Voting is Easy. It’s finding Voter Information that’s hard. You know I’m right. Walking into a voting booth and darkening some circles or punching some holes or pulling a lever (more like touching a screen) is not rocket science. The problem is knowing what choices you’ll need to make. Now, the Presidential race is one…
340,675 Vote by Mail Ballots from the June 7 election are still being counted. According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, as of June 8, there are also 251,894 Provisional and 23,487 other ballots for a total of 616,056 ballots outstanding. In our Long Beach Vote 2016 project with California State University, Long Beach,…
There was a victory party on election night for Mayor Robert Garcia on Measures A and B. Supporters clapped and cheered at the Maya Hotel when it became obvious that Long Beach voters had approved the two measures. Mayor Robert Garcia on Measures A and B Then, it was time to hear the victory speech…
The PalacioMagazine.com joined forces earlier this year with the Political Science class of Professor Som Chounlamountry at California State University, Long Beach to launch the Long Beach Vote 2016 class project Long Beach Vote 2016. One of the goals of Long Beach Vote 2016 class project was to explore the reasons eligible Long Beach voters do or do…
It’s not so much a plea as a statement. You must vote on Long Beach Election Day if you are a registered Long Beach voter. Okay, you don’t HAVE to. No one is going to arrest you if you don’t. They will not take back your right to vote. It’s just that you have this very…
The City of Long Beach has a shopping list of public safety and infrastructure needs, that they say, would be addressed by passage of Measures A and B. At a recent DeForest Park Neighborhood Association community meeting on Measures A and B, I didn’t hear many questioning that list. The bigger question was whether voters they…
The June 7 ballot should be in the hands of most Long Beach voters who signed up for Vote by Mail. The Vote by Mail envelopes began going out May 9 from the office of the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Although the Vote by Mail ballots were mailed by that office doesn’t mean the Long…
PalacioMagazine.com continues its coverage of Long Beach Vote 2016. On June 7, Small Business owner and candidate Eric Gray will face-off in a runoff election for the City Council District 2 seat. Gray is challenging Jeannine Pearce after the two were the top vote getters in the April 12th primary election. He received 1,652 votes (36.13%)…
Long Beach Unified School Board, District 2: Felton Williams (Updated by Long Beach City Clerk: 04/16/2016 10:14 PM) The incumbent and President of the Long Beach Unified School Board, Felton Williams, won re-election. He defeated his opponent, Jessica Vargas-Alvarez with 3,154 or 68.31% of the cast ballots. Final unofficial results reveal that only 4,906 votes…
Editor’s Note: As part of our continuing coverage of the Long Beach Primary Election 2016, Political Science students at CSULB researched and prepared profiles on each of the candidates for the April 12 election. By Jackie Carbajal Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees – Area 4 Davina Keiser davinakeiser.com davinakeiser@yahoo.com High School Teacher Vision And Mission…