The net effect has seen a flood of glossy mailers in local mailboxes from independent groups backing and attacking various candidates. Some primary results will award seats.
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State Senate District 3: Three Democrats – Napa Assemblyman Bill Dodd, former Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada of Davis and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Gabe Griess of Vacaville – face off, along with Dixon Republican Greg Coppes. A qualifying candidate is one who has at least the number of votes as signatures needed for a petition in the Primary, has the highest number of votes and accepts the nomination by signing a Certificate of Acceptance and Oath of Allegiance in the municipal clerk’s office within seven days, according to County Clerk Rita Fulginiti.
While it is true that the Democrats for Princeton Council are likely to run unopposed in the November general election, there are a few scenarios in which they could in fact face opponents in the fall.
Democrats will be picking their candidate for U.S. Senate, but the party allows all voters to participate. The state’s six Democratic superdelegates have said they will commit to a candidate after Tuesday’s election.
First-time voter Alex Moreland said she wasn’t surprised by the record number of registered voters. “We have had some questions about that”.
The leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties say they think the contested primaries are good because they show a lot of interest among candidates.
Thanks to the state’s “jungle primary” where the top two vote-getting candidates regardless of party advance to the general election, the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen.
Tuesday is California’s primary Election Day. “It doesn’t bind them to anything”.
The potentially confusing system prompted a lawsuit by Sanders supporters who argued that election officials were depriving unaffiliated voters of their right to cast ballots.
After the initial batches of mail ballots are sent out, counties are providing locations where people can register to vote, update their registration information, get replacement ballots, drop off voted ballots, or vote in person. We processed 943 people through there in 2012 but we have double our work staff back there, so we have gone from 4 computers to 8.
Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Voters will need a photo ID. “When latearriving judges did appear, the day’s experience demonstrated a lack of practical training among many new and even experienced judges, all faced with new paper ballots, new protocols for recording them, and a rash of somehow inaccurate party affiliation records for longtime voters”.
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House District 10 extends from parts of northeastern Boulder into the unincorporated Valmont and Gunbarrel areas of the county. The victor gets Democrat Fran Person and Rudy Barnes, Jr. with the American Party in November. The primary victor may get a challenge from petition candidate Michael Scurlock in November, if he collects enough signatures.
