Hopefully, the headline caught your attention. That?s the purpose of headlines! I trust that we will all be well prepared voters on November 5. It will take time and understanding in order to become a fully prepared voter. The following are some suggestions ? not on how to vote ? but on how to prepare to vote.
San Mateo County registered voters receive two documents that are vital to understanding the issues in the election. The first is the State General Election Official Voter Information Guide.
The State Information contains arguments for and against State Propositions 46 thru 52. Page 36 of the Guide is An Overview of State Bond Debt and is essential reading before voting on Propositions 46, 47, and 50, which are General Obligation Bond Measures.
State elected offices and candidates for those offices are covered in pages 37 thru 55. Pages 56 and 57 inform you of the role of, election process for, and qualification of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. The remainder of the Guide lists County Election Officials and the Text of Proposed Laws, i.e. the State Propositions.
The San Mateo County Voter Information Pamphlet includes an eight-page, trilingual, Sample Ballot. The San Mateo Pamphlet provides Legislative Candidate Statements on pages 4 thru 7. Pages 8 thru 10 provide arguments for and against the San Mateo Union High School District Measure C.
The eight-page Sample Ballot should be pulled out, as suggested, in order to be read properly. The pages are numbered. Page 1A includes all State Administrative Offices and candidate statements. Page 1D, left column, contains Federal and State Legislative Offices and candidate statements, while the center and right columns are for Judicial Offices.
Justices are all seated and your vote is one of confidence or lack of confidence. (Statements or judicial decision history of Justices are not provided in any voter document). Page 2K continues Judicial Offices in the left column. The Center column covers the County Superintendent of Education and the Harbor District Offices. The right column are your Hospital District Office candidates.
Half of Foster City is in the Sequoia Hospital District, and the other half of our City is in the Mills-Peninsula Hospital District. State Propositions 46-52 are listed on page 2AP. Page 3A contains the only local proposition, Measure C. Page 3J is intentionally (and mercifully) left blank. The prepared voter will read all material carefully, then complete the Sample Ballot before actually voting.
I hope you join me in voting ON every office, proposition, and measure. How you vote is your right and duty. I am very strongly opposed to Proposition 52, which is Voting Day voter registration ? how can anyone be prepared to vote without the complete information described above.
I very strongly support Measure C, which is unanimously supported by your Foster City City Council.
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