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Fit to be Tied Raise a glass for the Valley’s first microbrewery WEEKEND | P.21 JUNE 2, 2006 VOLUME 14 NO. 23 INSIDE: ARTS & EVENTS | PAGE 29 650.964.6300 mv-voice.com Voting machines feature paper ballots LACK OF DOCUMENTATION HAD CAUSED CONCERN IN PAST ELECTIONS By Molly Tanenbaum oters going to the polls this Tuesday will partake Vin the first state election featuring both electronic voting machines and a paper trail. Santa Clara County has been using touch-screen voting machines since 2003, but the lack of any hard-copy record had caused concern — not only in the county but across the coun- try. The upcoming June 6 pri- mary will mark California’s first election in which the machines, made by Sequoia Voting Systems, NICHOLAS WRIGHT are required to produce a paper DODGEBALL FRENZY: Players from teams “Heavy Metal” and “Yellow Bus Riderz” rush for the balls at Los Altos High’s document. schoolwide dodgeball tournament last week. See story, page 11 Voters may review the docu- ment before casting their ballots. While the new process does not generate a receipt for voters to El Camino board takes stab take home, it collects the paper On to greener pastures ballots to be used in the case of a manual recount. at conflict-of-interest policy DEPARTING FIRE CHIEF MARC REVERE STEERED “There’s been a lot of interest in the public for having a paper By Molly Tanenbaum three- or four-page document DEPARTMENT IN WAKE OF 9/11 trail, and there was also great that people are aware of,” said By Molly Tanenbaum after serving support for that by our board fter a series of high-ten- board member Mark O’Connor as chief of the of supervisors,” said Elma sion board meetings about after the meeting. ire Chief Marc Revere has Monterey Park Rosas, spokesperson for the Aconflicts of interest, the El Recent meetings have turned just two weeks before leav- Fire Depart- Santa Clara County Registrar Camino Hospital Board of Direc- heated over discussions of poten- Fing Mountain View for a ment in South- of Voters. tors held a special educational tial conflicts of interest, in partic- new job. His last day is June 16. ern California. According to Rosas, 32,049 meeting last Thursday night to ular with two physicians, Edward Revere, 53, will continue his As chief of the people have registered to vote reinforce what other have said: Bough and Dominick Curatola, nearly 30-year career as a fire- Mountain View in Mountain View for this elec- that the board needs to beef up its serving on the board. Arguments fighter when he takes over the Fire Depart- Revere tion. However, she said, voter conflict-of-interest policy. arose over whether physician Novato Fire Protection District, ment, Revere turnout is typically low for “We have to create more than board members should be able which covers a 71-square-mile oversaw a 90-person department primary elections. just the two-paragraph thing we region in Marin County. He came have now. 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