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This is your place to keep up with the most recent election-related news and races that affect Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley. This site will be updated weekly with new election coverage. 

MOCK THE VOTE: Students at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School are getting a personal look at electoral politics with a mock presidential campaign. Jared Maily and Adrian Miller filled in for Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden, while Ajay Morrison and Haley Nolan played the parts of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin for a cheering, sign waving crowd of leadership class students. The school will vote on Nov. 4. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner

• Voters change face of SV school board 
• Established SV trio wins council seats 
• Signing off 
• Exercisizing their right 
• In record turnout, voters oust some, re-elect others (Election results)

  November 4, 2008 (Election Day) 

• Johnson, Bustichi, Lind take early lead for SV council 
• Casting a final vote  

October 31, 2008

• Felton Fire: 3 incumbents, 1 challenger
• New faces aspire to BL fire board after $10M bond measure failure

October 24, 2008 

• Proposition 8 signs destroyed, stolen in SV 
• Lompico water seats hotly contested  
• 4 vie for three seats at Boulder Creek Rec
• Johnson, Bustichi face 5 challengers 
• Perri challenged by former mayor, others on Scotts Valley water board 
• BC voters asked to expand fire board
• Hinde challenges Sanford for county school board
  

October 17, 2008

• SV school board candidates address communication, teacher retention
• Ballot measure would continue Netcom 9-1-1 center's funding

October 10, 2008

• McPherson to moderate SV candidates forum
• Many SV voters shorted water district information
• Correction: Registration deadline nears

• Registration Deadline Nears
• 2,300 voters without polling place
• Bonny Doon School incumbents face challengers
• Candidates call for change at SV school district

**Read what people are writing in the Opinion Section about the candidates** 

• Press Banner Endorsement: Time to shake up the school board
• Press Banner Endorsement: Johnson, Bustich, Lind: Our choices for council

 
Candidate forum schedule:

Completed - Scotts Valley City Council: Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m. Scotts Valley Community Center. For information: 438-1010

Completed - Boulder Creek Recreation and Parks District: "Meet the Candidates" Wednesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Boulder Creek Recreation Hall. 

Completed - Bonny Doon Elementary School District:  Monday, Oct. 6, 7:00 p.m. Bonny Doon School multipurpose room.

Completed - Scotts Valley School District: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. Scotts Valley Community Center, 360 Kings Village Road.