{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Voters to receive ballots in early May","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":388,"description":"April 13, 2022 — Ballots for the primary election will be mailed out to voters at the end of this month, and sample ballots are now available at the Mendocino County elections page. The election will be especially lively in the fifth district, where Supervisor Ted Williams is facing challenger John Redding, and a bond measure for the Anderson Valley School District will be decided.\r\nThird District Supervisor John Haschak has an opponent in Clay Romero, and Michelle Hutchins, the current Superintendent of Schools, is squaring off against Nicole Glentzer.\r\nBut many incumbents are facing no opposition, including Sheriff Matt Kendall, District Attorney David Eyster, Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Katrina Bartolomie, and four superior court judges, Ann Moorman, Keith Faulder, Victoria Shanahan, and Cindee Mayfield, all guaranteed six-year terms. Chamise Cubbison is running unopposed for the newly created office of Auditor-controller/Treasurer-tax collector.\r\nAt a League of Women voters Q&A last night, Bartolomie said that voters can cast ballots at polling places, where they can also sign up for same-day registration, and they can also drop their ballots in drop boxes outside the county building at 501 Low Gap Road in Ukiah, or at the civic center buildings in Ukiah, Willits, Fort Bragg, and Point Arena. There is also a dropbox at the county fairgrounds in Boonville, which is available during office hours.\r\nThe only ballot measure is Measure M, a proposed $13 million obligation bond for the Anderson Valley School District. The interest cost on the bond is expected to be $9 million. Louise Simson, the Anderson Valley Superintendent, told attendees that the measure requires 55% of the vote to pass. The tax would be $60 per $100,000 of assessed property value. \r\nSimson said she has raw sewage coming up onto the playground, leaking roofs, and classrooms with no running water for children to wash their hands. There is still $7 million available from a previous bond called Measure...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}