"Nevada County Ballots and Sample Booklets - What really happened?" - Yubanet

Pascale Fusshoeller, YubaNet, wrote this balanced article today. I was going to write something about the inconsistencies among statements to the Court during the Measure S hearings and statements to the public in connection with multiple delays in getting voting information to folks. That said, Pascale says it better than I would have and in less time!

"A news release, sent late this afternoon by Nevada County's Clerk-Recorder appears to contain several inaccuracies and statements contradicting earlier explanations, possibly even omissions in declarations made to the court. At issue is the delay in mailing the vote by mail ballots and the sample ballot booklets for the November 4th election."

This rest of this fair and balanced article on Yubanet is here.

This morning, The Union also did a balanced article on the election debacle.

"'I’m very concerned about the integrity of the voting process,' Lamphier said in a statement issued Monday. 'People need to have confidence in government and this kind of thing hurts us all. Candidates spend thousands of dollars to have a timely official candidacy statement before the voters to help them make informed choices before they vote,' he added."

 

"'There is also the issue of candidate mailers sent to voters to coincide with ballot mailings,' he said. 'These also cost thousands of dollars. With local elections often very close, these kinds of mistakes can make all the difference in who gets elected or how people vote on ballot measures,' Lamphier said.'"

 

The rest of the article in The Union is here.