You just have to ask. More than that, you want an answer that is more than the double talk that spills off the lips of officials like syrup from a bottle. The question is: “Why does it take days or even weeks to calculate the elected winner of a public election?” It’s not just national … Read more
Earlier this month there was a flurry of consternation when a council member’s ballot was rejected because of a signature discrepancy, and mutterings about partisans trying to subvert democracy started circulating. Not to worry. First, if your ballot has been “challenged,” the county Registrar of Voters (ROV) will get in touch with you immediately so … Read more
Less than a month ago, the Santa Clara City Council removed a planning commissioner shortly after appointing him, saying a discrepancy regarding his address on the application to the commission was “misleading.” The Council majority found it fishy that the commissioner, Ron Patrick, listed his Santa Clara business, a test equipment and systems manufacturing company … Read more
Mayor Lisa Gillmor may have many shortcomings, but one of them isn’t a lack of imagination. Unable to get the City’s actual voters behind her agenda, she and her allies have invented a whole new class of voters in Santa Clara elections — voters who don’t live here. It’s a bold move that would earn … 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