Contact:
Warren Slocum
Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Phone: (650) 363-4988 Fax: (650) 363-1903 E-mail: wslocum@smcare.org

lternate
David Tom
Phone: 650.312.5301 Fax: 650.312.5348 E-mai:l dtom@smcare.org

County Elections Welcomes Elections Observers

Political parties and interested persons may observe Logic & Accuracy testing of new voting equipment.

Redwood City, CA – Warren Slocum, San Mateo County’s Chief Elections Officer, announced that the County Elections Office will commence the Logic & Accuracy testing of the new eSlate voting devices on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. An informational meeting for observers will be held at the Elections Office at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17th.

Logic & Accuracy testing is a standard election procedure that verifies that the voting system correctly records and tabulates votes for contests specific to an election through a set of predetermined results.

As required by law, the Elections Office will invite representatives from the political party central committees in San Mateo County. In addition to the central committee members, any interested person may observe the L&A process, or any other process at the Elections Division. “We have an open-door policy at the Elections Office,” stated Slocum. “I believe strongly that public institutions should be open and transparent and we abide by that standard.”

Interested observers are encouraged to call the Elections Manager, David Tom at (650) 312-5301 for more information.

Information about the General Election to be held on November 7, 2006, is available online at the San Mateo County Elections Division web site at www.shapethefuture.org or by calling 650-312-5222.