. Multiplied by five different languages, that’s more than one thousand unique ballots and voting guides. It’s all in … Read more
Corruption in Santa Clara politics — not a racial divide — is the main problem with elections in the City, a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee said. At a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night, Kevin Park told a group of 13 people who met at the Women’s Club Adobe that the … Read more