http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/05/30/election-chief-predicts-record-low-turnout-tuesday/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Sun, 19 May 2013 05:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/05/30/election-chief-predicts-record-low-turnout-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Jason Bezis Sat, 31 May 2008 01:28:13 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/05/30/election-chief-predicts-record-low-turnout-tuesday/#comment-1475 The Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters, along with similar offices across California, need to change the way that write-in candidate lists are distributed. I believe that a write-in vote is not valid unless the particular candidate has registered as a write-in candidate. (A write-in candidacy is how Jerry McNerney qualified for the November 2004 ballot when he first challenged Rep. Richard Pombo.) Supposedly the write-in candidate list is available at polling places, but it must be a secret where it is available. The write-in candidate list should be placed on the Registrar’s website so that vote-by-mail voters can see it.

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/05/30/election-chief-predicts-record-low-turnout-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Jason Bezis Sat, 31 May 2008 01:28:13 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/05/30/election-chief-predicts-record-low-turnout-tuesday/#comment-1476 The Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters, along with similar offices across California, need to change the way that write-in candidate lists are distributed. I believe that a write-in vote is not valid unless the particular candidate has registered as a write-in candidate. (A write-in candidacy is how Jerry McNerney qualified for the November 2004 ballot when he first challenged Rep. Richard Pombo.) Supposedly the write-in candidate list is available at polling places, but it must be a secret where it is available. The write-in candidate list should be placed on the Registrar’s website so that vote-by-mail voters can see it.

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