Anyone have links regarding voting places closed for recall

[haymaker]

election?

I have heard and read that some counties are not using all the usual voting places due to the shortness of the campaign and money concerns. Are there some figures out there?

My voting place is open. Is this true?

[Capn Sunshine]

1. Approximately 25% of the usual places are open.

If Special election rules apply.....

[gristy]

2. 25%??? Now THAT is a disaster just waiting to happen

Tomorrow could be a friggin disaster. If lines are too long, nobody is happy, and whoever loses the election will almost surely file a lawsuit alleging the disenfranchisement of voters.

[haymaker]

3. Are you serious?

25% is all that HAS to be open? That can't be.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. yup normally 5/6,000 polling places open but tomorrow only 1,600

that's what ive read anyway :shrug:

[soup]

4. a link

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/articles/2003/08/07/news/news2.txt
While Gov. Gray Davis claims that counties will keep thousands of voters from the polls by opening fewer precincts Oct. 7, county election officials say they've done it before and they risk chaos by having voting places with no poll workers.

According to Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Freddie Oakley, about half, or 55, of the usual number of polling places will be open. She also said the office is finding it hard to hire poll workers. "We have another election within a month," she said. "We are having a very difficult time finding poll workers who are willing to work twice in a month." Oakley also said a lot of the polling places which officials usually use will not be available for the election adding that because of this the county will save money. "We will save money because we will have fewer polling places and we will have fewer workers," she said.


There was a DU thread containing info on the number of polling places that will be open a while back, and I thought I'd bookmarked it, but can't find it now.

[Homer12]

5. It's un-democratic to question the validity of the amount of voting places

...after Arnold has been installed.

This will be the republican responce the second Davis and Bustamante question and challenge the election #'s.

It's great, challenging the legatimcy of a hastily made recall election 8 moths after a real election, and then accusing the challengers of being un-democratic sore-losers when they question the validity and constiutionality of the results and the way the election was set up in the first place.

It's going to be just as bad as Florida.

The constitutionality of the elections (and elections in general): the Supreme court will take the case (thus putting them in a position to install Arnold).

The 3 panel court that wanted to delay the recall will be justified.

[arcane1]

6. how do we find out if our place is open or not?

I'm only assuming mine is...

[KFC]

7. A couple of links

For Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties.

http://www.sccgov.org/rov/polling_form/0,5455,,00.html

http://www.lavote.net/locator/

You can probably get the same thing for other counties through the county website.

[arcane1]

11. thanks

the one right next door to me is closed, but I only have to go about 2 miles to get to the open one...

wheeee

[PurityOfEssence]

8. My standard polling place is closed

I live in East Hollywood, in a mixed area of middle-class homeowners and renters down to the rather poor. Our polling place is not going to be open, but instead, we will be going to one about 15 blocks from here.

Only once in the 12 years since I've lived here have we had to this place; it's not the end of the world, but it will definitely affect some working folks who will be caught in a last minute scramble. I'm going to print up a sign for the door of the church where we usually vote to direct people to the correct place, if they haven't already done that.

Yes, this is bullshit. This whole election stinks, and any bellyaching from Schickelgroper's camp (kudos to Snellius for that name) about dirty tricks are revolting; the whole election's one big dirty trick.

It's not the end of the world, but it does affect Democratic neighborhoods disproportionately; this is about a 70/30 precinct, incidentally.

[Tempest]

10. Bakersfield: Of 270 polling places in 2002, only 150 tomorrow

From today's Bakersfield Californian.

[haymaker]

12. This does not bode well

for us.

[ParanoidPat]

13. California polling place information.....

.....as a public service for my fellow Californians. :evilgrin:

The address for your polling place for the special election can be found on the back page of the sample ballot that was mailed to you. Look just above the mailing address.
If you did not receive or can't find your sample ballot, consult the list below for the information for your county. :)

If you encounter any problems at your polling place you can fill out a Voter Fraud Complaint Form and please report all problems to the BBV Report.org web site.

