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

Aternate:
David Tom
Phone: (650) 312.5222 E-mail: dtom@smcare.org

San Mateo County Elections Office to Hold
Seminar for Candidates & Campaigns

How to Access and Use Voter File Information

(Redwood City, CA) Due to the increasing sophistication of local campaigns, more candidates are requesting voter file data from the San Mateo County Elections Office than ever before. “With nearly 110 candidates running for local office and eight (8) local measures on the ballot, the demand for voter file information is tremendous. We created the Voter Registration Information Seminar in response to this demand,“ Warren Slocum, Chief Elections Officer for San Mateo County explained.

The seminar is designed to help candidates, their staff and those involved in a ballot measure campaign understand what’s available, learn how to access the information electronically, know what it can be used for and understand when they can expect the information and in what format. “Having the data is one thing. Having the technology skills to use the data is another,” Slocum said.

“The Voter Registration Information Seminar is a help to candidates as well as a help to the Elections Office. If we are able to teach candidates how to use the voter file and they no longer need our assistance, it’s a win-win situation!” Slocum added.

By law, much of the voter registration information maintained by the Elections Office is available on a restricted basis to candidates for office, a ballot measure committees, or persons or groups for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes. However, to protect a voter from identity theft, a voter’s driver’s license, social security number, official identification and/or signature is never shared. And, the names of those who are protected by the Safe At Home Program or the Confidential Voter Program will be completely excluded from the voter registration data file.

The seminar will be held on August 25th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. RSVPs are requested to accommodate the number of people interested in attending. Candidates may RSVP by sending an email directly to sdennison@smcare.org , call 650.312.5370, or send a fax 650.312.5348. Attendees are asked to include the following information in their RSVP:

San Mateo County Voter Registration Information Seminar