Thursday, February 22, 2024

SOME SENSE FROM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

By Bob Walsh



I live in San Joaquin County, CA.  It is (according to the U. S. Census Bureau) possibly the most diverse county in the country.  It has a population of about 650,000.  About half of that lives in Stockton.

The County Registrar of Voters has recently announced some program changes to increase the overall security of the voting process.  Some of this is the down-stream handling of ballots and keeping track of them.  Some of it is otherwise.

One of the things they are doing is flagging any address that has more than 10 registered voters.  These flags are reported to the Sheriff's Office who checks the situation out.  This program fired up after a Lodi city official was found to have 41 ballots at his house during the last election and had a couple of dozen people (who may or may not have existed) registered to vote at his residence address.  

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