The City of Sacramento's Front Street Shelter wants you to get out and vote today - so much so that their staff is willing to bribe you with discount "demi-cats" and "re-puppy-cans." Starting Wednesday Front Street Shelter will honor "I Voted" stickers with a fifty-percent discount on the pet of your choice.  Their "I Voted" pet adoption project will extend through November 14. Okay, so what you are waiting for?  Get to the polls!  Geez, there are kittens on the line here, people.  Kittens.   [ View the story "Pets get voting fever in Sacramento" on Storify]

Part of gearing up for elections is knowing what to expect – and when. Here is a quick overview of important dates and details leading up to the Sacramento City Council elections in June. Who’s running? For 2012, the races are for council districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 and mayor. All people interested in running for office in districts 6 and 8 have until Thursday Friday to turn in their candidacy forms to the city clerk’s office. The city clerk's business hours are Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closed Fridays. Candidates for districts 2 and 4 have until March 14 to turn in their forms because the incumbents for those districts – Sandy Sheedy for District 2 and Rob Fong for Distr

Sacramento County's Voter Registration and Elections Department sent the following news release on Monday: Sacramento County Registrar of Voters Jill LaVine wants to give voters some last minute reminders and tips that can make your trip to the polls go a little smoother on Election Day. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mark your choices in your Sample Ballot Booklet ahead of time and take with you into the voting booth. If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask a poll worker for a new ballot. If you are in line when the polls close, you will be allowed to vote. Can’t make it to your polling place or your name is not on the list? Ask to vote by provisional ballot. The provisional

Dear Mr. Mayor, I know that you have been busy with the election and all, and then the wedding plans, and  finding a place for Sacramento’s homeless, and keeping the Kings in town, the rail yard deal,etc. etc. etc. But Dude; you gotta proof read the emails your vast media machine puts out. They got some of it wrong. I did a quick Big Education Ape touchup: what do you think? your pal, Mike Correction: Vote for  Community! Dear Neighbor, This email isn't going to bore you with the standard "here's why Election Day is important to democracy" lecture. If you're reading this, you know Election Day matters. What you may not know is why Tuesday means so much down the ticket -- where the sch

The waiting game for the District 1 City Council race continues. The Sacramento County elections office released new vote tallies Friday afternoon, and has counted about 35,000 of the roughly 86,000 that remained after Election Day. However, the new ballots still don’t definitively show whether Natomas activist Angelique Ashby has won the District 1 seat, or if she will compete in a runoff in November with incumbent City Councilman Ray Tretheway. The county elections staff still needs to count more than 51,000 ballots. Voters cast ballots for many state and local candidates Tuesday, so it’s unknown how many of the 51,000 ballots include votes for the City Council races. With 5,405 votes

Sacramento, CA – Today is election day across the nation and members of Equality Action Now, a local volunteer grassroots organization are watching three key areas who’s outcome could impact the struggle of the LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transsexual, Questioning, Intersex) community here in California. While Tina Reynolds, co-founder of Equality Action Now, and her army of volunteers are preparing for tomorrow’s “One Year Ago” rally and march at the state capitol to call attention to California’s gay community and their own struggle to overturn Prop 8, they will be paying close attention to elections in the states of Maine, Washington, and the city of Kalamazoo Michigan. The first and mos