If they don't send their ballots in, it's a 'No' vote. So you run the risk of not having any representation at all.

If there were no longer bilingual ballots, citizens would not be able to vote intelligently, especially in California and San Francisco with all the bond measures. People would need help and rely on others. We don't want employers, spouses or neighborhood organizers helping people vote.

Ballots are automatically mailed out if you're registered to vote.

All others will receive non-partisan ballots, so they don't get to vote on partisan offices.

When he first came here, he wasn't exactly a run-stuffer. He's become very good at that. He's not a one-dimensional guy.

You don't put a lot of credence into a meet in March. Nobody's ready; it's not that we don't care, but March is nothing. We weren't worried about the results. The kids all ran the meet relatively beat up.