Monday, May 14, 2012
May 21 is deadline in San Diego County for registering to vote in the upcoming election.
San Diego County residents wanting to vote in the June 5 primary must register by May 21. If you’re not sure if you are registered, you can check your status online. This year’s ballot will feature open primaries, in which the top two vote-getters in state or federal races advance to the November election—no matter what party they represent. Citizens can register on the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters website or at one of the following locations: For more information, visit the Registrar of Voters website.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
City was 37.8 percent Democrat, 33.9 percent Republican and 22.4 percent unaffiliated on April 30.
La Mesa has a slightly higher percentage of Democratic voters than Republicans, according to voter registration data released this week. Affirming the city’s bipartisan status ahead of the June 5 primary election, the county Registrar of Voters Office said Democrats outnumbered the GOP here 11,520 to 10,332 as of April 30. With 30,7458 registered voters, La Mesa has 6,841 declining to identify themselves by any party. The next-biggest affiliation in La Mesa is the American Independent Party, with 1,053 members, say the figures (attached). Then come the Libertarian Party (245) and the Green Party (200). By percentage, the city is 37.8 percent Democrat, 33.9 percent Republican and 22.4 percent not listing a preference. In 2010, the U.S. …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Deadline for applying for an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. May 29, according to registrar’s office.
La Mesa residents who have registered as mail-in voters will soon receive their ballots for the June 5 primary election. According to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, an estimated 724,000 vote-by-mail ballots are being distributed in the county. Deadline for applying for a mail ballot—also called an absentee ballot—is 5 p.m. May 29. San Diego residents could elect a new mayor in June if one of the four major candidates—Councilman Carl DeMaio, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Rep. Bob Filner—receives more than 50 percent of the votes. Voters also will have the opportunity to decide two city propositions: Proposition A limits the number of Project Labor Agreements while Proposition B would replace …
U-T San Diego makes a big push for Carl DeMaio as San Diego mayor. Does it help or hurt?
As a policy, Patch does not endorse candidates in elections. But we back any effort to explore all sides of a race or ballot initiative. We have a standing invitation to all incumbents and office-seekers to blog on Patch—giving them direct, unfiltered access to their communities. But it’s traditional for newspapers to endorse candidates for local, state and national office. Locally, U-T San Diego on Sunday used a wrap-around of the front page to display its editorial backing of Carl DeMaio for San Diego mayor. In light of media fracturing—with many sources of news and opinion available—do newspaper endorsements still carry any weight? Do people take cues from the local metro daily or the free weeklies? Or are these efforts now meaningless?
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
County Registrar is asking for the public's help in June – and you get paid!
Submitted by County of San Diego Poll workers are still in demand for the June 5 Presidential Primary Election; especially those who are bilingual in Chinese, Filipino, Spanish and Vietnamese. Poll workers receive a stipend ranging from $75 to $175 depending on the assignment and those who are bilingual receive an additional $15 if they are assigned to provide language assistance to voters. Poll workers must be U.S. citizens, registered voters in the state of California and have transportation to their assigned polling location. Depending on the job assignment, they may also need access to the Internet to complete an online training and attend a two-hour class. The need is especially great in the neighborhoods listed below: English …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Ex-Fox News star backs Skyline Church senior pastor on taking election stands on Oct. 7.
Glenn Beck on Sunday urged America’s clergy to speak out politically from the pulpit even if it means breaking the law and losing their jobs. “Preachers, stand up! … The church is the key to keeping this ship … going the right way, using the stars and the heavens to navigate by,” Beck said at the second of two appearances at Skyline Church that was webcast via its website. “If you don’t stand up, we lose.” Morever, he said: "We won’t have a nation if the pulpit doesn’t start preaching the truth.” For his part, Beck said he lives with 13 to 15 “operative death threats” but would not be silenced. “There’s a lot of things I fear,” he told a 4 p.m. audience of about 1,000 in Rancho San Diego, including state Sen. Joel Anderson. “My greatest …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Terri Linnell, Connie Frankowiak, Michael Benoit and David Secor answered questions at a forum Wednesday night in Ramona.
Four candidates challenging incumbent Rep. Duncan D. Hunter in the new 50th Congressional District answered questions at a forum Wednesday night at the Ramona Library. Ramona Forum, a liberal progressive group, hosted the event. Candidates attending were Terri Linnell (Tea Party Republican of Ramona), Connie Frankowiak (Democrat from Julian), David Secor (Democrat of Crest) and Michael Benoit (Libertarian of Lakeside). Hunter didn’t attend. He earlier had sent a letter saying his schedule didn’t allow it. Linnell is a homemaker. Frankowiak and Benoit describe themselves as activists. Secor is retired from working for the Superior Court. Dave Patterson, president of Ramona Forum, moderated the event. About 15 people were in the audience. …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
California has long suffered irrelevance in the primary process. Can this be changed? How?
Now that Rick Santorum has dropped out of the GOP race, Mitt Romney is all but crowned as the party’s nominee. Back in January, the president of the California Republican Assembly spoke of the state’s stepchild status, telling the Sacramento Bee: “Sadly, we are irrelevant [in presidential politics]. Come June, there will be a nominee. We will not have been at the table.” Celeste Greig, the CRA leader, echoed the longtime gripe that California rarely has a hand in deciding presidential nominees—except for acting as their campaign ATM. The 2012 primary was moved to June as a result of Assembly Bill 80, which was sold as a cost savings. In earlier years, California presidential primaries were June 2 (1992), March 26 (1996), March 7 (2000), …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Republican’s Easter vacation in La Jolla sparked renewed debate over his show of affluence.
Mitt Romney and family played in the surf near their La Jolla home over the Easter weekend, prompting renewed scrutiny of his wealthy lifestyle. On Monday, the Obama administration signaled that Romney's 13.9 percent tax bracket in 2010 would become a 2012 issue. The president’s campaign also is making an issue of Romney's Swiss bank account. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has been quoted as saying:“When is the last time a presidential candidate for the United States had a Swiss bank account? I think the answer is never.” Does Romney's wealth help or hurt him as a presidential candidate?
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Republican assemblyman stuns local politics with decision to become an independent.
Sometime after 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nathan Fletcher tweeted at @Fletcher2012: “Today, @NathanFletcher is announcing his decision to leave the GOP to re-register as an independent. Video message: http://ow.ly/9VLoI” For more on Fletcher from his news conference. His 6-minute YouTube video (attached) gave several reasons, but many in San Diego—and across the state—may beg to differ. Was this an attention-grabbing ploy in the closely fought San Diego mayoral race? Or is Assemblyman Fletcher looking ahead to November, when some observers think Republicans could suffer a landslide defeat in the presidential election? Tell us in the comments.
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