George Rebane
In this heated election season this little piece of correspondence I received might come across as a bit of administrivia. But since it involves a local elected official – Clerk-Recorder Gregory Diaz – it may be worth a look in passing given his performance on the recent disastrous AtPac suit (q.v.). It seems that Mr Diaz was not following federal law on how military service members’ and overseas voters' absentee ballots were handled. He was notified of this, and even got a federal grant of $77,000 to fix the problem.
Well he didn’t, and the federal government sued California in which Nevada County was named as a non-compliant county. The resulting judgment requires higher ups to keep an eye peeled on how we handle military absentee ballots in the future. You can read all this yourself.
Here’s the grant announcement. Here’s the federal complaint; see paragraphs 32-33. And here’s the final settlement.
Oh yes, in case you wonder whether this post is racist, please see the excellent video on Martin Light's blog that explains the whole matter.
Meanwhile, back to Charlotte for the big speech … .
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