The Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department has election information available for the November 4, 2008 Consolidated General Election. We appreciate your efforts in helping to inform our voters of the news and deadlines regarding the November 4, 2008 Election.

The materials available online at www.votescount.com under "Info for Media" include:

• Voter Pamphlet Pages containing measure text, analyzes, arguments and rebuttals for the 6 local measures on the November ballot:

  Ltr	Description	Vote
  A	Live Oak School District Parcel Tax	2/3
  B	Communications Users Tax Ordinance – County unincorporated area	Maj.
  C	City of Watsonville Tax on City Telephone Subscribers	Maj.
  D	City of Capitola Sales Tax Extension	Maj.
  E	Santa Cruz City Clean Rivers, Beaches and Ocean Tax	2/3
  F	Boulder Creek Fire District Increase in Number of Board Members	Maj.

  
  
  

• Candidate Information including the names, ballot designations of all candidates who are on the ballot, as well as those appointed in-lieu of election and the certified list of candidates from the Secretary of State.

• Voter Information Pages providing Voter Instructions, Ways to Vote, Services for Persons with Disabilities, the Electoral College, Poll Worker Recruitment

• Military and Overseas Voter Information Pages providing Voter Instructions, links to the Federal Postcard and the Federal Voter Assistance Program

• Voter registration numbers by district and by party

• Number of Vote-by-Mail Ballots Issued to Date. This list includes those ballots mailed to overseas and military voters beginning September 5. The list will be updated when permanent vote-by-mail ballots and all-mail ballot precinct voters’ ballots are mailed on October 6.

• Election Calendar for the November 4, 2008 election.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you need our assistance in making any special arrangements in your efforts to cover the election.

PHONE NUMBERS:

831-454-2060 = Main Line / Election Night Results

831-454-2445 = FAX

831-454-2419 = County Clerk’s direct line

408-316-9745 = County Clerk’s cell phone

WHERE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED:

Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department

701 Ocean St., Room 210
Santa Cruz, CA

CONTACT: Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk

WEB PAGE:

Please visit our web site at www.votescount.com for election night results and other information on the November election.

VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOT EARLY RETURNS: Results released soon after 8 p.m.

PRECINCT RESULTS:

Precinct ballots typically start coming in around 10 p.m. It can take until after 1 to 2 a.m. to process all of the precinct ballots on election night. Updates to the website will be made as soon as possible. Accuracy is more important than speed, so we will take the time, care and consideration necessary to count ballots accurately.

RESULTS BY PHONE:

Telephones will be staffed throughout the night for callers to phone in and obtain results. CALL 831-454-2060.

Election results by contest are simple to provide over the phone. However, if you are interested in obtaining more specific voting result information, we encourage you to be present at the Elections Department.

SEMI-OFFICIAL RESULTS:

Once the last ballot is counted, a Semi-Official Election Summary Report will be available from the County Clerk/Elections Department. It will also be posted on our web site. A precinct-by-precinct report will be available the next afternoon.

An estimated number of the remaining vote-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots to be counted during the canvass will be available from the Elections Department the day after the election. An exact number will be available within 7 days following the election.

FINAL RESULTS:

The official canvass of ballots will begin Wednesday, November 5. The law provides 28 calendar days to complete the canvass.