The Ark | Election 2024

Election 2024

Sep 4
1 min

Save the date, submit questions for Ark’s Oct. 8 Tiburon council candidate forum

The Ark is sponsoring a Tiburon Town Council candidates forum, to be moderated by the League of Women Voters of Marin, at 7 p.m. Oct. 8...

Francisco Martinez

Sep 4
12 min

Election 2024: Local candidate statements

Tiburon Town Council Two seats, four candidates Chuck Hornbrook, challenger “I have been a Tiburon resident for over seven years, I...

Kevin Hessel

Aug 20
2 min

Early victories for Belvedere, Reed candidates

Belvedere City Councilmember Sally Wilkinson and two planning commissioners, Kevin Burke and Pat Carapiet, have won the three four-year...

Kevin Hessel

Aug 15
4 min

Bay Area board scraps affordable-housing bond measure

A $20 billion affordable-housing bond that would have directed $699 million to Marin County and its 11 cities and towns — including...

Emily Lavin

Aug 14
4 min

Measure B: Tam school district board backs new $289-million bond measure

The Tamalpais Union High School District will ask voters to approve a $289-million bond measure in November, money officials say is...

Naomi Friedland

Aug 14
6 min

Residents express early hesitation about value of Bay Area housing bond

Tiburon Peninsula and other Southern Marin residents expressed concern last week that a $20 billion Bay Area bond measure for affordable...

Kevin Hessel

Aug 13
4 min

Four-way race for Tiburon council; still time for challengers in Belvedere, schools

Incumbent Isaac Nikfar and former Mayor Andrew Thompson have officially entered the race for Tiburon Town Council, making it a four-way...

Kevin Hessel

Aug 5
4 min

Election Day picture gets clearer for local offices

The candidate filing period for local offices on the November ballot is in the final stretch, with the window closing Aug. 9 for several...

Kevin Hessel

Jul 30
3 min

Ex-mayor signals interest in new run for Tiburon council

Former Tiburon Mayor Andrew Thompson is poised to come out of retirement to challenge for a spot on the Town Council, making it a...

Kevin Hessel

Jul 24
4 min

New candidates emerging in Tiburon, Belvedere council races

Two Belvedere planning commissioners have signaled interest in seats on the City Council, with Chair Pat Carapiet and Commissioner Kevin...

Kevin Hessel

Jul 17
3 min

Candidate filing period now underway for local offices

The filing period is now open for candidates seeking election to more than two dozen seats on local councils and boards in November....

Kevin Hessel

Jul 10
4 min

Candidate filing period opening Monday for local councils, schools, fire agencies and sewer boards

Calling all candidates: Residents interested in serving in local government can file to run for public office beginning July 15, as more...

Naomi Friedland

Jul 2
3 min

For residents, presidential debate raises the stakes of November’s election

President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance rattled viewers at Cinelounge’s Debate Night Bingo on June 27, with many fearing what the...

Emily Lavin

Jul 2
4 min

Tamalpais Union High School District plans for $289-million bond measure

The Tamalpais Union High School District plans to place a scaled-back $289-million bond measure on the ballot this November, with...

Kevin Hessel

Jul 2
2 min

$20 billion affordable-housing measure to be on Bay Area ballots

A bond measure to raise $20 billion for new and preserved affordable homes around the Bay Area will go to voters on Nov. 5. The Bay Area...

Kevin Hessel

Mar 19
2 min

Bond measure for upgrades at high schools to fail at polls

Despite narrowing the gap since initial Election Day counts, a $517-million bond measure to fund Tamalpais Union High School District...

Naomi Friedland

Mar 13
3 min

Measure C: Belvedere fire initiative cruising to victory

A Belvedere ballot measure that will allow the city to continue spending collected property taxes on fire and emergency medical services...

Naomi Friedland

Mar 13
5 min

Measure A: Race is close for $517-million Tam district schools measure

A week after voters went to the polls, the fate of a $517-million bond measure that would fund facility upgrades at Tamalpais Union High...

Kevin Hessel

Mar 13
3 min

Local Republicans split their support for presidency

Tiburon Peninsula voters have helped send Congressman Adam Schiff and former baseball great Steve Garvey to a November runoff for the...

Francisco Martinez

Mar 6
4 min

Biden, Schiff get biggest cash hauls from local donors

Tiburon and Belvedere residents donated more than a quarter-million dollars directly to U.S. Senate and presidential candidates in the...

Kevin Hessel

Mar 6
2 min

Belvedere fire measure sailing to victory, schools bond is stumbling

Belvedere’s ballot initiative to let the city keep spending fire-tax revenue will cruise to victory, though the fate of the high-school...

Kevin Hessel

Feb 27
4 min

Final week to vote as Election Day nears

The presidential primary election is March 5 and features two local ballot measures, a state proposition and a host of candidates for...

Naomi Friedland

Feb 20
4 min

Moulton-Peters says term focuses will include combating sea-level rise and furthering affordable housing

Southern Marin Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters says she’ll prioritize combating sea-level rise, easing traffic congestion and...

Emily Lavin

Feb 6
8 min

Measure A: Residents will vote on $517 million bond for high schools

Tiburon Peninsula residents will be among those voting March 5 on a $517-million bond measure to modernize the Tamalpais Union High...

Naomi Friedland

Feb 6
3 min

Measure C: Belvedere residents will vote on spending the city’s fire tax

Belvedere residents will vote March 5 on whether the city can continue to spend property taxes that fund about half of its contract for...

Election Day is Nov. 5.

KEY DATES

Oct. 7 Ballots are mailed and in-person voting begins in the Election Department of the Marin Civic Center.
Oct. 21: Voter registration deadline. Register and check your status at registertovote.ca.gov.
Oct. 22: Conditional registration with same-day voting begins at the Civic Center; California allows same-day registration with a provisional ballot.
Oct. 26: 11-day voting centers open.
Oct. 29: Last day to request a ballot be mailed.
Nov. 2: Four-day voting centers open, including at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon.
Nov. 5: Election Day. Polls are open 7 a.m.- 8 p.m.

LINKS

Marin Elections Department: marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/march-5-2024
Register to vote or check status: registertovote.ca.gov
Criminal convictions: You can still vote, even if still on parole. Re-register at votingrightsrestored.sos.ca.gov
Youth: Teens ages 16-17 can pre-register to vote, with registration automatically activated when you turn 18, at www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pre-register-16-vote-18
Track your ballot: wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov

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