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Serving San Mateo County
I was raised to believe that one person could make a difference and I have been working to do just that. Hello, my name is Warren Slocum and I serve the people of San Mateo County as their Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder.

During my terms of office I have been action oriented, accountable and accessible and made decisions with the public's interest in mind - and strived to deliver services with a customer friendly, common sense approach.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve!

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Going Local: The Daily Wrap

6.2.07 - Misleading Statements
When I read Ms. Nicole Winger's (Secretary of State spokeswoman) statements in a recent San Mateo County Times article regarding the Secretary's "Top to Bottom Review of Voting Systems" in California, I was stunned. Read More.

South San Francisco Teacher Receives Award
Ashely Gray, a teacher from the South San Francisco High School received the J.Russell Kent Award for innovation from the San Mateo County School Boards Association. The award was given at the board's annual Celebrating Innovation dinner on May 14th.

Mr. Gray's program called the Voter Education Program is designed to educate students in the senior government classes on the importance of participatory government and more specifically on every citizen's responsibility to vote. Two programs comprise the Voter Education Program: the Student Poll Workers program and the Vernon Dahmer Voter Hall of Fame. The poll worker program allows students to work at polling stations during elections and the Hall of Fame recognizes high school students of voting age who have exercised their right to vote.

Mr. Gray was also the San Mateo County Teacher of the Year - Congratulations to one of San Mateo County's truly outstanding teachers, Ashely Gray!

Top To Bottom Voting Machine Review Delayed
T
he nation's largest suppliers of voting equipment have handed their machines over to California elections officials for what experts say is the toughest testing the industry has experienced.

But several vendors and Los Angeles County, the largest voting jurisdiction in the country and technically a voting-equipment vendor itself because of its custom-made voting system, remained in talks Monday with state elections officials about the extent of the review, what would be done with its findings and more.

Those talks are likely to delay scrutiny of California's main voting systems by teams of computer scientists, security experts and voting policy analysts until at least the end of this week. Read More.

New Publication Provides Valuable Resources to Those Starting a Business In San Mateo County
A newly published guide to help people contact appropriate government agencies, file statements, pay taxes and find out what regulations may apply to their business is now available online and in print. Read More.

Homeowners Beware!
Homeowners should be wary of a property tax assessment company known for charging customers for a service already provided for free. The
Property Tax Assessors Records Corp. has been soliciting through the mail to new homeowners a chance to reduce their property taxes for a $25 fee. Every county in the state, however, offers the service to property owners free of charge.

Typically, a homeowner can receive up to $70 a year in annual property tax savings. But if a homeowner has already filled in the form from Property Tax Assessors Records Corp., they will be charged the fee and have what could have been a full return diminished by nearly 35 percent. Read More.

H.R. 811 Clears Committee
While the Republicans in the Committee on House Administration argued that they were representing the interests of state and local election officials concerned about the implications of the election reform legislation, the Democrats thwarted their attempts to amend the bill as it passed out of committee. Read H.R. 811.

Secretary of State Forms Review Team
Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State, has formed an e-voting review team that will be charged with the responsibility of conducting a "top to bottom" review of voting systems. Read More.

Voting Exhibition
The "Get Out The Vote" exhibition examines the process of campaigning and electioneering through partisan artifacts, symbols and ballots. Visit the Exhibit

How Votes Are Counted, And Who Counts Them, Are Issues As Important As Who Votes
Vote: The Machinery of Democracy, an exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, explores how ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years as a response to political, social, and technological change, transforming the ways in which Americans vote.

The earliest elections were conducted by voice vote or with paper ballots put into ballot boxes. These paper ballots, called party tickets, listed names from just one party. As the United States grew and the electorate expanded in the decades following the Civil War, improvements appeared in the form of the Australian or blanket ballot (which listed the names of all candidates), and ballot boxes with new security features. Learn More
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