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RandySF

(57,631 posts)
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:26 AM May 2018

CALIFORNIA DUers: Our primary ballots are coming soon and I need help

Whom do you support for Lt. Governor and why? I've looked over Jeff Bleich, Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalkis and they all seem like good candidates and good Democrats. Any suggestions?

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CALIFORNIA DUers: Our primary ballots are coming soon and I need help (Original Post) RandySF May 2018 OP
K and r Tiggeroshii May 2018 #1
IMPORTANT: Use TWO stamps on your vote by mail return envelope! SunSeeker May 2018 #2
San Francisco pays for postage :) RandySF May 2018 #3
Very nice! SunSeeker May 2018 #4
From OC Votes xxqqqzme May 2018 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker May 2018 #6
Those appear to be old instructions. OC ballots have not been mailed yet. SunSeeker May 2018 #7
If that happens, I believe you can hand deliver it to your precint pennylane100 May 2018 #10
You can 100% at least hand it to your county clerk's office. RandySF May 2018 #12
I mentioned earlier today about the number of Democratic candidates and I haven't heard anything politicaljunkie41910 May 2018 #8
I'm getting literature and seeing ads now. RandySF May 2018 #9
I'm voting for Eleni Kounalakis. SunSeeker May 2018 #11
And, she was President Obama's Ambassador Cha May 2018 #13

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
2. IMPORTANT: Use TWO stamps on your vote by mail return envelope!
Fri May 4, 2018, 02:01 AM
May 2018

The ballott is so huge this year it requires two stamps to mail it back to the County. Please make sure it gets back and is counted! If it gets returned to you for insufficient postage, it may be too late to mail it in by then!

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
5. From OC Votes
Fri May 4, 2018, 02:47 AM
May 2018

"...How to Turn in Your Vote-by-Mail Ballot
Return your voted ballot in the envelope provided:
• By mail – a 49¢ postage stamp must be applied (your ballot must be postmarked on or
before Election Day).

https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/elections/lfrcl2018/docs/VBM_Instructions.pdf

Response to xxqqqzme (Reply #5)

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
7. Those appear to be old instructions. OC ballots have not been mailed yet.
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:03 AM
May 2018

I haven't gotten mine yet anyway. But local Democratic clubs and organizations are warning their members that ballots will require 2 stamps:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=945425052284538&id=714413108719068

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)
10. If that happens, I believe you can hand deliver it to your precint
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:22 AM
May 2018

on election day. I am not one hundred percent certain but I think I read that somewhere.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
8. I mentioned earlier today about the number of Democratic candidates and I haven't heard anything
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:07 AM
May 2018

on TV, or received any campaign literature in the mail, or heard about any local appearances in our area, or seen any commercials on TV. I concluded that they were saving their campaign literature mailings, appearances, and commercials until closer to the middle of May, but I hope they don't wait too long, since no one knows anything about them. Hardly any of them have held office previously and most seem to have not held office before, so they don't have any name recognition.
I did finally see a commercial this evening for the first time for the Democrat running for Congress in my area, and he seemed like a nice guy and his commercial was well done. His name is Bryan Caforio. I haven't received pamplets or literature on anyone else, so for now, he's my first choice.

RandySF

(57,631 posts)
9. I'm getting literature and seeing ads now.
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:11 AM
May 2018

Ballots are going out and we’re getting ads for Gov., Lt. Gov and the special for Mayor of San San Francisco.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
11. I'm voting for Eleni Kounalakis.
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:36 AM
May 2018

Here's the SacBee blurb on her:

Sacramento native Kounalakis, who was president of her family’s real estate development company for more than a decade, was Obama’s ambassador to Hungary as its nascent democracy was imploding. She has served on the California First 5 Commission and the San Francisco Port Commission and led the California Advisory Council for International Trade and Investment. Her endorsements include U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, Equality California and NARAL Pro-Choice California. If elected, she would – in this #MeToo moment – be California’s first female lieutenant governor.

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article210371639.html

Her blurb impressed me more than the other frontrunner's, particularly her NARAL and Kamala Harris endorsements.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
13. And, she was President Obama's Ambassador
Fri May 4, 2018, 04:10 AM
May 2018

to Hungary! That's no small job and an excellent experience to have on one's resume

Mahalo, SunSeeker

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