'This department has a long history of terrific customer service, whether you're going in to get a birth certificate, you need to record a document, or you need to get registered to vote in the office, things work really well,' Connelly said. 'I think that I'm really distinct from my opponents in that I have a long history of non-partisan policy work which helps bolster my credibility,' Connelly said.Дespite the mark left on the clerk-recorder's office by Canciamilla's misdeeds, Connelly said that the overall history of the office, held by Weir for nearly a quarter century, is one to be proud of, and a legacy she'd like to uphold. 'I was reengaged in 2008, and trained lawyers, and then was responsible for an election day in 2008, responsible for the most challenging calls coming in from the state of Missouri,' Connelly told DanvilleSanRamon.Д¬onnelly said the experiences taught her about the 'shenanigans that can be put in voters' way to prevent them from voting,' leading her to continue working on electoral and initiative reform, including during work at the nonprofit California Forward, upon returning to the area nearly 12 years ago. The move sparked her initial interest in elections oversight and administration, which was reignited when she was a practicing lawyer years later. Gore, following the contentious election in 2000. Throughout her campaign, Connelly has emphasized an interest in election oversight going back as far as her time in law school shortly after the Supreme Court's decision in Bush vs. 'Generally what happens is the previous (clerk-recorder) resigns, the board appoints a replacement, and the replacement runs unopposed,' said Spinner, another contender for the position, in an interview with DanvilleSanRamon. Unless one candidate earns better than 50% of the vote next month, the contest would head to a runoff election in November.

This year's race in the upcoming June 7 primary marks a shift for the county clerk's position, with Cooper not running for the seat, and four eager candidates vying for the position. Cooper was appointed after her predecessor, Joe Canciamilla, departed after pleading guilty to charges of grand theft and perjury for using election campaign funds for personal expenses during his seven-year tenure in the position.Дuring that time, in 2016, the county Elections Division also identified an error that allowed 113 registered voters to vote twice, in that June's primary.Д¬anciamilla, a former state assemblyman, was appointed to the clerk-recorder position in 2013, following the departure of Steve Weir, who'd held the position since 1989. The race comes as the current clerk-recorder, Deborah Cooper's, three-year appointment by the Board of Supervisors in 2020 is set to come to a close in January.

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