Voter Turnout May Set Records, Telling Times for Turlock

With a hyped Presidential race, California’s controversial Prop. 8, Prop. 2, and a Stanislaus County transportation sales tax increasing Measure S, it is being reported that we could expect an 80% voter turnout.

The last presidential election in 2004 brought out an approximate 68% of voters in Stanislaus County out to the polls. About 50% of Turlock voters (approximately 14,600) chose two Council Members and a Treasurer.

Turlock’s numbers stayed about the same in 2006 despite it not being a Presidential election year. There were three candidates for Mayor of Turlock and fifteen Turlock City Council candidates! About 14,200 voters chose a Mayor and two Council Members.

With an approximate 31,400 registered voters in Turlock and a possible 80% voter turnout, this November 4, 2008 election could be the most revealing indication as to what Turlock is really about and who the people believe is representative of their community as a whole.

Whether you vote or not, you have two days to discuss the issues with everyone you run into around the city. As the next Council decides how Turlock grows, what services to fund and how much during possible hard financial times, and how they represent you; every vote will be very important to Turlock’s future.

Rather than tell you briefly what each Turlock City Council candidate is about, we would like to point you to their websites:

Jim Sarnowsky – www.js-ministries.com

David Fransen – www.VoteFransen.com

Amy Bublak – www.votebublak.com

Kurt Vander Weide – www.kurtvw.com

Mary Jackson – www.mary4turlock.com

Measure S – www.betterroadssaferstreets.com

California State Assembly, District 26 Candidates:

John Eisenhut – www.johneisenhut.com

Bill Berryhill – www.billberryhill.com
 

There have been plenty of news articles done on election issues concerning Turlock and they can be found here on www.TurlockCityNews.com, Turlock Journal Election ’08, and www.modbee.com/elections/.

TurlockCityNews.com will have local election results updated starting at around 8pm.

Polling locations are open on November 4, 2008 at 7:00am until 8:00pm. You have an assigned polling location according to your address but you can still vote anywhere in a worse case scenario. You can look up your polling location at www.stanvote.com or call Stanislaus County at (209) 525-5200. This is a list of polling locations for Turlock voters: