When it come to voting in California, convicted felons on parole are not allowed to to cast ballots under current state law. But, if voters approve Proposition 17 on the November ballot, felons on parole will be allowed to vote. Shay Franco Clausen, campaign manager for “Yes on 17″and others who support the measure, say
Continue Reading On university campuses, in public sector jobs, and government contracting, the policy called “affirmative action” could be coming back in California if voters approve Proposition 16. It would clear the way to for state and local governments, universities, and other public entities to grant preferences based on race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin. Ward
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All registered voters in California will be getting a vote-by-mail ballot for this November’s election. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that sending ballots to everyone, even those who don’t request them, will lead to wide-spread fraud. But, millions of people were already voting by mail in California. “Riverside County is already at 75 percent vote-by-mail
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The Palm Springs City Council unanimously voted to hold the election for the District 5 council seat. Councilmembers considered canceling the election as District 5 Councilmember Lisa Middleton is running unopposed. State law would’ve allowed councilmembers to appoint Middleton as councilmember for another four-year term. Riverside County estimates that the election would cost approximately $22,000
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The Riverside County Registrar of Voters released details on the new election model for the upcoming November elections. According to the Registrar’s office, there will be 80 secure Ballot Drop-Offlocations across the county that will be available starting on Oct. 5. There will also be nearly 120 Voter Assistance Centers throughout RiversideCounty. Residents will be
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One of the Palm Springs District elections may not be held this year. Councilmember Lisa Middleton is running unopposed in the race for the District 5 council seat. Click the photo to find your district The city council will vote on whether or not to cancel the election, which according to the city attorney, is
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Former Senator and Coachella Valley resident Barbara Boxer spoke one-on-one with News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia about Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running pate. Boxer represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2017. She did not seek reelection in 2016 and was succeeded by Harris. “I think this ticket,
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Just days after her victory in a special election to fill 28th State Senate, Republican Melissa Melendez was sworn-in to office. Melendez was sworn-in Monday morning by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at the state capitol building in Sacramento. Senator-elect Melissa Melendez, with her husband Nico Melendez at her side, is sworn into office by Riverside
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The second batch of results for the special election to fill the 28th State Senate election have come in. Over 18,000 additional ballots were counted on Friday May 15. The second results showed that Republican Melissa Melendez remains in the lead by over 20,000 votes compared to Democrat Elizabeth Romero. Semi-official results as of 5/15/2020
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Tuesday is election day for people registered to vote in the 28th senate district mail ballot election. As of 5/11/2020 a total of 499,942 ballots have been issued and 159,835 have been returned, according to the registrar. Given the circumstances, there are no traditional polling places open. This election is being conducted primarily by mail. The registrar is asking
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A special election next Tuesday, May 12 will decide who will represent the 28th district in the state senate in Sacramento. Democrat Elizabeth Romero, who is a Riverside County Board of Education Member, is facing Republican Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez in the run off election. Both candidates say coronavirus has redefined the election. “I’ve never been
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Voters are beginning to receive their mail-in-ballots for the State Senate 28th District special election. Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order back on March 20 that all voters receive vote-by-mail ballots for the two upcoming special elections being held on May 12, 2020, which are the 28th State Senate District and the Congressional District
Continue Reading The first batch of results in the Rancho Mirage City Council has been released and both incumbents are in the lead. Councilmember Ted Weill is the highest vote-getter so far with 3,690. Trailing Weill with 3,214 votes is Councilmember Richard W. Kite. Maggie Lockridge comes in third with 1,885 votes. Stephen Jaffe is not far
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Senator Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday Morning that he is suspending his campaign for president, after falling behind former Vice President Joe Biden in recent primary contests. Sanders had a strong finish in early primaries, winning in New Hampshire and Nevada, but faltered after the Super Tuesday primaries. Many of his former opponents have endorsed Biden.
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Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that will see all voters receive vote-by-mail ballots for the May 12th special election for the 28th Senate District (filling the seat left empty by Jeff Stone – R ) and Congressional District 25. It appears the two candidates set for the 28th Senate District appear to be Republican
Continue Reading The county registrars office has called several of the local races. Click here for live updates on our local elections State Assembly 42nd District With 284 PF 397 (72%) of precincts reporting Incumbent Chad Mayes leads with 26,409 votes. Republican Andrew F. Kotyuk trails with 26,204 votes. Democrat DeniAntionette Mazingo comes in third with 22,941
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CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS FOR OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS Your browser does not support the iframe HTML tag. Try viewing this in a modern browser like Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Internet Explorer 9 or later. Keep an eye on elections for U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. State Governors across the nation.
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The 42nd district state assembly primary is an interesting showdown between a Republican, a Democrat, and a very notable No Party Preference. The incumbent is former Republican Chad Mayes who changed his affiliation. Mayes says, “We’re running a little experiment, we’ll see how it turns out.” Republican and current Mayor of San Jacinto, Andrew Kotyuk,
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