COU

UNTY OF SA
AN LUIS OBISPO
OFFICE OF THE CL
LERK RECOR
RDER

FOR IMME
EDIATE
E RELEA
ASE

Date: Octob
ber 26, 2018

Contact: Tommmy Gong

(805) 781-5080
7
tgong@@co.slo.ca.us

Clerk
k-Recorder Strives
S to Correct
C Los Osos
O CSD Ellection Erro
or

The Counnty Clerk-Recorder’s Office is workin

ng to correctt a clerical errror on the November
N 6,
2018 elecction for the
e Los Osos Community
C S
Services Disttrict (CSD) directors conttest.

“I take full, personal responsibilitty for the error of miscla

assifying one
e of the thre
ee Los Osos
CSD’s sea ats as a two--year term when
w it shou
uld have been classified as
a a four-year term,” saiid
Clerk-Reccorder and Registrar
R of Voters
V Tommmy Gong, wh hose office conducts
c ections for San
ele
Luis Obisspo County. “I recognize the impact and gravity of the mista ake and deepply regret it.””

The clericcal error listed incumbent Christine Womack’s openo seat ass a two-year term during
g the
nominatiion period, rather
r than a four-year term,
t which meant she ran
r unoppossed and wass not
listed on the ballot. As
A a result, she
s was misttakenly appo ointed to thee purported two-year seeat
by the Coounty Board d of Supervissors at Gongg’s recommendation on November
N 6 2018. Now
6, w,
Gong is recommend
r ing that the County Board of Superv visors rescinnd Womack’ss appointme ent.
The Boarrd of Superv visors will consider this recommenda
r ation at its public
p meetin
ng on Tuesdday.

The Los Osos

O CSD Booard of Direcctors can the
en decide what
w to do wiith Womack’’s seat. Her term
t
is set to expire
e Decem
mber 7, 2018, which cou uld be extended until the vacancy ca
an be filled. The
T
Los Ososs CSD Board of Directorss will have thhe option of appointing an individua
al to fill the
vacancy for c for a special election which would be held November 20
f a two-year term or call 019.

op two candidates with the

Gong will certify the election results of the to t most votes for the tw
wo
legitimatte open four-year term seats
s listed on
o the ballott, as those ca
andidates were
w listed
correctly
y. They will not be forced
d to run again for the samme seats.

Gong is taking
t steps to change procedures
p in
n his office and
a prevent this from ha
appening ag
gain.

“While we can’t undo o the mistake e, we can co

orrect it and ensure that it doesn’t ha
appen again
n,”
Gong said. “I apologize to the Bo oard of Supervisors and the Los Oso os Communitty Services
District: its board, sta
aff, candidattes, and vote
ers of the co
ommunity.”

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bispo Clerk-Re
ecorder Page 1 of 1
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