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Widespread voter confusion, wasted millions in campaign financing, claims of election fraud — just a typical November in San Francisco.
City voters proved once again that they can rise above the clamor, and while they had to wait patiently for their ballots to be counted under our spin-the-big-wheel system of elections, they at least reiterated that San Francisco has no plans to become Oakland.
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Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election had Marge Colapietro and Wayne Lee leading the pack for three City Council seats, with Robert Gottschalk and Anne Oliva in a tight race for the last spot.The hard-fought race centered on economic uncertainty, exacerbated by the departure of many businesses over the past year, which has led to chipping away of city services, staff and pensions.
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Ross Mirkarimi held a lead over Chris Cunnie and Paul Miyamoto in a three-way race for San Francisco sheriff, but the outcome of the contest remains undecided. David Wong also entered the race, but was a distant fourth after Tuesday’s voting.
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Despite an ad campaign explaining the nuances of ranked-choice voting, many voters were confused Tuesday.
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The observation that “Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner” contains some truth. But actually, anyone who votes can be counted among the wolves making the decisions.
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The questionable electoral practices of the independent expenditure committee supporting Ed Lee for mayor have raised concerns about the fairness of the mayoral election.
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Voters have only hours left to obtain mail-in ballots for the Nov. 8 election.The mail-in ballot requests are due to The City’s Department of Elections by 5 p.m. A press release from the department said the requests must be in the hands of elections workers today, and postmarks before the deadline will not count.
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At 70, columnist George Will might be forgiven some mellowing. That will clearly not be necessary after reading his broadside against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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