Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:47

Voter Registration Closes October 20th

slide2.pngBy Jim Reece - 21,082 Amador County residents and counting were registered for the November 4 election as of Tuesday with registration for the election set to close 5 p.m. Monday, October 20. Of those, Republicans led party affiliation with 9,592 registered voters. The Democratic party had 7,398 registered voters. Decline To State had 3,030 voters. American Independents numbered 651, Libertarians had 13, the Green party had 130, 117 filed as “Miscellaneous” and 32 were members of Peace And Freedom. Ione City Council has three candidates running for two seats. They are Andrea Bonham, David P. Plank and Jerry Sherman. Jackson City Council has three seats open for four candidates, Dave Butow, Wayne Garibaldi, Judy Jebian, Marilyn L. Lewis and Alfred A. Nunes. Plymouth City Council has three seats open with six candidates: Greg Baldwin, Gary C. Colburn, Darlene R. Estey, Maria E. Nunez and Patricia J. Shackleton. Amador County Unified School District has four candidates for three seats: Paul “PJ” Karnaze, Janelle F. Redkey, Wally Upper and Mary Walser. Amador Water Agency Board of Directors has one seat contested in each of four districts. District 1 candidates are George W. “Bill” Condrashoff and Madonna Wiebold; District 2 features John P. Swift and Gary E. Thomas; District 3 has Joseph A. Bonini and Don Cooper; and District 4’s race has Debbie Dunn, W. Brent Parsons and Paul Scott.