Newest articles on The Sacramento Press tagged as "election day"

Providing pets to politically conscious locals

2012-11-07T00:29:36Z

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.

2012 Elections: Important dates and details

2012-03-08T02:14:41Z

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 District 4 – have announced they will not seek re-election.

Friday is also the deadline to file all resolutions, measures or initiatives with the county elections clerk.

What about the money?
According to the County Elections Office, every candidate must file a financial statement disclosing investments, property and any income received during the immediately preceding 12 months.

For the June primaries, the deadline to file all financial disclosures is Friday.

In addition to the initial financial statements, candidates must submit campaign disclosure statements to the city clerk.

Campaign disclosure statements give detailed reporting of all campaign spending and contributions received. The disclosures must be made twice before the election: March 22 and May 24.

Campaign donation disclosure is the responsibility of the candidates and their committees, not the donors.

Getting ready to vote
Registering to vote requires completing a one-page form, which can be found at any Department of Motor Vehicles office or any post office or online HERE.

The last day for voters to register to vote in the June 5 primary election is May 21.

Some voters prefer to vote by mail instead of heading to the polls on election day. The first day that vote-by-mail voting is allowed is May 7, and mail-in ballots can be sent to the elections office until the polls close on election day.

Voters who want to mail in their ballots have until May 29 to request a vote-by-mail ballot from the county elections clerk.

Election rules allow the elections clerk to begin processing mail-in ballots as early as May 25.

Sample ballots are mailed to registered voters between April 26 and May 15.

See you at the polls!
Election Day is June 5, and polls open at 7 a.m. Designated polling places are listed on the back of each voter’s sample ballot, or voters can contact the County Office of Elections to find their designated polling places.

Polls close at 8 p.m. on election day.

The Sacramento Press will have team coverage of the June primary elections, and members of the community are encouraged to join the conversation as election night progresses.

TIMELINE:
March 8 9 – Candidacy paper deadline (districts 6 and 8 and mayor)
March 8 9 – Deadline to file candidate financial statement
March 14 – Candidacy paper deadline (districts 2 and 4)
March 22 – Candidates’ first campaign disclosure statement due
April 16 – Sample ballots sent to registered voters
May 7 – First day to vote by mail
May 21 – Last day to register to vote for June primaries
May 24 – Candidates’ second campaign disclosure statement due
May 25 – Election clerk starts processing mail-in ballots
May 29 – Last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot
June 5 – Election day. Polls close at 8 p.m.

Editorial Note: Corrections were made to this article after it was published. The incorrect information was struck out and the correct information added.

News Release: Election Day reminders

2010-11-02T02:00:01Z

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 ballot will be counted after the elections office has confirmed that you are registered to vote and you did not already vote elsewhere in the election.

Even vote-by-mail ballots must be turned in by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Postmarks do not count. Drop off your vote-by-mail ballot at any polling place in Sacramento County or at the Elections Office, 7000 65th St., Sacramento.

Locate your polling place by typing in your address at http://www.pollingplacelookup.saccounty.net/ or by calling the automated polling place lookup at (916) 875-6500.

Photo by Suzanne Hurt.

Correction: Vote for Community!

2010-11-02T00:58:36Z

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 school board candidates reside.
We have a chance on Nov. 2 to create real community in Sacramento. Three people running for the Sacramento City Unified school board can make the difference. They need your support.

Ellyne Bell (Area 1), Jeff Cuneo (Area 2) and Darrel Woo (Area 6) are determined to continue the great leadership of the school district that is serving a majority of our community.

Nothing is more important to Sacramento's future than the education of our youngest citizens -- our children. As it stands, the Sacramento City school district is governed for the benefit of the community.

That's why our schools are keeping pace with progressive districts in the nation. And that's why parents who can get their kids in West High School, Sutter Middle School and Golden Empire Elementary School.

Bell , Cuneo and Woo will change the focus of leadership at Sac City, and make community the focus of our kid’s education.

Bell , Cuneo and Woo will bring community to city schools, giving parents voices and helping great teachers and administrators continue to improve Sac City schools.

