Amador County -- The run-up to Super Tuesday ended with a flurry of activity in the Amador County Registrar of Voter’s Office last week. Nearly 400 people registered to vote in the last seven days of the eligibility period that ended last Monday, October 20th. In all, 380 new voters were registered, bringing the total to 21,462 voters who are eligible to cast ballots next Tuesday. Supervisorial District Number 5 led Amador districts with 87 new registered voters. By party affiliation, the Amador County Republican Party had the most new registrants with 135 new voters registered since a list of the totals was printed on October 14th. “Decline To State” voters increased by 118 new people and The Democratic party in Amador gained 102 voters. Republicans in Amador lead party affiliation with 9,727 voters. Democrats numbered 7,501 and Decline To State totaled 3,148.

Gwen Johnson of the election registration office said the office was very busy this week with voting. By city registration, the City of Jackson led in sheer numbers with 2,568 voters, and it increased by 42 people in a week. Ione has 2,044 voters, including 60 new registrants in the last week. Sutter Creek totaled 1,669 voters and got 40 new voters. Plymouth got 23 new voters and totaled 580 and Amador City gained 3 voters, totaling 132 eligible to vote. By supervisor district, District 5 had the highest total with 4,598 registered voters. District 2 was second with 4,428. District 4 has 4,259 voters; District 1 has 4,103; and District 3 has 4,074. Republicans outnumber all other parties in each supervisor district and also in each city jurisdiction in Amador County. No Supervisor races are being run, but four of the districts feature runs for seats on the Amador Water Agency Board of Directors. In District 1, George W. Bill Condrashoff faces incumbent Madonna Wiebold. In District 2, AWA Chairman John P. Swift faces Gary E. Thomas. In District 3, two new candidates, Joseph A. Bonini and Don Cooper face off for the seat, to be vacated by current AWA Board Vice President Dave Thomas. District 4 has three candidates, including incumbent Paul Scott, Sutter Creek City Councilman W. Brent Parsons and Debbie Dunn. A total of 11,624 voters vote at the polls, while 9,765 vote by permanent absentee ballots. The last day to mail absentee ballots was Tuesday. Polls open Tuesday, November 4th at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. --  Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).