[GPSCC-chat] Vacancy on the Santa Clara County Citizens' Advisory Commission on Elections

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       Might anyone in Santa Clara County care to volunteer to serve on 
the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Elections?  If you might be 
interested, please review the application procedure on the web 
(mentioned in the email thread below;  please excuse my lack of 
concision on this).


       This is an unpaid group of people who meet once a month to 
consider issues related to fairness and transparency in elections and to 
advise the County Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters on 
these issues.  There is room for someone to help improve transparency by 
helping enforce reporting requirements, etc., possibly advocate for 
instant runoff voting and proportional representation as opportunities 
arise.


       I had considered applying before events convinced Betsy and me to 
move to the Kansas City area.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Vacancies on CACE
Date: 	Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:48:26 -0700
From: 	Steve Chessin <steve.chessin at cfer.org>
Organization: 	Californians for Electoral Reform
To: 	Spencer B Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>
CC: 	Michael Hunter <mhunter at lusars.net>



Hi, Spencer. I'm going to be sorry to see you leave the area. Who will
be taking over from you as my contact with the Santa Clara County Green
Party?

I know you are an active Wikipedian. I'm going to forward you some email
that appeared on the CfER core list about some research that shows
there's less voting fraud with PR than with FPTP, in case you want to
include that in the article on PR.

As for the seats being filled, at the last CACE meeting they still had
two vacancies. If one of them has been filled that person hasn't started
attending.

Thanks,
--Steve

On 3/3/15 10:46 AM, Spencer B Graves wrote:
> Hi, Steve:
>
>
> I looked at that and called the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at
> 408-299-5001 yesterday, as you suggested, Steve.  I believe I was
> told that the district 2 seat for CACE had been filled but the “At
> large” seat is still open.  I was told that the next step was to
> complete the an application, then contact my Supervisor — or more
> than one — to ask to be appointed.  I then decided that I needed to
> work a few days to develop good answers to all the questions on that
> form.  i started working on that but stopped, because my wife and I
> will probably move to Overland Park, KS (a suburb of Kansas City) in
> the next few months.
>
>
> I think it would be very good if we could get someone to serve on
> that board with a primary agenda to make it as easy as possible for
> individuals and other organizations to obtain information in an
> electronic form on elections — including campaign finance (donations
> and expenditures).  This should include outreach to organizations
> that try to provide information to the public, e.g., MapLight, the
> League of Women Voters, and Ballotpedia.  I should maybe suggest this
> to the Santa Clara County Green Discuss email list
>
>
> Best Wishes,
> 	  Spencer 		
>
>
>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Steve Chessin <steve.chessin at cfer.org> wrote:
>>
>> At http://www.sccgov.org/sites/bos/bnc/Pages/default.aspx
>> on the right you'll find a link "Current Vacancies on Boards &
>> Commissions" to this document:
>> http://www.sccgov.org/sites/bos/bnc/CABODocs/VacancyReport.pdf
>>
>> I don't know how often they update it but as of 9:25am this morning the
>> report is dated 2/23/2015 and is showing two vacancies on CACE:
>>
>> Vacant or Expired Positions Allocated or Rotating to Supervisor Chavez -
>> District 2
>> Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Elections Vacant
>> Appointee shall be a resident of Supervisorial District 2. Appointment
>> is for an allocated 3-year term which commenced on 07/01/2012 and will
>> expire on 06/30/2015.
>> (Seat 02)
>> [Page 5]
>>
>> Vacant or Expired Positions Allocated or Rotating to Supervisor Cortese
>> - District 3
>> Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Elections Vacant
>> Nominee shall represent the public at large. Nomination for board
>> as-a-whole appointment is for a rotating 3-year term which commenced on
>> 07/01/2013 and will expire on 06/30/2016.
>> (Seat 07)
>> [Page 10]
>>
>> The online application form is at
>> http://www.sccgov.org/forms/home/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=/forms/home/cob/ApplicationAdvisoryAppointment.xsn&DefaultItemOpen=1
>>
>> Feel free to list me as a reference, and let me know which seat you
>> apply for.
>>
>> --Steve
>>
>> On 2/28/15 9:07 AM, Spencer B Graves wrote:
>>> Hi, Steve:
>>>
>>>
>>> 	  Am I too late?
>>>
>>>
>>> 	  I've decided I'm interested.
>>>
>>>
>>> 	  Spencer
>>> M:  408-655-4567
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 6:40 PM, Steve Chessin <steve.chessin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are two vacancies on the Santa Clara County Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Elections:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Vacant or Expired Positions Allocated or Rotating to Supervisor
>>>> Chavez - District 2
>>>> Appointee shall be a resident of Supervisorial District 2. Appointment
>>>> is for an allocated 3-year term which commenced on 07/01/2012 and will
>>>> expire on 06/30/2015.
>>>> (Seat 02)
>>>>
>>>> 2. Vacant or Expired Positions Allocated or Rotating to Supervisor
>>>> Cortese - District 3
>>>> Nominee shall represent the public at large. Nomination for board
>>>> as-a-whole appointment is for a rotating 3-year term which commenced on
>>>> 07/01/2013 and will expire on 06/30/2016.
>>>> (Seat 07)
>>>>
>>>> So one must live in District 2 and one can live anywhere in the County.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --Steve
>>>
>
>



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