May 14, 2018 Santa Clara County Supervisor Candidate Says ROV Omitted Key Details From June 5 Voter Guide By Jennifer Wadsworth The ROV apparently omitted some key biographical information from a candidate statement in the District 4 Santa Clara County supervisor race. Read More 10
April 27, 2018 Sample Ballots, Voter Guides Mailed Out for June 5 Primary By Silicon Valley Newsroom Voter guides and sample ballots for the June primary are on their way to Santa Clara County mailboxes, election officials announced Friday. Read More 3
April 25, 2018 Critics of San Jose Vice Mayor Hire Private Eye to Investigate Carpetbagging Claim By The Fly Magdalena Carrasco’s critics contend that she lives outside her own district, and one went so far as to hire a private eye to try to prove it. Read More 25
April 23, 2018 Ballots Mailed to Military, Overseas Voters for June 5 Statewide Primary Election By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County has mailed out more than 8,000 ballots for the June primary election to military and overseas voters. Read More 1
February 13, 2018 Santa Clara County Filing Period Opens for June Primary Election By Silicon Valley Newsroom The nomination period is open through March 9 for candidates running in the June 2018 primary election. Read More 1
January 26, 2018 Campaign to Recall Judge Aaron Persky Heads to June Ballot By Stephen Perez Proponents of the recall submitted nearly 95,000 signatures—well above the 58,634 valid names needed to land on the ballot. Read More 25
December 15, 2017 San Jose School Board Trustee Charged with Stealing Campaign Funds Raised from Developers By Josh Koehn John Lindner, a Franklin-McKinley School District trustee, has been charged with grand theft, perjury and violating state election law. Read More 7
October 24, 2017 State Audit: Inadequate Policies, Procedures Led to Mistakes in Santa Clara County Elections By Jennifer Wadsworth Inadequate policies and procedures led to numerous mistakes in Santa Clara County’s election office, according to a newly released state audit. Read More 0
July 10, 2017 Santa Clara County Has Record Turnout for 2016 Presidential Election: Registrar of Voters By Silicon Valley Newsroom Last year’s presidential election set a record for the most ballots cast in Santa Clara County history, according to a new report. Read More 9
May 12, 2017 Op-Ed: Revisiting Silicon Valley’s Best, Worst Political Decisions By Rich Robinson A recent column in the Mercury News listed the best and worst local decisions in the last 50 years. Here’s a few more to add to the pile. Read More 62
March 31, 2017 Assemblyman Evan Low Leads Charge to Audit County Elections By Benjamin Siepak Assemblyman Evan Low successfully pushed the state to conduct an audit of the Santa Clara County’s Registrar of Voters. Read More 12
December 28, 2016 Jimmy Nguyen Accuses Election Officials of Rejecting Valid Votes in San Jose’s D8 Council Race By Silicon Valley Newsroom A recount in San Jose's District 8 City Council race is going on day six today, with Jimmy Nguyen accusing election officials of disenfranchising voters. Read More 5
December 20, 2016 Jimmy Nguyen Pays for Recount in San Jose’s D8 Council Race By The Fly Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas was sworn in to the District 8 seat this past weekend, but the election isn’t quite over yet. Read More 2
December 7, 2016 Election Officials Need More Time to Recount 10 Local Races By Silicon Valley Newsroom Election officials need a little more time to process recounts in 10 tight races, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. Read More 2
November 22, 2016 7 Races in Santa Clara County Headed to Automatic Recount By Silicon Valley Newsroom Sylvia Arenas finished 88 votes ahead of Jimmy Nguyen in San Jose’s D8 council race, one of six local contests that may require a recount. Read More 4
November 8, 2016 Live Blog: Election Night 2016 By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside will scatter across the valley to Election Night parties and see who’s winning, who’s losing and what they’re drinking to cope. Read More 3