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Elections
Voter Information.
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Voter Information
Smart Voter: Key in your address and zip code, see the contests on your ballot. Then click away and find information on candidates and ballot measures -- from the League and other nonpartisan sources. Archives of past elections available with election results. Go to Smart Voter
See more information on elections in California: preparing to vote, voting (in person, by mail, if you've moved), voting rights, take a friend to vote, results of past elections, etc.
See more information on voting in Santa Clara County
Next Election
The next election is May 19, 2009. Expect voter information approximately 30 days before the election.
For impartial information on the six propositions (1A - 1F), please go to the League website:
http://www.lwvpaloalto.org/facts.html
Register to Vote
Are you registered to vote? Do you want to change your party, your address, your name?
See information about registering to vote in California: deadlines, cost, requirements, how to register, political parties, registration drives, living overseas, etc.
Your Elected Officials
U.S. Government
President
Barack H. Obama
Phone: (202) 456-1414; comments line: (202) 456-1111
Send e-mail messages via website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/
U.S. Senators
Diane Feinstein
Phone: San Francisco: (415) 393-0707
Washington, D.C. (202) 224-3841
e-mail: senator@feinstein.senate.gov
WWW: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/email.html
Barbara Boxer
Phone: San Francisco: (415) 403-0100
Washington, D.C. (202) 224-3553
e-mail: senator@boxer.senate.gov
WWW: http://www.boxer.senate.gov/contact
U.S. Representatives
14th District: Anna Eshoo
Phone: Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-2984
Washington, D.C. (202) 225-8104
e-mail: annagram@mail.house.gov
WWW: http://www-eshoo.house.gov/contact.aspx
State and Local
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: 916-445-4633
e-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov
http://www.governor.gov
Assembly, 21st District: Ira Ruskin
District Office: Los Altos (650) 691-2121
Sacramento Office: (916) 319-2121
e-mail: assemblymember.ruskin@assembly.ca.gov
State Senate, 11th District: Joseph (Joe) Simitian
District Offices: Palo Alto (650) 688-6384; Santa Cruz (831) 425-0401
Sacramento Office: (916) 651-4011
e-mail: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board
(650) 949-6100
Trustees: Betsy Bechtel, Paul Fong (Vice President), Laura Casas Freier, Hal Plotkin, Bruce Swenson (President).
Student Trustees: Jordan Eldridge(De Anza); Sarah Snow(Foothill).
Palo Alto City Council
(650) 329-2571
John Barton
john.barton@cityofpaloalto.org
Pat Burt
Peter Drekmeier (vice mayor)
pdrekmeier@earthlink.net
Sid Espinosa
Yoriko Kishimoto
yoriko.kishimoto@cityofpaloalto.org
Larry Klein (mayor)
klein.larry@dorsey.com
Jack Morton
jack.morton@city.palo-alto.ca.us
Greg Schmid
Yiaway Yeh
The city's URL is http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/
Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education
(650) 329-3700
Melissa Baten Caswell
mcaswell@pausd.org
Barbara Klausner
bklausner@pausd.org
Barb Mitchell
bmitchell@pausd.org
Dana Tom
dtom@pausd.org
Camille Townsend
ctownsend@pausd.org
The district's URL is http://www.pausd.org/
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
(408) 299-2323
District 5 (includes Palo Alto): Liz Kniss
District 1: Donald F. Gage (Chair)
District 2: George M. Shirakawa
District 3: Dave Cortese
District 4: Ken Yeager
Santa Clara County's URL is http://www.sccgov.org
Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District
(650) 691-1200
Ward 5 (Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Stanford), Nonette G. Hanko
The district's URL is http://www.openspace.org
How to Reach Political Parties
Six political parties currently meet requirements to be officially recognized by the state of California. They are, in alphabetical order:
Easy Voter Guide
The Easy Voter Guide helps new voters and busy voters learn about how to vote and what will be on the ballot in statewide elections. It also helps people learn how to make change in their community.
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Last revised: April 29, 2009 09:23 PDT.
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