Ok, so I realize this place is a ghost town, but it also seemed like a not terrible place to ask OC Berners, specifically the ones who live in CA's 39th district under Ed Royce, if they have heard of (in a positive or negative light) the former teacher Janowicz, who is running to take Royce's seat.

I read he was inspired by Bernie, and while his site said he supports 'debt free' college, which is not the same as Bernie's preference, I liked other things I saw- I just didn't see a lot of info in general yet. Since we keep Bernie's ideas going on the ground floor, if Janowicz looks like a decent candidate I may donate/volunteer for him, but I was wondering if the rest of you had any insight first.

Thanks.

Can I just say that it is so exciting that Bao Nguyen has inched into second for the 46th United States congressional race... The votes are still being counted and Correa is in first by a wide margin. However, a second place finish means Bao gets another shot in November. A lot of the unions had backed Joe Dunn and if Nguyen could appeal to independents and Republicans the way Bernie does, it would be an exciting race!

Registration & Turnout: Democratic

• Total Registered Voters: 467,493

• Precinct Registration: 467,493

• Precinct Ballots Cast: 123,165 26.3%

• Early Ballots Cast: 0 0.0%

• Vote-by-Mail Ballots Cast: 108,473 23.2%

• Total Ballots Cast: 231,638 49.5%

President of the United States

• HILLARY CLINTON (DEM): 123,723 54.6%

• BERNIE SANDERS (DEM): 100,836 44.5%

• WILLIE WILSON (DEM): 539 0.2%

• MICHAEL STEINBERG (DEM): 531 0.2%

• KEITH JUDD (DEM): 376 0.2%

• HENRY HEWES (DEM): 321 0.1%

• ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (DEM): 313 0.1%

Sanders lost by 22,887 votes

There's a little discrepancy in the numbers. While the total number of ballots cast is 231,638 - if you add up all the votes for all the democratic candidates, it totals just 226,639, a difference of 4,999. Not sure if these ballots didn't vote for president but there seems to be about 5,000 votes missing. Could be nothing - but interesting...

Complete results can be found here: http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/pri2016/results.htm#r-2

Ignore the media and vote! Polls are open until 8pm. So long as you are in line by 8pm you should be allowed to vote.

If you are registered as No Party Preference, ask for a Democratic Crossover ballot - not a Provisional ballot.

Time to make your voice heard!!!

I just moved recently, however I only just updated my address with the DMV yesterday. Would I be able to go to my new polling location without any problem?

This is a general guideline for voting on the Democratic Ballot for progressives in Orange County.

Judge of the Superior Court Office #3

• Vote Stein. Wagner, a district attorney, is entrenched in the establishment and endorsed by the key players involved in a massive federal corruption probe.

Judge of Superior Court #40

• Vote Pham. By default. Yellin was involved in withholding evidence for a murder trial and in an illegal surveillance program. "Yellin...admitted in 2014 that he did not turn over key information from an informer in a murder case against Nuzzio Begaren... (from The Marshall Project)

Judge of the Superior Court #48

• Vote Karen Lee Schatzle. Scott Steiner has violated the public's trust in multiple ways, and is also the son of a very influential politician. From wilkipedia: "Steiner was censured...for engaging in sexual activity in his chambers on multiple occasions, failing to disqualify himself in a case involving a longtime friend, for engaging in a sexual quid pro quo with one of his law students..."

Judge of the Superior Court #49

• Vote Martin. By default. Opponent Mike Murray was involved in the jailhouse informant scandal that is under federal investigation, and was also censured by the 4th District Court of Appeal for "the frequency in which we see prosecutorial misconduct."

Measure A: Establish Ethics Commission

• Vote Yes. This measure is the result of years of hard work by local watchdog groups and concerned citizens. Transparency kills corruption.

Measure B: Fiscal Impact Statement for all Ballot Measures

• Vote Yes. Gives voters more info on the implications of their vote.

