Steve Weir

Registrar of Voters for Contra Costa County, President of the California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials

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Registrar of Voters for Contra Costa County, President of the California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials

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Last Tuesday’s record turnout for a primary election has swamped registrars of voters in California’s fifty-eight counties.

Could California's Presidential Primary Not Be Over?

Last Tuesday’s record turnout for a primary election has swamped registrars of voters in California’s fifty-eight counties.

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