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February 5, 2008 Primary Election Information
California Voter Information Guide
There are several important measures for your consideration on
the upcoming ballot. These measures were placed on the ballot
through the initiative process.
League of Women Voters Directory
Find information about contests on a February 5, 2008 ballot in California State Government
Election Returns
Posted late Election Day or shortly thereafter
Santa Clara County Election Results
For Milpitas races and Santa Clara County from the SCC Registrar
of Voters.
Live Election Returns
California statewide Elections. Secretary of State site. Check for state-wide results.
How to Get to Vote
Online Registering to Vote
To vote in California, you must be:
At least 18 years old by election day
A U.S. citizen
A California resident
Registered at least 15 days before the election
Not in prison or on parole for a felony
Not declared mentally incompetent by court action
Offline Way
Swing by any fire department, the library, the post office, or
City Hall and ask for a voter registration form.
Absentee Ballot
Be a Permanent Absentee Voter 
Recent changes in state law has made it possible for any registered
voter to sign up and automatically receive their ballot by mail
for every election.
County
of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters
1555 Berger Dr. Bldg. #2, San Jose, CA 95112.
Office hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm.
Responsible for:
- Voter
Registration
- Maintaining voter registration records
- Conducting federal, state, school, and local elections
- Administering candidate nomination procedures
- Administering the provisions of the campaign reporting laws
- Download
Voter Registration Form
- Find Your Polling Place - 40 days before each election
Rock the Vote
If you have a printer, just fill out the form online, print and
sign. A non-profit, non-partisan group. Targets young voters
and the underrepresenteded.
Voter Guides
California Official
Voter Information Guide for the 2008 Primary Election
Downloadable PDF versions
of Voter Information Guide in several languages are available
in the bottom left of this page.
California Online Voter
Guide
Voter guide provides nonpartisan information on California propositions
and statewide, congressional, and state legislative contests.
California
Voter Information
California League of Women Voters website for the Santa Clara
County ballot. Information about candidates and issues.
Elections &
Voter Information
From the Secretary of State. Lots of information on the gubnatorial
primary candidates.
Voting Process
You
Have the Right to Request a Paper Ballot
Paper of Plastic? New voting security rules allow voters who
are concerned about e-voting security to cast a paper ballot
at the polls. The California Voter Foundation (CVF) is urging
voters to exercise their right to cast their ballot on paper,
because the electronic voting machines produce results that cannot
be publicly verified.
News & Opinions
Frank
News
Frank De Smidt offers us his lowdown on Milpitas politics, and
links for news sources.
Presidental Election News from AP
Daily news from the Mercury News.
Special Section: Election 2008
Election races here and away.
Rough & Tumble
A daily snapshot of California public policy and politics.
Political Districts
The
California Voter Foundation's California Map Series
Maps of the state's political districts, regions and counties.
This series was created to give the public a better understanding
of the political districts and jurisdictions where we live and
vote.
Political Parties
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY
American Independent Party
California Affiliate of the Constitution Party, the AIP is California's
fastest growing political party. Californians have recognized
the need for a major change in government policies, a return
to constitutional government, and control of the government by
the governed.
DEMOCRATS
California Democratic
Party
Information on Campaigns, Party Structure & More.
Democratic National
Committee
The DNC plans the Party's quadrennial presidential nominating
convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both
technical and financial support; and works with national, state,
and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates,
and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic
electorate and the nation. En
Español.
Democrat Rally 2000
Photo essay from your Go Milpitas! Guide, Ann Zeise, of the California
Democrat Party rally in San Jose on November 3, 2000.
GREEN PARTY
Green Party of California
Find out who the Green Party candidates are for California political
offices.
Greens/Green Party
USA
Please join us as we build towards a more democratic, cooperative,
cleaner, safer world where we the people, not the corporations,
make the decisions that affect our lives.
Green Party of the United
States
A confederation of state Green Parties. Committed to environmentalism,
non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, Greens
are renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors.
LIBERTARIANS
Libertarian Party of California
If you describe yourself as socially tolerant and fiscally responsible,
you're a Libertarian! We believe you-not the government-should
decide how to run your life, checkbook, retirement, education
and family.
Libertarian Party
Committed to America's heritage of freedom: individual liberty
and personal responsibility; a free-market economy of abundance
and prosperity; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace,
and free trade.
NATURAL LAW PARTY
Natural
Law Party - California
Founded in April 1992 to "bring the light of science into
politics." Its founders, a group of a dozen educators, businessmen,
and lawyers, knew that field-tested solutions to America's problems
already existed but were being ignored by government.
REPUBLICANS
California Republican Party
Your online source for Republican news, events, and information
from all over California. (Not available in other languages.)
Republican National
Committee
Republicans have a long and rich history with basic principles:
Individuals, not government, can make the best decisions; all
people are entitled to equal rights; and decisions are best made
close to home. (Not available in other languages.)
Initiative
Information
How
to Qualify an Initiative
The Statewide Ballot Initiative Handbook is currently being updated
for the 2004 election cycle. Some sections of the handbook have
changed. Please contact the Secretary of State's Initiative Coordinator
at (916) 657-2166 for more information.
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