Wildomar Voters Receive Sample Ballots, Arguments For And Against Measure D

Wildomar is holding a June 7 Consolidated Special Election that will see just one ballot measure, and according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters sample ballots and information pamphlets were mailed to city residents on April 28.

Measure D is the sole item on the June 7 ballot for Wildomar voters. It will ask this question: “Shall Community Facilities District 2011-1 (Wildomar Parks) of the City of Wildomar be formed and authorized to levy a Special Tax at a maximum rate of $28 per benefit unit to provide park maintenance services?” (Click the attached PDF to read Measure D's full text.)

Proponents argue the measure will save Willdomar parks from closure; opponents argue Measure D imposes a “burdensome” Mello-Roos requirement on  Wildomar property owners (Click the attached PDF to read arguments for and against Measure D.)

The Wildomar City Council drafted the ballot argument in favor of Measure D. Wildomar resident Steve Beutz of stopthemoneygrab.com drafted the ballot argument against the measure.

Beutz is also named as the plaintiff in the 2010 lawsuit that invalidated a 2006 voter initiative that put in place an annual $28 special tax levied against property owners to pay for the maintenance of Wildomar parks.

For voters who did not receive the April 28 mailing from the Registrar of Voters, it is available on the Internet at www.voteinfo.net. Voters can also call the Registrar’s Office at (951) 486-7200 or 1-800-773-8683 to request a mailed copy.

Each voter’s polling place location is printed on the information pamphlet’s back cover, which also includes an application to request a vote-by-mail ballot.

A Spanish-language version of the pamphlet is also available at www.voteinfo.net and a copy can be mailed upon request.

Among the important deadlines for the June 7 election:

May 9 – First day of early voting in the Registrar of Voters office and first day the Registrar is allowed to mail vote-by-mail ballots to voters.

May 23 – Last day to register to vote for the June 7 election.

May 31 – Last day the Registrar may accept mailed requests for vote-by-mail ballots.

After May 31, voters must go to the Registrar’s office to request and pick up a vote-by-mail ballot. Voters who have requested but note received a vote-by-mail ballot by May 31 should contact the Registrar’s office at (951) 486-7200.

June 3 – Recommended as last day to mail a ballot locally with high likelihood the Registrar will receive it in time to be counted in the June 7 election.

June 7 – Election Day.

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. Vote-by-mail ballots must be in the possession of the Registrar of Voters no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. By law, ballots that are postmarked but not in the Registrar’s possession before the deadline can’t be counted.