ELECTIONS

City Times Media covers San Diego City College and its community better than anyone else. And at no time is that more vital than election season.

The entire CTM team is covering the issues you care about most, thanks to the City College Community Agenda.

The City College Community Agenda compiles the responses to a survey completed by students, faculty, staff and community members, available in English and Spanish. It is designed to identify issues and elicit questions that City Times Media reporters use to engage political candidates and focus their election reporting.

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Update: San Diego City College was the community college media organization with the best 2024 election coverage in the state, according to two statewide news organizations — The California News Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. To read more in a print edition, click here.

March ballots are out. Here’s how the City College community can prepare for the primary.

Registrar of Voters shares early and in-person voting options, urges participation in election

Kevin Ouellette, Multimedia Journalist • February 8, 2024

Registrar of Voters shares early and in-person voting options, urges participation in “historic” election

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Undeterred by rain, voters visit City College polling place in the final minutes of Election Day

Doors to the P Building room that had hosted voters casting ballots closed at 8 p.m. by poll workers

Kathryn Gray, Editor-in-Chief • November 8, 2022

Around 40 voters and poll workers, moving under the glow of fluorescent lights, rushed to get their votes in before the 8 p.m. deadline.

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Election Day is over. But when can we expect official election results?

Counting mail-in and absentee ballots takes time

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • November 8, 2022

Election night is over. But it will take days, and even weeks, to learn the final results, according local election officials.

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Candidates connected to San Diego vie for key state roles

Secretary of State and California Supreme Court Justice races feature local ties

Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Journalist • November 8, 2022

The ballots of voters in San Diego and beyond featured two candidates with deep connections to the city and county of San Diego: Secretary of State candidate Shirley Weber and California Supreme Court Justice candidate Patricia Guerrero.

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Curiosity, code words and cute dogs: Essential poll workers share their motivations, fears

Three locals share their stories, proving poll workers are just regular folks

Kathryn Gray, Editor-in-Chief • November 8, 2022

Thousands of diverse poll workers dedicate their time to make the voting process possible in San Diego.

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Why do City College students vote the way we do?

Students, faculty weigh in on what factors into casting ballots

Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Reporter • November 5, 2022

Voting has been called essential to a well-functioning democracy, but often very few people have the time or the attention span to do extensive research on who or what they’re voting for. So, what subtle psychological forces play a part in our voting decisions?

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VIDEO: Make your voice count — Cast your ballot before Nov. 8

Options include mail, drop-off and in-person voting

Jillian Fortner, Executive Producer, CTTV • October 24, 2022

It’s time to get ready for the 2022 midterm elections coming up Tuesday, Nov. 8. To help prepare, here are some ways you can turn in your ballot in San Diego.

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PODCAST: Local hosts remind voters ‘to get voice heard’

Local elections are actually just as critical as the national elections, podcast host Buki Domingos says

Sven Domingos, Multimedia Journalist • June 6, 2022

Host Sven Domingos takes listeners behind the scenes of the Alafia Voices of the African Diaspora podcast in a new CTM podcast.

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VIDEO: Newsom to remain as California governor

Newsom will now serve in the state's top job until November 2022

Ingrid Estrella and Jillian Fortner • September 17, 2021

The results showed that the majority of Californians supported him and his handling of the pandemic. Currently, out of the nine million voters, over six million voted to keep Newsom in office.

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Influx of voters head to polls at City College

Recall election sends voters to the polls

Christopher Tapanes and Kathy Archibald • September 14, 2021

Poll worker Yulyssah Marin, who is also a City College student, said the stream of voters had steadily increased over earlier voting days.

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San Diego officials announce record voter registration for recall

Registrar anticipates between 200,000-250,000 mail-in ballots could be submitted on Sept. 14 alone

Jakob McWhinney and Philip Salata • September 14, 2021

Ballots are allowed to arrive up to seven days after election day and county officials project that it may take days to finalize the count.

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TWITTER: CTM reports from the field on Election Day

Reporters ventured out of the City Times Media newsroom into the field to cover the recall election

Will Mauriz, Sports Editor • September 14, 2021

Student journalists asked students on campus for their perspectives, visited local polling locations, and went to the San Diego Voter Registrar's Office to document the voting process and get local opinions.

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