Amador County – Amador County voters go to the polls today to decide eight local seats and a variety of state and federal races.

Amador County Elections Office said there will be 21,354 people eligible to vote in Amador County, while a breakdown of districts and municipalities shows the number of votes needed by candidates to clinch their races.

Registrar of Voters Sheldon Johnson said 50 percent plus one of the total possible eligible votes will be needed in each race, including the six-candidate race for three seats on the Ione City Council.

Ione has 2,126 eligible voters for Tuesday’s election, which means one of the candidates can secure a seat with 1,064 votes.

In the Sutter Creek City Council race, four candidates vie for two positions. There are 1,740 registered voters who are eligible to vote. The candidates can assure a position with 871 votes, or one vote over 50 percent.

The Amador Water Agency board of directors has three seats being sought in three different supervisorial districts. Two candidates running in District 1 will be elected by its 4,051 registered voters, and the winning candidate can clinch the election with 2,026 votes.

In AWA District 4, the registered voters total 4,333, and one of the two candidates for the seat can secure a win with 2,167 votes.

Three candidates are running for the AWA District 5 seat, and there are 4,452 voters eligible to vote. The winning candidate can seal a victory by getting 2,227 votes.

Of the 21,354 registered voters in Amador County, 7,077 are Democrats; 9,750 are Republicans; 3,431 are “decline to state”; and 1,096 claim other parties.

A Field Research Corporation poll released Sunday said Proposition 19 to legalize marijuana had fallen behind by 7 percentage points. The poll said opponents of Proposition 19 now outnumber supporters 49 percent to 42 percent, with 9 percent undecided. It showed a “reversal from mid-September,” when supporters led a poll by the same 49-42 percent margin.

The Poll found “continuing opposition to Proposition 23, the initiative to suspend AB 32, the state’s greenhouse gas reduction law.” The poll showed 48 percent of likely voters were against the initiative, and 33 percent supported it.

Prop 25, which “would permit the state legislature to approve a budget with a simple majority vote, is getting the support of 48 percent of likely voters.” 31 percent opposed the proposition, with 21 percent undecided.

The poll talked to 1,501 registered voters between October 14th and 26th.

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