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If you are registered to vote in California, today is the day that you need to head to the polls to do that! If you are an absentee voter and haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, you must bring it to the polls TODAY, as they must all be received within 3 days of the polls closing– and if you mail it today, it likely won’t get there in time! Polls close at 8pm today.
If you are registered Democrat or “No Party Preference”, then your vote will finally have a chance of counting in California– normally presidential nominee elections are already decided by the time California votes, but this year the race appears to be quite close between Bernie and Hillary– so make sure your voice is heard!
IMPORTANT: If you are registered as “No Party Preference”, you can vote in the Democratic Primary! Just tell the poll worker that you are registered as “No Party Preference” and that you want a “Democratic Crossover Ballot”!
1) If you are not registered to vote or have recently moved, it is too late for June, but you can still make it for November! You can do that here: https://covr.sos.ca.gov/?language=en-US — California is one of the few states that allows you to register completely online– take advantage of it!
2) Not sure if you’ve already registered, or if you’ve re-registered since your last move? Verify it, here: https://www.ocvote.com/registration/verify-your-voter-registration/
3) You can find your polling station, here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place/?polling-location
Note that today’s election is the primary election, meaning that it is used for County-level and above (state, federal/presidential).
The “big” election is not scheduled until Tuesday, November 8th, 2016. This is when you will be voting on the president (not just your party’s nominee for president), and also when you’ll have an opportunity to vote for local offices (including voting for me in the city council race!)
Many people ask me who I am voting for. I only vote for people that I know personally and have full confidence in. With the exception of Karen Schatzle (who I have only met a few times and barely know) all of these people listed below I know personally AND are fantastic. Why would I be endorsing Miss Schatzle if I barely know her? Because she seems fantastic. Also: her married opponent for the office of Judge has admitted to using taxpayer money to have sexual relationships with staffers– inside his chambers. While on the clock. And then promoting those employees. Seriously. He’s got to go. Vote Schatzle– she is highly qualified– and is certainly far better than the person in there today.
+ Re-elect State Senator John M.W. Moorlach; he is the state senator that dragged Orange County out of bankruptcy. There is absolutely no excuse not to vote for this accountant to continue his job as our State Senator.
+ Re-Elect Assemblyman Matthew Harper; he is doing a great job, and I agree with 98% of the things he is doing. He deserves re-election.
+ Elect Karen Lee Schatzle for Superior Court Judge #49. Her opponent cheated on his wife inside his office with multiple of his employees while both he and the employees were on taxpayer time. That’s as good as stealing. People make mistakes and perhaps in any other field this would be able to be worked through, but we are talking about a judge who repeatedly violated the trust of the person who he swore to protect, did so with employees who he swore to mentor, and did so on the taxpayer dime. I’ve met Karen on several occasions, and if we don’t replace him with her, we’re missing out on a good judge, and stuck with a bad one.
+ Vote YES on Ballot Measure B; a fiscally responsible ballot measure which requires all new items being voted on to also include a fiscal impact study. In the real world this is referred to as knowing how much something will cost before buying it– a GOOD idea!
– Vote NO on Suspension of Legislators; this may sound like a good idea, but in reality this will inevitably be used as a political weapon against “unfavorites”. While California is a legislative disaster area, we don’t have cases often enough which require legislators to be suspended. This is not needed.
If you are a registered Republican and voting on the Republican Central Committee, then I recommend TJ Fuentes, Rhonda Rohrabacher, Cari Swan, and Carol Woodworth. There are other good people running too, but these four are the stand-outs that I can really get behind and endorse.
