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[Action!] SVCAF Calls for Santa Clara Voters to Oppose Unjustified Voting Adjudication

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sep 22, 2023

Are You OK with the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Second Guessing Your Vote?

For the last four years, Group of Santa Clara County Citizens been Citizen Observers of the Ballot Processing and Vote Tabulation Processes at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters (SCCROV). They have discovered during our observations that the SCCROV unilaterally has made the executive decision to suspend and manually “Adjudicate and Determine the Voter’s Intent” for Under-Votes on all Voters’ Mail-In and Vote-in-Person Ballots.

The SCCROV’s actions are especially egregious for the In-Person Voter who fills out a paper ballot and scans their ballot using the ICP scanner/tabulator machine. The scanner allows the Voter to review their voting choices on its LCD screen. The ICP scanner/tabulator machine informs the Voter of an under-vote condition. It provides the Voter option to confirm or redo their choices. In this case, manually Adjudicating a ballot when the Voter has confirmed their vote in person on the machine is clearly unacceptable.  

The SCCROV’s actions are in Violation of California Election Code Section 19101, California Code Regulation 20982, California Voting System Standard Section 3.2.2.2 and 3.2.2.3 and other relevant election codes and laws. The SCCROV’s unilateral decision violates Voters’ Constitutional Rights to choose not to vote for a particular ballot contest without interference. It creates the opportunity for the Voter’s vote to be tampered with and changed without the Voter’s knowledge.

Federal, State and Local laws do not grant the SCCROV the right to review and suspend Voters’ ballots before tabulating their votes. The SCCROV’s “Adjudication” process to determine Voter Intent when the Voter’s Intent by No Vote decisions are clear on their ballots. The ROV’s actions deprive all Santa Clara County Voters of their Constitutional and Civil Rights to a safe, secure, private and accurate voting process. 

An Under-Vote is defined as a No Vote. The Voter decides not to vote for any of the Candidates running in one or more contests, or Proposition and Referendum Measures, by not marking the ballot accordingly. Also, when there are multiple candidates running in a contest, such as in School Board, State and County Judicial Offices, City and Town Council contests and the ballot instructs the Voter to vote for two, three, four or five and the Voter votes for less than the number instructed for the contest.

All Santa Clara County Voters need to contact the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and demand that they direct the SCCROV to cease and desist the Adjudication process for under votes for any future elections, and especially fix the vote tabulating for this 2024 election.

Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF) firmly supports this cause, to make sure Santa Clara’s citizen’s voice get heard by Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and SCCROV, and resolve any election code violation issues.

SVCAF calls for every Santa Clara voter to sign this demand letter to urge Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to stop SCCROV from the manual adjudication process for under votes. If you are a Santa Clara voter, please follow the link https://tinyurl.com/2vpe88y and e-sign the demand.

Below are step-by-step illustration.

Step 1: Click this link (https://tinyurl.com/2vpe88ym)

Step 2: Click “Continue” Button to start the E-sign in the opened doc

Step 3: Click “Click here to sign”, in the popup window, input your full name, click “Apply”, then your Signature and Printed Name will be automatically filled into the doc.

Step 4: Press “Click to Sign” button and input your email address

Step 5: Check your email inbox for the confirmation with title: “Please confirm your signature on Adjudication Demand Letter”, from “Adobe Sign”:

Step 6: Click “Confirm my email address” link within the email, and when you see the green banner with text: “Your e-signing of Adjudication Demand Letter has been verified. A copy of the signed document is being sent to you.” done!

Please help spread the word, and collect more signatures. The follow-up updates will be posted on this page as well, so please do visit this page from time to time.

For media contact: info@svcaf.org