Alameda County votes to lobby for all-mail election, joined by others

[Kadie]

Alameda County votes to lobby for all-mail election, joined by others

Wednesday, January 11, 2006


(01-11) 10:40 PST Oakland, Calif. (AP) --


At least a dozen counties in Northern California have signaled an interest in joining Alameda County in pushing for an entirely vote-by-mail primary election in June, officials said.


Alameda County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to lobby for an all-mail election as a way of avoiding vote-counting problems with some electronic voting systems.


Following the vote, elections officials in at least 12 counties including San Mateo, Marin, Solano and Sonoma indicated they might want to join Alameda County's push for emergency legislation for the same reason.


But the effort could face significant opposition from lawmakers in Sacramento, who last year rejected six counties' efforts to get an all-mail election.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/11/state/n104054S84.DTL

[msongs]

1. that way ALL election problems can be hidden or blamed on the

post office. I think people ought to show up to vote in person, and we need election day holidays to help make this possible.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm