Musings
JUNE 2 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY:
California is an interesting state because unlike other areas of the country and I’ve voted in five different states, results rarely come in on voting day. I’ve also worked the polls in Pacific Palisades. Provisional ballots cast on voting day, were not counted immediately because they had to be verified. Absentee ballots are not always counted in a timely fashion. As the California Secretary of State Shirley Weber writes “The complete tally of votes is never finished on Election Night as vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted. These ballots are always counted during the official canvass period in the 30 days after Election Day.
This editor went to one watch party in the 2022 City Election for Traci Park versus Erin Darling. The result was not official until nine days later. I went home to bed at 10 p.m. Although I’m headed to two watch parties tonight, I’m not expecting results – but, I hope there are . . . California needs to figure out how to get absentee ballots counted sooner—and as far as provisional ballots—if you wait until 7:55 p.m. on election night, then maybe you need better planning in your life. It’s not like the elections are secret and you couldn’t have registered weeks earlier.
REGISTER FOR THE 5/10K Run:
The Palisades Will Rogers Fourth of July 5K/10K Run is coming home to the Pacific Palisades after its 2025 race was relocated to Venice due to the damage from the Palisades Fire. The run has four distances, a 10K run, 5K run/walk, the Dick Lemon Run - a high school competition 5K and a half-mile Kids Fun Run. The famous 10K route takes runners along a route with views of the ocean in the distance, switchbacks through the backroads of Will Rogers State Park. Sign up now https://palisades4th.com/
PARADE TO RETURN:
The Palisades 4th of July Parade will return to Pacific Palisades this year on Saturday, July 4 with a new time. The parade will start promptly at 4 p.m. To learn how to be part of the parade and celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation, https://palisades4th.com/parade/participate
Sue Pascoe
Editor, Circling The News ·
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