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Election 2024: The home stretch

We are in the home stretch of campaign season 2024 with two weeks to go.  It is another district-based election for city council with two of the five districts engaged in competitive races.  (Yet again, one district only has one candidate who wins by default).  As of September 3rd, the number of registered voters in each district is:

District 1        3,889

District 2        3,519

District 3        4,157

District 4        3,597

District 5        3,900

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Total                19,062

District 2 is where the action is at for city council with four candidates vying for the seat.  If we assume a couple of hundred additional registrations after 9/3 and 85% turnout, which is common in presidential years, it will probably mean a city council seat can be won with about 30% of the votes cast or about 950 votes.  Such is the effect of district elections foisted upon us by a Malibu lawyer exploiting a loophole provided by Sacramento.  Here's hoping the uncontested seats and small vote counts enlighten the state legislature to change the law.  A minimum population of 100,000 sounds like a reasonable floor.  Get out and vote!

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5 responses to “Election 2024: The home stretch”

  1. Joe

    Off of the County site (shapethefuture.org — don’t ask), these are probably final results. If not, it’s +/- 1 or 2% and won’t matter. In D2, where turnout was only 47%
    Desiree Thayer 843 (for the win with 50.94%)
    Nirmala Bandrapalli 375
    Rachel Ni 257
    Hadia Khoury 180
    Turnout was below expectations for a presidential election year, but the four candidates’ totals were more skewed than might be expected, allowing 843 votes to get a council seat.
    In D4:
    Donna Colson 1,218 (for the win with 77.33%)
    Tony Paul 357

  2. Joe

    There are still a number of ballots to be counted–anything mailed in the last four pre-election days or dropped off at the ballot boxes. I’ll wait for final counts and post them here.

  3. Paloma Ave

    A message to the newly elected and current city council members.
    Here are some of my views of your duties, as a 42 year resident of the City of Burlingame.
    1) We are a suburb! This is not an urban city. We do not want pack and stack housing. No one is going to a grocery store or doctor’s appointment using public transportation, we will be driving our cars.
    2) You are not here to implement YOUR ideas! You are here to represent what the citizens of Burlingame want.
    3) We want the potholes filled in.
    4) What we don’t want? Do NOT ban anything that is legal to own! Your job isn’t limiting our choices.
    5) Please be aware that you CANNOT change the climate! Spend your time focusing on ways to adapt to the changes in our climate.

  4. Joe

    As of tonight, the 2:1 Thayer lead over Bandrapalli is holding up: 1233:604. This one is all over.
    Colson gets about 80% as expected. Final results may still take awhile, but the singer is warming up her vocal cords.

  5. Joe

    The counting of ballots is finally over in the county so let’s get the results for the record.
    District 2
    DESIREE THAYER 1,259 49.30%
    NIRMALA BANDRAPALLI 623 24.39%
    RACHEL NI 402 15.74%
    HADIA KHOURY 270 10.57%
    District 4
    DONNA COLSON 1,951 78.48%
    TONY PAUL 535 21.52%
    And the D1 non-race (short term)
    ANDREA PAPPAJOHN 2,158 100.00%

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