Thursday, March 20, 2008

First to File, First on the Ballot my friends!


Moments of levity in any campaign are all too few and far between, so in the spirit of this blog's mission - to take the voters inside the race for City Attorney - I now offer you an inside look on how the City Clerk's office determines the order the candidates are listed in the ballot pamphlet.


This is done via random drawing, like so:




This is Elections Analyst Denise Jenkins, pulling names out of a very festive hat.. to determine the order for the City Attorney candidates. And, what number did Amy Lepine get?


That is right! Amy will be listed first in the ballot pamphlet, followed by: Scott Peters, Michael Aguirre, Brian Maienschein, and Jan Goldsmith, in that order.

As you can see, everyone was grinning today. And red, white and blue was all around us:





photos by me, Joanna Jacob


I have to say, it was a really great experience. We now know that Amy's ballot paperwork was in order, that we had submitted the correct number of qualifying signatures to get her there, and that she is officially in all the way.







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