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Here’s hoping voter turnout for this primary election doesn’t suck.
Opinion

Here’s hoping voter turnout for this primary election doesn’t suck.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 4, 2026

Have you voted yet? Sara Rubin here acknowledging that no, I have not, but I did already receive my ballot (early—they were scheduled to go in…

Letters to the Editor 11.21.24
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 11.21.24

  • Nov 21, 2024

Vote Count

Razor-thin margins in some local elections remain, even with updated ballot count.
News

Razor-thin margins in some local elections remain, even with updated ballot count.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 20, 2024

Monterey County Elections officials continue counting and verifying ballots. As that tabulation advances, an updated report was released with …

One of the big disappointments of Election Day is low turnout.
Local Spin | Opinion

One of the big disappointments of Election Day is low turnout.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 14, 2024

Compared to other obligations and privileges that the American government bestows upon us – getting a passport, serving on a jury, filing taxe…

Most local election results hold in latest ballot count, except a fireworks ban in Seaside is now poised to lose.
News

Most local election results hold in latest ballot count, except a fireworks ban in Seaside is now poised to lose.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 13, 2024

The deadline has come and gone for vote-by-mail ballots to arrive at the Monterey County Elections Department, reflected in the latest count, …

By a massive margin, Soledad voters reject a five-district electoral map.
News

By a massive margin, Soledad voters reject a five-district electoral map.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Mar 7, 2024

About a dozen people gathered on election night, March 5, in support of a different direction for Soledad. They chanted, “No on P / Ansaldo Si…

Voter turnout is usually pathetically low. Let’s show we have a say in local issues and vote.
Forum | Opinion

Voter turnout is usually pathetically low. Let’s show we have a say in local issues and vote.

  • Sam Farr
  • Oct 27, 2022

Your vote counts – but only if you use it.

An effort by the city of Gonzales to increase taxes fails at the polls in a special election.
News

An effort by the city of Gonzales to increase taxes fails at the polls in a special election.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 8, 2022

Gonzales City Council has a vision for a community center, housing a gym, a teen center, a relocated public library (currently in a strip mall…

The race to represent North County on the Board of Supervisors is a year away, but is already revving up.
News

The race to represent North County on the Board of Supervisors is a year away, but is already revving up.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Jul 2, 2021

When June 7, 2022, rolls around, two of five Monterey County supervisor seats will be up to the will of voters. Although District 3, so far, s…

Election's low voter turnout makes for big wins, close calls.
News

Election's low voter turnout makes for big wins, close calls.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Nov 4, 2015

Molly Evans, the independent newcomer elected to represent District 3 of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District ran largely on one q…

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