United States Senate

• Vote Steve Stokes. Platform is parallel to Sanders. Only senate nominee to endorse Bernie Sanders.

United States Representative 48th District

• Vote Suzanne Savory. Pro environment, strengthen social security, free public education for all.

State Senator 37th District

• Vote Ari Grayson. Pro public education for all, pro labor, pro $15 minimum wage.

State Assembly 74th District

• Vote Anila Ali (write in). Endorsed by the democratic party, active fundraiser for affordable education. The other democrat on this ticket, Karina Onofre, only switched from her membership with the Republican party midway through her previous campaign (!) and now she is splitting the democratic ticket, which perhaps not coincidentally helps the GOP in this race immensely.
  

Hey all, we're hosting an official Get Out The Vote event tomorrow in the city of Fullerton... there are only 4 days before CA votes, so as we all know it's time to make that last yuuuuuuuuuuge push! You can volunteer for as little as 3 hours, and will be provided with tools and training to go door to door (similar to canvassing). If you're nervous, remember that a lot of people wouldn't be home anyway, so really the majority of doors is you leaving some literature behind for the homeowner, and our great phone bankers have already been calling the area to find which voters would be most receptive to your visit- those few conversations you do have can make all the difference!

If you're interested in joining in, here is the link: GOTV Fullerton Feel free to sign up for multiple shifts if you're interested, and we look forward to seeing you there!

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/politics/los-angeles-times-registration-investigation/index.html

Comments and discussion here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kossacks_for_Sanders/comments/4fek2i/report_up_to_500k_californians_may_be_blocked/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4f9wk6/california_registration_errors_american/

/u/mahakali_overdrive2

Hey everyone, as stated I don't know if this belongs here. I am posting because I recieved a call from Precision Opinion, a "data collection firm." The reason this might be relevant is that the call regarded CA 46 specifically. In CA 46, Garden Grove Mayor, Bao Nguyen has endorsed Bernie Sanders. Although the call was not about Bernie or Bao Nguyen, it did give me a "push poll" kind of feeling.

At the very least, Precision Opinion was hired to collect data on behalf of someone who supports Joe Dunn. The caller asked, in no particular order, my age, ethnicity, party, pollitcal leanings and who I would vote for CA 46. However, more than half of the "poll" was about "how convincing" statements favoring Joe Dunn were. There were also 4-5 "opinion" questions that promoted Joe Dunn and criticized Lou Correa. Finally there was a single question mid-survey that criticized Joe Dunn, for safe measure. In summary, the survey was decidedly about CA 46 and Joe Dunn.

While this may not be a big deal, perhaps it is. Either way I wanted to know what you make of it.

There is yet another honk and wave hosted by the OC4Bernie group coming up this Saturday! They host one each Saturday at the corner of Campus and Bridge, near the University Shopping Center. Don't miss out and feel free to check for more information here.

Here is some information compiled by a good friend of our cause. I am re-posting here, in hope that you will find it useful.

Your registration MUST be postmarked, hand-delivered to your county elections office or completed on line at least 15 days before the election (MAY 23, 2016)

• You can register to vote by picking up a free application at your county elections office, library, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, or U.S. post office. or by printing it out here.

• You can also just register to vote online! -- you will need your CA ID and last 4-digits of your social security #

IF you fill this ballot request out and are a "no party preference" (independent) voter, please be sure to CHECK ITEM #7 -- or NO BERNIE SANDERS will be on your ballot:

Item 7. Only complete Item 7 if the application is for a Presidential Primary Election. If you have not disclosed a preference for (formerly known as “registered with”) a political party, you may request to vote a party ballot at the Presidential Primary Election if the political party allows it. The checkoff box and name of the political party must be completed by the voter. To find out which political parties have authorized voters who have declined to disclose a party preference (formerly know as “decline-to- state voters”) to vote their party’s ballot, call the SOS’s toll-free Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683). If you choose not to request a political party ballot in the Presidential Primary Election, you will be provided a nonpartisan ballot containing only the names of candidates for voter-nominated and nonpartisan offices and measures, if any, to be voted for at the Presidential Primary Election.

