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The Southland Digest is a weekly summary of highlights gleaned from a myriad of ethnic press based in Southern California, arguably the largest ethnic media market in the country. The aim is to provide a glimpse of the lives, the conversations, and the perspectives of this multicultural population vis a vis national, state, and local issues. Occasionally the writer might venture beyond the borders of SoCal to other territories and topics. The digest is produced by NAM Southern California Director Julian Do.
[ filed under: california politics ] There were no hanging chads in the recent Super Tuesday primary election on Feb. 5 in California. However, an estimated of 95,000 voters were confused by the double bubble for decline-to-state voters who could select Democratic or Independent. Apparently poll workers were not trained to inform decline-to-state voters that they had to request a ballot of their choice (i.e., Democratic, Independent, Peace and Freedom) and “ink in an additional bubble”. If not, their ballot would not be counted. The County of Registrar in Los Angeles County does not know how many non-valid votes fell in this category. Dianne Anderson | *Long Beach Leader | 2.14.2008 *Long Beach Leader is an African American weekly under the Precinct Reporter Group Publication in San Bernardino. |
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