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San Mateo City Clerk Patrice Olds (center) received a Municipal Clerk of the Year award from the City Clerks Association of California (CCAC) in April 2021. (Photo courtesy the City Clerks Association of California)
By Astrid Casimire, Bay City News Foundation
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA Four city clerks in San Mateo County received awards from the City Clerks Association of California during a virtual ceremony last week.
At the April 23 ceremony, they were recognized for their communication and outreach efforts in 2020, a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, census outreach and the presidential election. San Mateo City Clerk Patrice Olds won a Municipal Clerk of the Year award along with Marc Donohue, city clerk of Eastvale in Riverside County.
Breathe with Me on display near Gunn High through end of the school year
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SLIDESHOW: The 350-foot-long Breathe with Me art project is on display near the Gunn High soccer field in Palo Alto through the end of the school year. Courtesy Svetlana Gous.
On April 22-24, 2021, community members contributed to Breathe with Me, an international art project launched at the United Nations Headquarters during the 2019 Youth Climate Action Summit. Courtesy Jen Schultz.
Community members hang large canvases with ultramarine blue strokes in support of the Breathe with Me project, which took place April 22-24, 2021 at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. Courtesy Jen Schultz.
City Clerks In County Shine At State Award Ceremony
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Four city clerks in San Mateo County received awards from the City Clerks Association of California during a virtual ceremony last week.
At the April 23 ceremony, they were recognized for their communication and outreach efforts in 2020, a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, census outreach and the presidential election.
San Mateo City Clerk Patrice Olds won a Municipal Clerk of the Year award along with Marc Donohue, city clerk of Eastvale in Riverside County.
Olds has served as city clerk for San Mateo since 2012. In addition to documenting city processes and creating transparency between the city and the public, Olds said she enjoys being somewhat of a historian and librarian for the city.
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A man enters the lobby area of Merrill Auditorium in Portland to drop off his absentee ballot last October. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
From ballot drop boxes to an online ballot tracking service, temporary measures used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the November election would be made permanent under a series of bills backed by Maine’s top election official.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, told the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee Wednesday that the bills aim to make voting easier, safer and more secure.
“Everyone should have the freedom to vote equally, to ensure that our elections truly reflect the will of the people – that’s what these bills are about,” Bellows said.
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Maine’s pandemic voting adaptations could become permanent
Innovations made to guard against the spread of COVID-19, including ballot drop boxes, would become permanent under a set of bills now before the Maine Legislature.
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A man enters the lobby area of Merrill Auditorium in Portland to drop off his absentee ballot last October. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
From ballot drop boxes to an online ballot tracking service, temporary measures that were taken in the November 2020 election to guard against the spread of COVID-19 would be made permanent under a series of bills backed by Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.