Final List of Write-In Candidates

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  
October 28, 2008                                                CONTACT:        Marcia Ventura (562) 462-2726 or                                                Eileen Shea      (562) 462-2648

                                               

LIST OF WRITE-IN CANDIDATES FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2008

 PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan today announced the final list of write-in candidates who have qualified for the November 4, 2008 Presidential General Election in Los Angeles County.

There are 16 write-in candidates who have qualified in seven contests for the November 4th General Election ballot.  (List attached)  Write-in candidates are not printed on the ballot. The names of the qualified write-in candidates will be available at each of the 4,394 polling places on Election Day.

Only votes for write-in candidates who have qualified and who are listed will be counted.  Voters may ask a precinct board member for a list of these candidates.  To cast a vote for a qualified write-in candidate, voters must write the name of the candidate and the office title in the space provided on the long stub portion of their ballot card or on the write-in ballot sleeve for vote by mail ballots. 

When a voter chooses to vote for a write-in candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, that ballot cannot be counted on Election Night.  Each ballot containing a write-in vote must be individually reviewed to determine whether or not the write-in vote is for a qualified write-in candidate and whether or not the voter also voted for a candidate on the ballot for the same office.  When an overvote occurs, neither vote can be counted for that one office; although the rest of the ballot selections will be counted.  Due to the individual scrutiny involved, no portion of any ballot containing a write-in vote is counted on Election Night.

Vote tallies for write-in candidates are not available until the conclusion of the Official Canvass, because each ballot containing a write-in vote must be set aside for manual review.  By law, election officials have up to 28 days following the election to complete the Official Canvass and certify the election results.

 

Persons requiring multilingual assistance in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino or Vietnamese regarding information in this press release, can call (800) 481-8683.

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FINAL LIST OF QUALIFIED WRITE-IN CANDIDATES

GENERAL ELECTION

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT   
CHUCK BALDWIN, for President

DARRELL CASTLE, for Vice President

JAMES HARRIS, for President

ALYSON KENNEDY, for Vice President      FRANK MOORE, for President

SUSAN BLOCK, for Vice President

RON PAUL, for President

GAIL LIGHTFOOT, for Vice President     

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE   

28^TH DISTRICT

       

32^ND DISTRICT  

37^TH DISTRICT  

MICHAEL J. KOCH

       

INNOCENT O. OSUNWA     

LEE DAVIS

PETER MATHEWS

JUNE VIENA POUESI      
STATE SENATOR  
19^TH DISTRICT  

PETER WINFIELD DIEDERICH

       

 

CITY OF POMONA 
MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

DISTRICT NO. 1 

ROBERT L. HAYES

       

 

CITY OF SANTA MONICA   
MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL     

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