Vote in the ADem Election For the HHHDC Endorsed Slate

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The Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic Club has officially taken a position to OPPOSE Measure J and Measure K in the upcoming Cerritos Election. 

Measure J is bad for Cerritos. It requires the city to spend more money on this stand alone election to get less of a voter turnout and less election services. Measure J FREEZES the March of odd year election date, setting that election date in the city charter. It would require a charter amendment vote by residents to change future election dates. This is blatantly voter suppression and bad for democracy. Odd year elections see about 20% voter turnout, compared to about 80% in November of even years, so less people have a say in our city council. Stand alone elections run by the city are more expensive than consolidated elections run by the county. This year’s cost about $120k more than a consolidated election. Despite the promise of better service with a city run election, we are paying more but getting FEWER services than we get in LA County run elections. Fewer hours, fewer polling places, and confusion about the availability of same day voter registration. We are opposed to this charter amendment and hope that the people of Cerritos will vote NO on Measure J and that the incoming city council will move the election date backwards by 4 months to move the election to a consolidated even year election.

Measure K is touted as a "charter cleanup," however, until last Friday, the full text of this cleanup was not readily available on the city's election website. Now that we are able to view it, we found that there was some spelling cleanup, but the main changes seem to be in the role of the City Treasurer. The charter currently has the City Treasurer appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the City Council and this moves the City Treasurer's appointment to the City Manager. The charter also currently has the City Clerk overseeing payment demands and that duty gets moved to the City Treasurer. So the text on the ballot explaining the charter cleanup is false. We oppose this change based on a lack of transparency and lack of truthfulness.

Measures J & K are a JoKe! Vote NO on Measures J & K!

Catherine Pascual

Co-President of Hubert H Humphrey Democratic Club