February 2008 Primary Election

The February 2008 Primary election will be held on February 5, known as "Super Tuesday" due to the number of states participating. Even though California voted to implement open primaries, the primaries in California have been closed since 2001 meaning that you can only vote for candidates from the party you are registered with (unaffiliated voters are allowed by the Democratic and American Independent parties to vote for their candidates; the other parties' primaries are not open).¹

Results

* Election Night Results

Ballot Issues

All parties in California are having their Primary election to select the party nominee for President of the United States. If you have declined to state a party, you can still participate, but only in the Democratic Party or American Independent Party primaries.

Additionally, there are several initiatives on the ballot, which everyone can vote for/against:

More information is available on the Secretary of State's website.

• http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/ - Official Voter Guide for this election. Note about the voter guide: Props 94-97 are virtually identical, so once you've read one, you've read them all.

Where to Vote

Election Day:

• Find your polling place.
• Polling places are open 7AM to 8PM.
• If you're a student registered at your parents' that didn't mail an absentee ballot, you have to go to your home precinct to vote. You can't go just anywhere to vote.

Early Voting occurred several places in Yolo County, January 26-February 1 10AM-4PM. Early Voting was held in the Memorial Union near Classical Notes, and at the Davis Senior Center, in addition to a Woodland and a West Sac location. Any person registered in the county can vote at an early voting station, but on the day of the election you have to go to your precinct.

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2008-02-02 02:57:36   I vote no confidence. —PxlAted

2008-02-05 08:16:21   voted yes to everything except the transportation one, 91, (cutting funding from public transportation to build highways is like stealing money from the poor and giving it to the rich). Not to mention increasing pollution. —MattHh

2008-02-05 08:46:00   Read up before you vote!

Official voter guide http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/

SF Gate voter guide http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/01/23/votersguide.DTL&type=politics

Prop 92 could increase all UC tuitions http://media.www.californiaaggie.com/media/storage/paper981/news/2007/12/05/CityNews/Proposition.92.Comes.Under.Fire-3133049-page2.shtml

Prop 93 speaks for itself. Do you want to give politicians more time and money?

I haven't made up my mind on the indian gaming agreements, heard good arguments from both sides. Anyone have any more info? —WilliamBeamish

2008-02-05 14:02:30   93 doesn't exactly speak for itself. It's worded in a deceiving way. It's more of a shift of the term limit rules than anything. The politicians who are responsible for bringing the prop to the voters are trying to extend their own terms that are about to expire, but despite this I have heard that the new rules proposed in the proposition makes more sense in the long run even if it means doing a favor to people who are trying to trick voters.

• I agree. It was actually the toughest proposition for me to decide on. I basically chose yes because of the argument you give. Ultimately I think this proposition is the least important of the 7. —MattHh

As for 94-97, gambling really isn't a good answer to our budget problems. Sure it may contribute to our suffering state budget but think of how many home budgets of the lower class that it destroys. Rich don't gamble at Indian Casinos. Gambling is a cheap shot at taxing the poor. There has to be a better way to make money for the state. —MischaGushiken

• Hmm, that sounds like you're implying that poor people all have gambling problems... —TimMonk
• I don't think I said all poor people gambling problems. —MischaGushiken

Footnotes

1. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm