Dec
15
Observers (standing) & counters prepare to begin Monday morning. (Photo courtesy of Brad Sheridan)
(12/15/2010, Los Alamitos) After almost 50% of all ballots cast were recounted on Monday, Dean Zarkos, who had requested the recount, decided to end the process.
Here are some snapshots of the process from some Los Alamitos citizens who served as observers at the recount.
E-mailed to me about 6 p.m. Monday, 12/13/2010:
Went to the Los Alamitos recount today. Started at 9 am and I left at 5:30 pm.
When we left we knew Mejia had gained a Read more
Dec
15
12/15: Your reporting and comments on this week’s News-Enterprise & Sun
Filed Under 2010 Issues, 2010 election, Community News | 10 Comments
((Los Alamitos, 12/15/10) We’ve skipped this section for a few weeks, but when we got a comment on today’s paper under another post, I thought maybe we should bring it back, at least this week.
I’ll paste in below that comment, which was on remarks Read more
Dec
12
Recount begins Monday @ 9
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(12/12/2010, Los Alamitos)The first recount of a Los Alamitos City Council election in recent history begins at 9 a.m. Monday, 12/13/2010, & we’ve got the scoop from the Registrar of Voters and the links to live webcams and updates!
According to Registrar Neal Kelley’s office,
Visitors to our recount web pages will be able to view live video feeds of the recount room itself as well as the ballot challenge room. The ballot challenge room will be where final decisions are made on ballots that are challenged during the recount process. This will take place at 4 p.m. on each day of the recount.
Another feed gives real time status of the number of ballots counted and status by precinct.
I’m told that Dean Zarkos’ campaign has contracted with Read more
Dec
6
Agenda & your reporting and comments on tonight’s City Council meeting
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(Monday, 12/6/10, Los Alamitos) Once again it’s time for you, the observant local resident to let the community know what went on at tonight’s Los Alamitos City Council meeting, whether you were there in person or caught it live or taped on Los Al TV3.
In this economy, fewer and fewer people have cable, let alone time to watch it all, so even if you only caught a segment, let us know what went on & what your thought.
Tonight’s meeting has a heavy agenda, ranging from picking the 2011 Mayor and Mayor pro tem to pawn shops, sign ordinance, canceling the next meeting, and even a closed session on Read more
Dec
5
Who will Los Al’s Council elect as Mayor pro tem on Monday?
Filed Under 2010 Issues, 2010 election, City Council, City Council Meetings | 21 Comments
(12/5/2010, Los Alamitos) Note: This is your chance to vote on an important issue, as we’re re-instituting our reader polls at the end of this post.
As we reported here on Friday, this Monday’s City Council Agenda calls for the Council to verify the current results from last month’s election and swear in newly elected Council Members Kusumoto, Edgar, and Graham-Mejia.
Then, after presenting a certificate of appreciation to Council Member Zarkos, the new Council is scheduled to elect their Mayor and Mayor pro tem for 2011.
Even though the “Truth, Trust, and Transparency” slate apparently Read more
Dec
3
Vote to certify election, swearing in, & Council reorganization on Monday’s Council agenda for Monday
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Warren Kusumoto
(12/3/2010, Los Alamitos, by Dave Emerson) If the current Los Alamitos City Council follows staff recommendations this Monday, our new City Council will be sworn in a week before the requested recount is set to begin.
That makes sense, based on the probability of a 4,000 ballot recount producing a swing of over 24 votes when OC’s 2007 recount of 30,000 ballots only resulted in a 10 vote swing.
The question of the weekend may well be if Read more
Dec
2
Projections on Los Alamitos’ “Open & Transparent” recount
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(12.2.2010, Los Alamitos, by Dave Emerson) In a “newsfeed” communication tonight the Orange County Registrar of voters announced that both the Fullerton and Los Alamitos City Council recounts will occur “at the same time, in the same location, so that observers have full access to the process.”
Live, streaming video of the “recount process” is provided as well as information on Read more
Dec
1
(Los Alamitos, 12/1/2010) from the Orange County Registrar of Voters:
Pursuant to California Elections Code section 15628 the Orange County Registrar of Voters will be conducting a recount of the ballots cast in the General 2010 City of Los Alamitos City Council Election.
The election was conducted on November 2, 2010 and was certified on November 22, 2010.
The recount will commence Read more
Nov
29
(Released at 9 p.m. Monday, November 29, 2010)
Here are a couple of updates to the status of our recount requests:
The candidate for the Mesa Consolidated Water District, Short Term, Division 2 has withdrawn his request. The election certification stands and there will be no recount.
We received a request for a recount in the Read more
Nov
29
More on the recount process in O.C.
Filed Under 2010 election, Dean Zarkos | 1 Comment
(Los Alamitos, 11/29/2010) Some have been wondering about the recount process that’s been requested in our City Council race.
The photo on the left shows a scene from the “Challenge Room” in the 2007 recount of the battle of the Nguyens for O.C. Supervisor. That’s Registrar Neal Kelley holding a ballot for Janet Nguyen which was voided because Read more
Nov
28
(Los Alamitos, 11/28/2010) Our City Council election was one of only 2 races county-wide where one of the campaigns requested a recount prior to yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline.
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters would not Read more
Nov
19
Updates: Tough losses, 405 closed Sat night, trash pickup next Friday
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(11/19/2010, Los Alamitos, CA) In case you were wondering. . . .
- Our Los Al Griffins lost a tough one Thursday night when the officials mistakenly ruled that Griffin wide receiver Richard Turner came down without the ball on what should have been the tying touchdown, as the Register photo to the right clearly indicates. I’m sure the official did the best he could, and tying wouldn’t have Read more
Nov
17
Wed., 11/17: Mejia’s lead holds
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(11/17/2010, Los Alamitos) Looks like about 6 more ballots were counted today, and they split evenly between Mejia and Zarkos, leaving 23 votes separating #3 Mejia from #4 Zarkos.
This batch of ballots seemed to split up their votes more, with Kusumoto gaining 2 votes, Sheridan just 1, Edgar and Schleuter just 1, but Grose 4.
Here’s how things stand at the end of day 16: Read more
Nov
17
11/17/10: Your reporting & comments on today’s News Enterprise
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((Los Alamitos, 11/17/10) I briefly scanned through my News Enterprise and found no letters to the editor but several articles of interest, including a summary of the Chamber’s “State of the City” meeting and of last week’s Planning Commission hearing on the Medical Center expansion.
This post is your opportunity to report on & respond to anything you find noteworthy in today’s N-E or tomorrow’s Sun.
Since not everyone Read more
Nov
16
(11/16/2010, Los Alamitos) Disclosure: the graphic on the left is for humor only.
Hopefully. . .
Because eight days after the election ballots are still slowly dribbling in here in Bangalades. . . make that high tech Orange County, CA.
The interesting thing is that both of the ballots counted today voted for the DDT slate of Edgar, Zarkos, & Grose, narrowing Mejia’s lead for the third seat to Read more