Ukiah Daily Journal (Newspaper) - June 9, 1982, Ukiah, California Special election June 1982 Date HI Lo 87 47 11 a.m. Today 79 June Date HI Lo 8 76 SO Low Today 50 24-hour Rainfall 0.00 Last Year 26.82 Journal Mendocino California MENDOCINO Fog and low clouds tonight along the coast and fair Pair inland Thursday with fog and low clouds along the Fort Bragg 58, 46 and 58. Ukiah 90, 47 and 92. 122nd Year No. 45 June 9,1982 1 Section 25 Cents Broken ballot counter keeps candidates and voters on the edge of their seats By GALE HOLLAND Journal Staff Writer The parties grew then the halls and finally just a few stalwarts and the candidates bleary-eyed and slumped amidst empty liquor bottles and paper plates awaiting the election And still the results did not A breakdown in the county's computer last night at 10:30 p.m. stranded candidates overnight and most of the morning in a sea of About 27 of 71 precincts were already but none of the coast or north county votes were among Particularly in county-wide races for district attorney and regional voting differences could turn tentative standings on their Many candidates went a few clung to the courthouse in the vain hope results were D.A. candidate Vivian chatted animatedly at the elections counter about sheriff candidate Tim Shea sat head in appearing a bit dumbfounded by the technology of modem At the Viola Richardson presided over her final primary election with grace but no little like going out with a she commented about 2 a.m. as a back-up system was frantically was going so Photo by Chartes It was a long night for head elections clerk Marsha shown here on Ihe for backup help in the wee hours of Wednesday we would have beaten all kinds of Then the machine started acting Steering the county out of the crisis was County Elections Clerk Marsha who is running to replace Richardson on the Marsha Young began working in the elections office six and a half years in the old when horse-drawn wagons brought in the candidates and their faithful supporters had to wait until the middle of the night for the returns to come in. under Marsha Young's the county moved out of the dark ages and into the computer least I gave you guys a good said a phone receiver glued to her in the wee hours of the The county has no service contract and no back-up for the Young explained that the price of a service contract - requiring the company that sells computers to send a in emergencies - had jumped from to last Mendocino County discontinued its Most counties have a back-up system at the state Department of Elections attorney William Yee said today from Sacramento - but not Mendocino didn't have a You'll have to ask Mrs. Richardson why said Deputy County Clerk Josephine Wold this Young called computer technicians for on coddling the recalcitrant counter back to and elections officials from other counties to find another roost for tM wayward just after 3 Young and two deputy clerks took off with an estimated 23,000 ballots for Red the Tehama County Deputy Sheriff Tom Ingram was pulled off Ukiah patrol to escort them and their About 6:30 a.m. they arrived in Red Bluff and began processing At Young was expected to call the tallies into the Mendocino County elections office about And there were other election By RON GLUCKMAN Journal Staff Writer It was not a good night for candidates or the elections But even before its modem equipment the county elections office realized it might have problems on its By 10 a.m. Fort Bragg voters were being warned that their sample ballots did not match up with the ballot being used to register their choice for Mendocino County Sample ballots for each precinct were printed slightly said Marsha county elections department This is due to a state law that requires the listing order of candidates on the ballot to rotate so each candidate for every office has an opportunity to be listed on in the middle and on the Though in the modem age are believed to be well informed and voting on every precaution of fairness has been taken by the elections The order of the names on the ballot sheets in county precincts is so well that there were more than 70 different sample said They are carefully checked for accuracy before being mailed to all the county's registered But a slip-up escaped the elections Sample ballots mailed to voters in three precincts in Fort Bragg listed candidates in the following Ralph Tim Barron Hankes and Dennis On the official the names were listed in the following Marcheschi and If Fort Bragg voters used their sample ballots as a guide and did not check the names on the they may have been voting for a sheriff they did not don't think it will be any said Young of the names are on every ballot And people are being informed that the order on their sample ballot is not the same as on the The mistake was noticed in the precincts by workers at between 9-10 a.m. They began informing voters of the potential discrepancy as soon as it was But what about the voters who were not so if they did not look at the names on the ballot and just voted by the marks on their sample they could be voting said do not think we will have any Young said it would be extremely difficult to recheck Fort Bragg votes to verify that voters were selecting the sherrif candidate they Incumbent newcomer Kelley win city council seats By RON GLUCKMAN Journal Staff Writer With election returns pouring it appears Hays Hickey and Planning Commissioner Mike Kelley have delivered a strong one-two punch and will win a pair of seats on Ukiah's Though apparent fourth and fifth place finishers Mark Cagle and Yvonne Metzler were expected to do the most surprising race was run by dark horse Nelson Redding - the Cinderella of the council 52, water manager for Willow County to attend all the candidates avoided going door to door for fear of disturbing citizens in the and underspent everyone else in the Yet underdog Redding vaulted past both Cagle and Metzler to make a strong showing in Incumbant 65, took the lead by Just one vote when early returns were posted last Hickey maintained his slim lead over the nearest as later returns poured in. Hickey had campaigned on his on Page 3) U.S. Senate Democrat Jr. 256 Paul B. Carpenter 110 109 under lOO 150 US State Senate Barry Keene 489 3,n6 Floyd 0. Sampson 1,137 State Maize 2,776 3,641 6,280 District Attorney Albert 4,809 773 no figures Supervisor Fifth District Norman devau 167 Walter Kamb 132 44 Kathleen Goss 4,276 Taylor 3,073 Marsha Young 6,201 ' 3,84i person 9^1889 Assessor Duane Wells 4,501 City of 942 Hays Hickey Mike Kelly 1,484 317 Metzler 7S7 Redding 1,139 Jerry 542 Ballot 2,981 786 no 2,328 1,084 2.288 no 2,206yes,l,S<7w� Shall mayor be eleM two 2,208yet. 8haU mayor be four 880
