Freedom for all,
an end to secret government.

Dex Anderson
INDEPENDENT
candidate for Arcata City Council in 2002

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FLASH!
Election day has passed us by, but with the votes still being counted, and as a strong believer in complete accountability in democracy, I await the final, official count from the registrar of voters before I give my post-election statement. In the mean time, I would like to thank the hundreds of Arcata citizens who have already had their votes counted on my behalf, and I would like to let my collegues in City Hall know that the debate will continue regardless of the outcome of this election.
-Dex Anderson, candidate, 2002 General Election, Arcata City Council.

FLASH!
IF current voting trends withstand the scrutiny of a final, offical election canvas, it is clear that
NOBODY wins the City Council election with a plurality of 36% of the vote.
But since voters don't have a None of the Above option (according to the California Supreme Court), David Meserve will apparently take the first seat with 16.5% of voters' support, and Elizabeth Conner may take the second seat with the support of scarcely one of every seven voters (15%). The INCUMBENT, Jim Test, bucks the national trend and loses his seat with 11.9% support, the first time a sitting Mayor has lost re-election in Arcata since Carl Pellatz in 1996, a performance he repeats with 10.7% of the vote. Cynthia Savage will likely garner the support of one of every 14 voters (7.6%), and Dex Anderson, his first run for public office marred by relentless mudslinging from the lies in the Eye, still manages to obtain, with no campaign spending to speak of, 1.7% of the vote.
Instant Runoff Voting, anyone?
-Your Web Facilitator.

FLASH!
Thanks to Kevin Hoover of the Arcata Eye for only publishing this campaign website address AFTER the election is over! Another victory for unfettered, nonbiased election coverage from an icon of objectivity...NOT!
-Your Web Facilitator.

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