You know why it's important to vote on on Election Day. But this time, your vote is more important than ever. The city's future and the future of our children is depending on your vote.

- Kevin

Of Course Mayor Johnson did not say exactly what is written above, this is a joke. But the election tomorrow is not a JOKE,

Vote for Community!

District 1: New vote tallies still don't reveal winner

2010-06-12T03:01:42Z

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, Ashby now has 51.49 percent of the vote. Tretheway is at 41.29 percent, with 4,335 votes.

Ashby gained 1,095 more votes in the last few days of counting, while Tretheway garnered an additional 822. The total votes that have been counted in District 1 are 10,498. A candidate needs 50 percent of the vote plus one to win a City Council race.

“It looks like we’ve increased our lead, which is good news,” Ashby campaign manager Jesus Arredondo said Friday afternoon. But the Ashby campaign is not declaring that she won the race.

“In deference to a 10-year councilman, we want to make sure it’s official,” Arredondo said. Tretheway was not immediately available Friday afternoon. North and South Natomas and downtown’s Alkali Flat are part of District 1.

Assistant City Clerk Stephanie Mizuno said the updated tallies show that runoffs are still likely in Districts 5 and 7. The new vote tallies showed that District 7 candidate Ryan Chin — taking 38 percent of the vote — has retained his small lead over Darrell Fong, who has 32 percent. The Pocket/Greenhaven and Valley Hi neighborhoods are in District 7.

In the District 5 race, Jay Schenirer now has 47 percent of the vote, while Patrick Kennedy has 34 percent. District 5 includes Oak Park and Curtis Park.

Photo of Tretheway by Suzanne Hurt. Photo of Ashby campaign materials by Maxwell McKee.

Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.

Local Civil Rights Group On Watch Today

2009-11-03T15:59:29Z

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 most important battleground for supporters of is in the state of Maine. Mainers will be the first in any state with the chance to repeal or uphold a law passed by their state Legislature and signed by their governor, legalizing same-sex marriages. The ballot measure, Question One, results from Maine’s provision for a “people’s veto”, which means any newly passed law can be subject to repeal by voters if enough signatures can be obtained to trigger a referendum. Last minute polls indicate that support of same-sex marriage is squeaking ahead but it is still too close to call.

The state of Washington is a voting mail-in state so while their Referindom 71 has already been decided, the results will not be in until later today. Referindom 71 would expand the rights, responsibilities, and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses, except that a domestic partnership is not a marriage. The bill reads that same-sex couples, or any couple that includes one person age sixty-two or older, may register as a domestic partnership with the state. Registered domestic partnerships are not marriages, and marriage is prohibited except between one man and one woman. This bill would expand the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of registered domestic partners and their families to include all rights, responsibilities, and obligations granted by or imposed by state law on married couples and their families.

Today the citizens of Kalamazoo Mishigan will be voting on the Kalamazoo “Non-Discrimination Ordinance”. The City Commission passed the inclusive non-discrimination ordinance on June 29 after five public forums were held to hear comments about the ordinance. The final ordinance, which simply adjusts current employment and housing/accommodations law to protect gay and transgender people as it currently protects people based on race, gender, and religion, includes revisions proposed during the public forums. If passed, the city ordinance could be a template other cities could adopt in the future.

All three elections may or may not have an impact close to home here in California. In any case gay and civil rights activists across the state have already been actively supporting the three other elections by fundraising, phone banking, and as with the all important Maine vote, sending trained organizers to key cities to lend support on the ground. This is a good indication that activism is growing and many individual organizations, big and small are pooling their resources to support common issues.

Here in Sacramento, Tina Reynolds, fresh from attending the National Equality March in Washington DC is reflective and defiant saying,“November 4 will be the one year anniversary when California’s LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transsexual, Questioning, Intersex) community lost our equality and it will be the day after the vote in Maine, Washington and Kalamazoo. We will stand on our own state capitol steps in solidarity with our brothers and sisters fighting for their civil rights everywhere. We will celebrate with them or join arms and continue to gain strength to fight on a national level with them!”

Whatever the outcome in other states, it is likely that California will continue to be an important battleground for gay rights and same-sex marriage.