The dust is barely settling from the April 4 Special Congressional Open Primary Election and yet the deadline to register to vote for the May 6 Portola Valley Elementary School District All-Mail Election already looms near.
The Portola Valley Elementary School District Election is being conducted to fill the vacant seat on the governing board. The certified list of candidates appearing on the May 6 ballot can be found on the San Mateo County Elections website in the box dedicated to the May 6 Portola Valley Elementary School District Election.
When we said this was going to be a busy election year, we weren’t kidding! Early voting began on April 7, one day before the April 8 Special Congressional Open Primary Election. But at least this election is an all-mail election, which will protect the Portola Valley Elementary School District from the ginormous bill like the one associated with the April 8 election with which San Mateo County got stuck.
How ginormous, you ask?
Only 17,595 voters in San Mateo County’s portion of the 12th Congressional District bothered to vote at the polls at a cost of $26.70 per voter. With a total turnout of 25.9 percent, at least we can take a little comfort in the fact that the other 73 percent of voters who turned in a ballot chose to vote by mail. That decision saved about $15.10 per voter.
