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As of June 6, 2016 at 5:00pm, 964,717 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 309,212 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 32.05% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.70% Republicans (7.41% above registration), 42.56% …

NOTE: PDI updated their registration numbers today. Relative to the registration counts available yesterday, the Countywide net increases are: Registration as of 6/2: 1,483,260 Registration as of 6/3: 1,523,004 (Increase of 2.6%) Increase for Democrats: 27,012 (Increase of 4.8%) Increase for Republicans: 7,452 (Increase of 1.5%) Increase for NPP: 5,280 (Increase of 1.1%) ————————————- As of June 3, 2016 at 5:00pm, 964,031 ballots …

As of June 2, 2016 at 5:00pm, 938,401 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 248,858 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 26.51% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.48% Republicans (6.83% above registration), 42.23% …

As an FYI, The BuildSD PAC is holding a primary election contest that is open to the public with prizes and recognition for the winners. Here is the link to participate. There are around ten questions primarily focusing on the outcomes of local races around town. The winners will receive: 1st Place – $50 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Place – $25 …

As of June 1, 2016 at 5:00pm, 938,401 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 226,348 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 19.3% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.45% Republicans (6.80% above registration), 42.22% Democrats …

As of May 31, 2016 at 5:00pm, 937,801 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 181,010 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 19.3% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.41% Republicans (6.76% above registration), 42.22% Democrats …

It’s fascinating to Google Ed Harris, the Democrat’s main candidate for Mayor of San Diego.  He hypes his status as a career city lifeguard (a wise decision), but systematically hides the fact that he was a public employee labor union boss — a boss that was particularly belligerent about protecting overpaid and overpensioned city employees from any reforms. Harris has …

  As of May 27, 2016 at 4:00pm, 934,852 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 157,078 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 16.8% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.36% Republicans (6.71% above registration), 42.23% …

  With the filing deadline occurring last night, please click this link for a fundraising overview for all of the competitive races throughout the county (Supervisor D3, City of SD, and Chula Vista District 4).

A new honeypot for California state government is the periodic “cap and trade” auctions of pollution rights. Actually CO2 rights, which is NOT a pollutant.  But I’m being churlish.  The lesson is that, when able, government will sell us the very air we breathe. Here’s the fun part.  The latest quarterly “cap and trade” auction was projected to bring in …

As of May 24, 2016 at 5:00pm, 933,340 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 130,572 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 13.99% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.07% Republicans (66.42% above registration), 42.26% Democrats (6.20%% …

You have no doubt heard the story about the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus being snubbed on the field at Saturday’s San Diego Padres game. Instead of hearing the Gay Men’s Chorus, everyone heard a woman signing when the wrong national anthem soundtrack was played. At first everyone suspected the worst – homophobia. Now we know the truth – it …

As of May 24, 2016 at 5:00pm, 931,608 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 115,077 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 9.88% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.01% Republicans (6361% above registration), 42.20% …

As of May 23, 2016 at 5:00pm, 928,331 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 91,739 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 9.88% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.86% Republicans (6.21% above registration), 42.13% …

As of May 19, 2016 at 5:00pm, 927,729 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 58,779 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 6.34% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.64% Republicans (5.99% above registration), 41.81% …

California gains another “superlative.”  We are ranked the worst state for “online access to government spending data.”  We make less spending data available than any other state. Two things to note about this latest CA “award.” 1.  The study was done by U.S. PIRG, a decidedly left wing outfit that would LOVE to present the Golden State in a positive …

As of May 18, 2016 at 5:00pm, 926.901 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 44,878 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 4.84% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.65% Republicans (6.00% above registration), 41.45% …

As of May 17, 2016 at 5:00pm, 925,522 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 28,942 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 3.12% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.66% Republicans (6.01% above registration), 41.43% …

  Sadly, here’s a NON-news story I run in May of every year.  For the 12th straight year, CEO Magazine ranks California as the worst state in which to do business.  Over 500 CEO’s are polled in the annual survey.  Every year, New York tries to challenge us for the bottom spot, but every year, they fail to dislodge us from …

Scott Lewis digs into the details of a battle for control of the Dem Central Committee between labor strongman Mickey Kasparian and Councilmember David Alvarez, along with the latter’s cause getting an assist from the Lincoln Club’s David Malcolm. It’s a fight worthy of a political wonk’s wet dream. Read it at Voice of San Diego