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Oct. 20 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4
election in lSanta Clara County. To
complete the Voter Registration form on-line go to http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm.You
may register to vote if you meet all of the following requirements:
• Citizen of the United
States
• Resident of California
• At least 18
years of age on or before election day
• Not in prison or
on parole for the conviction of a felony.
If you move, change your name, or change your political
party affiliation, you will need to re-register.
US Legislature
United States Representative; District 14
* Carol Brouillet,
Green
* Anna Eshoo,
Democratic
* Ronny Santana,
Republican
* Brian Holtz,
Libertarian
State Senate
State Senator; District 11
* Joe Simitian,
Democratic
* Blair Nathan,
Republican
State Assembly
Member of the State Assembly; District 21
* Ira Ruskin,
Democratic
* Annalisa Temple,
Republican
Judicial
Judge - Superior Court; County
of Santa Clara; Office 8
* Lane Liroff
* Diane Ritchie
School
Board Member; Mountain View-Los
AltosUnionHighSchool District; 4 Year Term
* Susan Sweeley
* Colin Rudolph
* Phil Faillace
Local Measures
Measure A Hospital
Seismic Safety and Medical Facilities -- County
of Santa Clara (Bond Measure - 2/3
Approval Required)
Hospital Seismic
Safety and Medical Facilities
To prevent state
mandated shutdown of one-half of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's beds;
closure of SCVMC's trauma, burn center; and, loss of disaster response, by
rebuilding, and improving earthquake safety of the hospital, meeting state
seismic laws, and help replace closed medical facilities in downtown San Jose,
shall the County of Santa Clara issue $840 million in general obligation bonds
with independent citizens' oversight committee, annual audits, and no money for
administrators' salaries?
BONDS YES
BONDS NO
Measure B BART
Extension - VTA -- Santa ClaraValley
Transportation Authority (Sales Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
To reduce
dependence on foreign oil, help relieve soaring gas prices and combat climate
change, shall the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority enact a 1/8 cent
sales tax limited to thirty years for BART to operate/ maintain/ improve the
16.1 mile Santa Clara County BART extension, with stations in Milpitas, San
Jose, and Santa Clara, connecting with Caltrain from Gilroy to San Francisco
and an Airport People Mover, to be collected only if sufficient state/federal
funds are secured to match local construction dollars?
YES
NO
Measure C Valley
Transportation Plan 2035 -- County
of Santa Clara (Advisory Vote)
Shall the Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority continue to plan, design, construct and
provide transit services as described in the draft Valley Transportation Plan
2035 (VTP 2035) to be adopted by December 2008? VOTING FOR THIS MEASURE DOES
NOT INCREASE TAXES.
YES
NO
Measure D Valley
Transportation Authority Ordinance -- County
of Santa Clara (Ordinance Amendment
- Majority Vote Required)
Shall the
following ordinance be enacted? The ordinance adopted by the people of the
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority on March 2, 1976 (Measure B) and
amended by the voters at the November 6, 1990 election, shall be further
amended to read as follows: "It shall be the policy of the Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority to submit to the 2000 Measure A Citizen's
Watchdog Committee every 6 years a comprehensive transit program for review and
comment."