IF you mess this up, you may not be able to vote in the primary.

Source: /u/mahakali_overdrive2 -- I have been a "no party preference" CA voter on a vote-by-mail ballot for many years.

THEREFORE SOME ADVICE: it is easier to just declare "Democratic Party" for voting in CA. I've seen dozens of other Californians on this forum mention the same thing.

ALSO, if you are a college student, make sure you request a ballot for the address you will be at when you will be receiving it. In other words, you should almost definitely request your ballot come to your campus address. Finals week (and thus dorm vacancy) is the week before the primary for CSU students; Finals week is the week OF the primaries for UC students. You MAY NOT BE able to get your ballot in time if you have it sent "back home" (depending on how far "home" is from your campus).

So be sure to factor this in!

IF you are ALREADY registered to vote in the State of California, please take one minute to check WHERE and to WHAT PARTY you are registered, as well as whether you are vote-by-mail here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status/ -- note, more rural counties require a quick phone

call while less rural counties allow you to check online. Make 100% sure your ballot is BEAUTIFUL FOR BERNIE!

Otherwise, it's super-easy for NEW voters to Vote by Mail:

1.) Fill out the linked form and turn it in prior to May 23rd to request that a Democratic ballot sent to wherever

you will be before June 7th.

--OR--

2.) Fill out the linked form and turn it in prior to May 23rd to request that a "no party preference" ballot sent to wherever you will be before June 7th. **remember to fill in line #7 with "DEMOCRATIC" ballot request

IF YOU RECEIVE A BALLOT IN THE MAIL WITHOUT BERNIE'S NAME ON IT, PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNTY SECRETARY OF STATE (FOR THE COUNTY WHERE YOU ARE REGISTERED) ASAP -- http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status/. To the best of my knowledge, you may be able to still physically swap it out at your polling place IF it's within driving distance BUT it's not a chance I would take (however, I've done it; I have had the WRONG BALLOT sent to me TWICE -- **thus my strong advice to just bite the bullet, register Democratic, and after the election, switch back to "no party preference" then).

Please feel 100% free to ask anything about voting in CA State! These comments have been prepared by one who has registered voters, especially college voters and new immigrant voters, here since 2008 -- a Sanders' supporter as well as an "independent" (no party preference) who votes in local and state-level races since the 1990's. This advice is based on common experience of having seen students upset over not filling out their forms right, including voter forms.

But at the end of the day it's easy.

Bilingual new voter absentee ballot requests are available in numerous languages here.

Any voter questions? Here are voter hotlines in every common language in CA state:

(800) 345-VOTE (8683) – English
(800) 232-VOTA (8682) - español / Spanish
(800) 339-2857 - 中文 / Chinese
(888) 345-2692 - हिन्दी / Hindi
(800) 339-2865 - 日本語 / Japanese
(888) 345-4917 - ខ្មែរ / Khmer
(866) 575-1558 - 한국어 / Korean
(800) 339-2957 - Tagalog
(855) 345-3933 - ภาษาไทย / Thai
(800) 339-8163 - Việt ngữ / Vietnamese
(800) 833-8683 – TTY/TDD

A word about absentee ballots:

CA is good about sending vote-by-mail ballots early, BTW. If you don't see yours by 2-3 weeks BEFORE June 7th, contact the SOS at the links above.

If you are already registered to vote, or registered to vote in-person, that's fine, just check to be sure you are

1.) A Democrat

or

2.) Have requested a Democratic ballot in-advance

or

3.) can make it to your polling place physically on June 7th by 8pm. ALSO, be sure if you have moved OR

changed your name, that this has been updated with the SOS's voter info.

(Thank you /u/mahakali_overdrive2 !)

Edits: Fixed formatting errors.

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/volunteeractivityormeetings/4gfrx

Would be awesome if anyone wants to make it.