Riverside County Registrar of Voters Plays Spoiler on Election Eve – Again!
Apparently the fun of election night – the last day flurry of GOTV leading up to the closing of the polls, a quick shower and change of clothes and rushing to the election eve party in time to catch the first returns about a half hour after the polls close, then watching returns come in for the next couple of hours, and then hearing the victory and concession speeches, all before midnight – is something I’ll have to tell the young people in Riverside County about, because our Registrar of Voters can’t seem to get it together.
Yesterday, there was a special election in Desert Hot Springs. A whopping 1,604 people voted, 1,025 by absentee ballot. Yet, the absentee results were not on the website by 10 PM, and the final results werereleased sometime after I turned in at 11:30PM – hey, I have a 3 year old!.
Scott Matos won the counil seat by 10%, Measure A lost 53% to 47% for those following the Desert Hot Springs saga.
Whatever excuse is mouthed is not acceptable since this same problem has existed in the last 3 elections. Perhaps the registrar has an interest in a newspaper and wants to make us all read it the next… Read More