Please remember: polling places are open from 7:00am to 8:00pm on Election Day.

Alameda (01)
1225 Fallon Street, Room G-1
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 663-VOTE (8683)

:kick:
www.acgov.org/rov/polling/
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/alm/

Alpine (02)
P O Box 158
Markleeville, CA 96120
[phone]
No Website Available

Amador (03)
500 Argonaut Lane
Jackson, CA 95642
[phone]
No Website Available

Butte (04)
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
[phone] or 1-800-894-7761
http://clerk-recorder.buttecounty.net/election/elections/elecindex.htm

Calaveras (05)
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
[phone]
No Website Available

Colusa (06)
546 Jay Street
Colusa, CA 95932
[phone]
www.colusacountyclerk.com/pdf/polling.pdf

Contra Costa (07)
524 Main Street
Martinez, CA 94553
[phone]
www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/elect/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/cc/

Del Norte (08)
981 H Street, Room 160
Crescent City, CA 95531
[phone]

El Dorado (09)
2850 Fairlane Court
Placerville, CA 95667
[phone]
http://poll.co.el-dorado.ca.us/poll.fwx
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/ed/

Fresno (10)
2221 Kern Street
Fresno, CA 93721
[phone]
www.fresno.ca.gov/2850/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/fr/

Glenn (11)
516 W. Sycamore Street, 2nd Floor
Willows, CA 95988
[phone] or [phone]
No Website Available

Humboldt (12)
3033 H Street, Room 20
Eureka, CA 95501
[phone] or [phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/hm/

Imperial (13)
940 Main Street, Suite 202
El Centro, CA 92243
[phone]
imperialcounty.net/election/10-09-03polling.pdf

Inyo (14)
168 North Edwards
Independence, CA 93526
[phone]
No Website Available

Kern (15)
1115 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
[phone]
www.co.kern.ca.us/elections/VoterInfo/Address.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/kr/

Kings (16)
1400 West Lacey Blvd.
Hanford, CA 93230
[phone] or [phone]
www.countyofkings.com
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/kn/

Lake (17)
255 North Forbes Street, Rm 209
Lakeport, CA 95453-4748
[phone]
www.co.lake.ca.us/countygovernment/elections/pplace47/pollplac.htm

Lassen (18)
220 South Lassen Street, Suite 5
Susanville, CA 96130
[phone]
http://clerk.lassencounty.org/Polling%20Places.pdf

Los Angeles (19)
12400 Imperial Hwy.
Norwalk, CA 90650-8350
[phone]
http://www.lavote.net/locator/

Madera (20)
209 West Yosemite Avenue
Madera, CA 93637
[phone]
No Website Available

Marin (21)
3501 Civic Center, Room 152
San Rafael, CA 94913-3904
[phone]
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/main/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/mrn/

Mariposa (22)
4982 10th Street
P.O. Box 247
Mariposa, CA 95338
[phone]
No Website Available

Mendocino (23)
501 Low Gap Rd., Rm. 1020
Ukiah, CA 95482
[phone] or [phone]
or outside Ukiah area, 1-800-991-5441 (when prompted dial 4370, 4371, or 4372)
No Website Available

Merced (24)
2222 "M" Street, Room 14
Merced, CA 95340
[phone]
No Website Available

Modoc (25)
204 Court Street
Alturas, CA 96101-0131
[phone]
No Website Available

Mono (26)
Bryant Street - Annex II
Bridgeport, CA 93517
[phone] or [phone]
No Website Available

Monterey (27)
1370 South Main Street #B
Salinas, CA 93901
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/mnt/

Napa (28)
900 Coombs Street, Suite 256
Napa, CA 94559-2946
[phone]
http://www.mynapa.info/LIVING/Apps/PollLocator/

Nevada (29)
10433 Willow Valley Rd., Suite E
Nevada City, CA 95959
[phone]
http://election.co.nevada.ca.us/voteloc.php3

Orange (30)
P O Box 11298
Santa Ana, CA 92711
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/or/

Placer (31)
2954 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
[phone]
www.placer.ca.gov/clerk/elections/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/plc/

Plumas (32)
520 Main Street, Room 102
Quincy, CA 95971
[phone]
No Website Available

Riverside (33)
2724 Gateway Drive
Riverside, CA 92507-0918
1-800-773-VOTE (8683)
www.co.riverside.ca.us/election/polls/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/rv/

Sacramento (34)
3700 Branch Center Road
Sacramento, CA 95827
[phone]
www.pwa.saccounty.net/pollingplace/
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sac/

San Benito (35)
Courthouse, Room 206
440 Fifth Street
Hollister, CA 95023-3843
[phone]
No Website Available

San Bernardino (36)
777 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92415
[phone]
http://gis1.sbcounty.gov/vrlookup/presentation/chameleon/search.asp

San Diego (37)
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I
San Diego, CA 92123
[phone]
www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/rov/election/polling_query.html
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sd/

San Francisco (38)
City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
[phone]
http://sunset.ci.sf.ca.us/PollLookup41.nsf/SearchData?openform
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sf/

San Joaquin (39)
212 North San Joaquin Street
Stockton, CA 95202
[phone]
www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/elect/PollingPlaceLookUp/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sj/

San Luis Obispo (40)
1144 Monterey Street, Ste. A
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
[phone]
http://www.sloelections.org/elections/pollinglocations.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/slo/

San Mateo (41)
40 Tower Road
San Mateo, California 94402
[phone]
www.shapethefuture.org/voters/voter_status.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sm/

Santa Barbara (42)
Courthouse Basement
1100 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
1-800-SBC-VOTE (1-800-722-8683)
www.sb-democracy.com/elect/resources/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sba/

Santa Clara (43)
1555 Berger Drive, Bldg. 2
San Jose, CA 95112
[phone] (VOTE)
www.sccgov.org/rov/polling_form/0,5455,,00.html
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/scl/

Santa Cruz (44)
701 Ocean Street, Room 210
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4076
[phone]
www.votescount.com/oct03/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/scz/

Shasta (45)
1643 Market Street
Redding, CA 96001
[phone]
www.co.shasta.ca.us/departments/CountyClerkRegistrarOfVoters/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sh/

Sierra (46)
Courthouse, Room 11
P O DRAWER D
Downieville, CA 95936-0398
[phone]
No polling places will be set up in county - all registered voters will be mailed an absentee ballot.

Siskiyou (47)
311 - 4th Street, Room 201
Yreka, CA 96097
[phone]
No Website Available

Solano (48)
510 Clay Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
[phone]
www.solanocounty.com/elections/pplookup.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sln/

Sonoma (49)
435 Fiscal Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
[phone]
www.sonoma-county.org/regvoter/pplace/content.asp?page=pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sn/

Stanislaus (50)
1021 I Street, Suite 101
Modesto, CA 95354-2331
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/stn/

Sutter (51)
PO Box 1555
Yuba City, CA 95992
[phone]
No Website Available

Tehama (52)
444 Oak Street, Room C
Red Bluff, CA 96080
[phone]
No Website Available

Trinity (53)
101 Court Street
Weaverville, CA 96093
[phone]
No Website Available

Tulare (54)
221 South Mooney Blvd., #G28
Visalia, CA 93291-4596
[phone]
www.tularecoauditor.org/elections/recall/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/tlr/

Tuolumne (55)
Administration Center
2 South Green Street
Sonora, CA 95370-4696
[phone]
No Website Available

Ventura (56)
800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1200
Ventura, CA 93009-1200
[phone]
www.ventura.org/election/PPLACE/POLLPLAC.HTM

Yolo (57)
625 Court Street, Room B05
Woodland, CA 95695
[phone]
www.yoloelections.org/voting/polling_place
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/yl/

Yuba (58)
935 14th Street
Marysville, CA 95901-5793
[phone]
www.co.yuba.ca.us/clerk/polling_index.html