Comments on: CD10: Sept. 1 election nuts and bolts

By: Allen Payton

Allen Payton — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:40:15 +0000

As for registering where you work, I was told about that years ago. That’s wrong. I looked up on the Sec’ty of State’s website. Here’s what it states:
“Your voter registration should always reflect your current residence. However, if you have moved from your home into a temporary residence that you do not intend to use as your permanent residence, you can continue to use your prior permanent residence where you were previously registered to vote as your address for the purpose of voting.”

By: Allen Payton

Allen Payton — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:35:26 +0000

Arne, I’m well aware it’s not a Constitutional or legal requirement for a candidate for Congress to live in the district in which they’re running. There are legal requirements, then there are expectations and assumptions. The voting public expects and assumes the candidate lives in and knows the district they want to represent.
Here’s a perfect example: had Garamendi and his people knew our district, they would have never used the photo of him with you and Kay Power – both Republicans not supporting him, one of them (you) being a recent elected official – in his materials.

By: Tom K

Tom K — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:41:26 +0000

Arne is correct as is usually the case. Allen, where did you get the idea that you can register where you work?

Also, on the carpetbagger issue, who cares? Is this remotely as important as the state budget, health care, the wars in the middle east or our economy?

By: Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:13:55 +0000

I appears as if Rich and Allen want to change the US Constitution.

Read it guys – a candidate for Congress only needs to live in the State; not the district.

By: Allen Payton

Allen Payton — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:18:43 +0000

Rich,
Or you can be registered to vote where you work. But, Garamendi works in Sacramento, so that doesn’t work for him, either.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:36:10 +0000

Garamendi is not going to be able to vote in this election. You have to live in the district and be a registered voter in the district, which counts out Garamendi. He will be voting, I assume, in the Central Valley, which has been his longtime voting precinct. Where in the central valley, I am not sure. The Times reported Garamendi lives in a place called Walnut Grove, but another Times reporter listed Elk Grove as his hometown. Garamendi has such weak ties to CD 10 even the Times reporter are vauge about where he lives.
So which part of the central valley Garamendi lives in, is unclear, at least to me. Also, Garamendi could vote in Calaveras county, which is the place where he spends a lot of time riding his horses, when he isn’t campaigning in LA for Governor (four failed campaigns for Governor by Garamendi). I myself am voting for State Senator DeSaulnier, he’s a 30 year resident of our county, a fighter for working famlies, and he will not be an absentee Congressman, like Garamendi will be, if he were to be elected. We don’t need a Congressman who rides horses in Calaveras county most of the time, or spends all his time running for Governor in LA. We need a guy that will be there for his constituents here in our county, and Mark DeSaulnier is that kind of politician. He has served us well as a Mayor, a Supervisor, an Assemblyman and a as a State Senator. Go Mark!

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:16:43 +0000

Agreed. Maybe some of the $$ saved by not having polling places could be used to provide free postage on ballots.

By: bernie quigley

bernie quigley — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:34:46 +0000

what a waste of county money. everyone who is interested has voted by mail. some, maybe most, of these polling places will get only a handful of voters. It’s time to go all-mail. Oregon has done it for years.