April 29, 2020 SVO Accuses Santa Clara County ROV of Going to Bat for Labor By Jennifer Wadsworth The SVO president slammed the ROV as exceptionally inept, and called for the DA to investigate “improprieties” under Shannon Bushey’s watch. Read More 11
March 3, 2020 Super Tuesday 2020: Live Blog By Silicon Valley Newsroom Super Tuesday got off to a strong start in Santa Clara County with more than 8,000 voters casting their ballots by noon. Read More 1
March 2, 2020 Super Tuesday Eve: Live Updates By Silicon Valley Newsroom Candidates are knocking on doors while their sign-carrying minions work the phone banks in a last-ditch effort to #GetOutTheVote. Read More 8
February 4, 2020 Ballots Have Been Mailed to All Santa Clara County Voters By Silicon Valley Newsroom Ballots have been mailed out to all registered voters countywide as part of a new system designed to make elections more convenient. Read More 7
January 29, 2020 Dems Voice Concern Over Rule Excluding Voters From Primary By Will Carruthers There’s some worry that a state policy will prevent independent absentee voters from participating in the presidential candidate nomination. Read More 6
December 18, 2019 San Jose Council Candidate Falls Two Signatures Short of Qualifying for 2020 Ballot By The Fly With no other options, financial advisor Vinh Do says he’ll explore the possibility of running a write-in campaign. Read More 4
December 11, 2019 Assemblyman Evan Low Slams Santa Clara County ROV for Flub That Impacted 26 Candidates By The Fly Evan Low says he’s pretty disillusioned about the county as a whole for failing to rein in what he calls the ROV’s “systemic” incompetency. Read More 8
December 3, 2019 Nomination Deadline Approaches for March 2020 Primary By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anyone hoping to run for office in the March 2020 primary election has until 5pm Friday to make up their mind about jumping into the fray. Read More 2
August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Gets First Voting Tech Upgrade Since ’03 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley voters will be using an entirely new system to cast their ballots in 2020. Read More 16
April 15, 2019 San Jose Considers Shifting Mayoral Election Years By Lloyd Alaban Changing the election cycle would require approval from voters and would give Mayor Sam Liccardo an additional two years in office. Read More 4
December 21, 2018 Manual Recount Changes Fate of Orchard School District Race By Jennifer Wadsworth Election officials say a manual ballot recount changed the outcome in one of the smallest and oldest school districts in Silicon Valley. Read More 2
November 15, 2018 Thousands of Ballots Remain to be Counted in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom As of today, only 11 percent of ballots remain to be counted, while turnout is on track to reach 66 percent. Read More 0
November 14, 2018 Pot Shots: Voters Pass Cannabis Tax Measures in Mountain View, Santa Clara, Morgan Hill By Julia Baum Bay Area voters last week ushered in more than a dozen local weed ordinances, all but one concerning taxes. Read More 0
November 6, 2018 Santa Clara County Voter Registration Hits All-Time High By Jennifer Wadsworth A record-breaking 887,000 Santa Clara County residents have registered to vote in this year’s midterm election. Read More 1
November 5, 2018 Election 2018: Today Is Last Day for Early Voting in Midterms By Silicon Valley Newsroom Full-service satellite locations are open Monday, but closed on Election Day while 50 drop-off sites are available. Read More 2
October 22, 2018 Today Marks Last Day to Register to Vote in California Elections By Silicon Valley Newsroom Today marks the last chance to register for the 2018 midterm election, which takes place just 15 days from now. Read More 2