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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves@prodsyse.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> sosfbay discussion group <sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, February 17, 2012 5:29 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [GPSCC-chat] Spencer Graves to run for something<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Hello, All:<BR><BR><BR> I decided today I should run for something, but I have not yet
decided what. According to information I received today at the offices of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, the only offices on the June 5 ballot for which I would be eligible to run are against US Senator Feinstein, US Representative Lofgren and City Councilperson Olivario. There are four other offices I could potentially contest this year. All four will appear on the November ballot but not the June ballot (San José Evergreen Community College District plus Open Space, Flood Control, and Water District).<BR><BR><BR>SANTA CLARA GREEN PARTY COUNTY COUNCIL: Who all said they would run for Green Party County Council? I picked up the form today at the office of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, and I will fax it to whomever else has agreed to run but has not yet filed the paperwork to do so. We need to all sign the form and deliver said form to one person, who will then go to the Registrar of Voters
and get the necessary form for collecting signatures. That form can then be scanned and sent to anyone willing to collect signatures. Signed forms then need to be collected by someone who will file the forms with the Registrar of Voters by March 9.<BR><BR><BR>SCHOOL BOARDS, WATER DISTRICT, FLOOD CONTROL: These offices have candidates on the November ballot but NOT on the June 5 ballot. The filing period for these offices is July 16 - August 10. I think I want to run for something on the June ballot. If I do not get in the top 2, then I want to run for one of these offices, probably the San Jose / Evergreen Community College District board of trustees.<BR><BR><BR>OFFICES ON THE JUNE 5 BALLOT:<BR><BR><BR> * Anyone running against Sen. Feinstein needs to collect at least 40 signatures and pay a fee of $3,480 by Feb. 23. If we submit by that date 10,000 valid signatures, we do not have to pay the
fee. This is probably out of the question.<BR><BR><BR> * My US representative is Zoe Lofgren. I don't have the minimum number of signatures, but it's probably at least 20. The fee is $1,740, and 3,000 valid signatures could be filed in lieu of the fee. The deadline is Feb. 23, as for the Senate.<BR><BR><BR> * I could run against Pierluigi Olivario for City Council. I don't know the fee or have the number of signatures and deadline required for this; I can get that Monday from the City Council's office.<BR><BR><BR> Comments?<BR> Spencer<BR><BR><BR>On 2/9/2012 5:54 PM, Jim Doyle wrote:<BR>> You can pick up your nomination papers at the Registrar<BR>> of Voters (ROV) office beginning Monday February 13-th.<BR>> <BR>> Your choice will be to have just one candidate name on the<BR>> form, the nomination paper. Or a group can
have all of their<BR>> names on one form but in this case those who are grouuped<BR>> together can only have this one version.<BR>> <BR>> In both cases several copies of the original may be made so that<BR>> more than one person can gather signatures for the candidate(s).<BR>> <BR>> It is either 20 or 22 valid signatures that are needed.<BR>> Valid means the person who signs the nomination paper for you<BR>> must be registered Green and the address they specify must match<BR>> what the ROV has on record.<BR>> <BR>> New registrants and anyone who has moved may turn in an updated<BR>> voter registration form with the completed nomination petitions.<BR>> <BR>> Good Luck!<BR>> Happy signature gathering!<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"
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