Sample Ballot Complaint Filed Against Gregory Diaz in 2014 Primary Election

Once again, Nevada County has finished an election, and once again, the election code is violated.

"[W]e have confirmed reports of voters in Nevada County that the ballot order on precinct ballots for a number of offices, including federal/state/local offices, differ from the ballot order for these offices in the sample ballots issued by your office to voters. We have confirmed these discrepancies in over a dozen precincts. Your office confirmed this was a problem in 27 precincts (These precinct numbers are on Attachment A under BT8). The County stated they had not had an opportunity to check if other precincts were experiencing this same problem. Observed variations include at least one or more offices on regular precinct ballots provided to voters in these precincts. Your office has acknowledged these discrepancies."

"The discrepancies violate Elections Code section 13112 which specifies that the ballot order shall be determined by the random selection process provided in that statute. These discrepancies may affect the outcomes of races in which the ballot order discrepancies have occurred."

The entire complaint can be read on Yubanet. In his response to the complaint and while being interviewed by KNCO, Gregory Diaz reluctantly admits that "there is a possibility that some people could have mis-voted."

The trials and tribulations of the elections office under the absent leadership of Greg Diaz has been widely documented by respectable media sources in the community including here.

The saga that is Gregory Diaz continues...