March 11, 2016

Contact: Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Alternate: David Tom, Elections Division Manager

(Redwood City, CA) San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced that the 10-day public review period for ballot measures and candidate filing documents for the June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election will open at 5 p.m. on March 11, 2016. The public review period gives voters an opportunity to review and challenge the language of a proposed ballot measure or candidate statement before it is published in the Sample Ballot & Official Voter Information Pamphlet.

This review period is the first of four separate public review periods that occur in relation to the June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election. All review periods will begin at 5 p.m. on their respective opening date on our website, www.shapethefuture.org under Current Elections.

Public Review Period Schedule

March 11 – March 21
Candidate Statements and Ballot Measures filed by the filing deadline of March 11 at 5 p.m. The review period ends on March 21 at 5 p.m.

March 16 – March 26
Candidate Statements from candidates who filed during the extended candidate filing period closing on March 16 at 5 p.m. The 10-day review period ends on a Saturday; therefore, the deadline is extended to March 28 at 5 p.m., the next business day.

March 15 – March 25
Primary Arguments for and against ballot measures.

March 25 – April 4
Rebuttal Arguments for and against Primary Arguments and Impartial Analyses for each ballot measure.

During each 10-day public review period, registered voters, in a contest for which they are eligible to vote, may seek a judicial writ of mandate or injunction requiring any or all of the materials to be amended or deleted. The request for writ of mandate or injunction shall be filed no later than the end of the review period.

All documents will be available for in-person review Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at:

Registration & Elections Division
Office of the Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
County of San Mateo
40 Tower Road
San Mateo, CA 94402

For more information about the election, call 650.312.5222, visit www.shapethefuture.org or follow us on Twitter @smcvote.


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Related Contacts

Mark Church

Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer
555 County Center
Redwood City, CA 94063-1665Get Directions
Phone:
650.363.4988

Jim Irizarry

Asst. Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Asst. Chief Elections Officer
555 County Center
Redwood City, CA 94063-1665Get Directions
Phone:
650.363.4988