SLO clerk-recorder's office will be open Saturday for special-election vote

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• Vote-by-mail ballots are on their way to SLO County homes

  Vote-by-mail ballots are on their way to SLO County homes

  Vote-by-mail ballots were sent Monday to more than 80,000 residents, who represent more than 55 percent of San Luis Obispo County’s registered voters, according to county Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald.

  Voters should begin receiving ballots Wednesday, along with a booklet containing candidate statements and arguments for and against local ballot measures.

  If a voter is expecting a ballot and has not received it by Friday, Rodewald said, they should contact the elections office at 781-5228.

• Now is the time to register to vote for June 5 election

  Now is the time to register to vote for June 5 election

  Though the June 5 primary election is still two months away, voters should not delay in completing a voter registration card if they are new to San Luis Obispo County, have changed their address, or want to change their political party, county Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald says.

  She said it is especially critical that voters make sure they are registered with the political party of their choice for the presidential primary, as it will determine which presidential candidates will be on their ballot.

  “Voters who are registered by April 6 will be the first on their block to receive the state voter information guide and sample ballot pamphlet,” Rodewald added.

• Election season officially opens

  Election season officially opens

  State and local political campaigns, which in some cases have been up and running for months, take on an official mien today as the three-and-a-half-week nomination period for elected office begins.

  The nomination period for the June 5 primary runs from today to 5 p.m. March 9, according to county Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald. The deadline will extend to March 14 if the incumbent for a particular office does not file by March 9.

  Among the contests on the ballot are U.S. senator; member of the House of Representatives; state senator; Assembly member; and county supervisor in the First, Third and Fifth districts.

• New property owners warned against scam

  New property owners warned against scam

  People who have recently bought property are being warned against a scam.

  Julie Rodewald, the San Luis Obispo County clerkrecorder, says they should ignore solicitations that promise to provide a “property profile” of their recently purchased property at a cost of $89 from a company called Local Records Office.

  The “profile,” Rodewald says, includes a copy of the deed and information about the purchaser’s new neighborhood.

• SLO police union asks state to overturn voter decision

  SLO police union asks state to overturn voter decision

  The San Luis Obispo Police Officers Association is seeking to upend voters’ recent decision to repeal binding arbitration as a means of negotiating wages and benefits by the city’s police and fire unions.

  In mid-October, the union filed a claim with the Public Employment Relations Board, a state agency that oversees the collective bargaining statutes with cities, alleging that San Luis Obispo used unfair labor practices by placing two measures on the ballot in August to repeal binding arbitration and negotiate reduced employee retirement benefits without seeking voter approval.

  In August, 70 percent of San Luis Obispo voters overwhelmingly passed two ballot measures overturning binding arbitration and allowing the city to create a two-tier pension plan without voter approval.