Who signed the nomination papers for the November candidates?
All candidates must take an oath, fill out forms (such as a Statement of Economic Interests that includes gifts they got), pay a filing fee – and submit signatures from 20 registered voters nominating them as candidates.
It’s all soon to be available on the internet – except for the names of the nominators (is that a word?) of the candidates.
CitiReport sleuthed through the files in City Hall’s basement, got told we weren’t allowed to see the names, filed a Sunshine Request, chatted with the Elections Director (who didn’t resist for a second and quickly offered access), went back to Elections and looked through the records.
Couple of points. No one is allowed to make copies (not even a quick iPhone pix), but you can take hand notes. Also: people have deplorable handwriting. Even when it says spell the name. Can’t people spell their own names? And were we the last generation to learn the Spencer handwriting style with big cursive letters posted over the blackboard in every classroom through grade 8?
We gave it our best shot. If we misspelled a name, don’t blame us. If the name is dead wrong, go ahead and blame us. We’ll take it.
And if the candidate you want to know about isn’t here, don’t blame us for that either.
Turns out that candidates can submit names on a petition as part of an “in lieu” filing, and in some cases several thousand signatures were turned in. We weren’t offered a chance to go through those, thank heavens.
The ones we don’t have because they submitted long petitions are: Senator Leland Yee, Supervisor David Chiu, former supervisor Bevan Dufty, and Assessor Phil Ting.
But we’ve got the BFF (Best Friends Forever for those of you over 25) list for the other mayoral candidates.
You must be a registered voter to nominate someone. That probably explains why Rose Pak did not sign for Ed Lee because she isn’t a registered voter (at least not in San Francisco). Although it may be that she, Willie Brown, Gordon Chin, and others involved in the Run Ed Run effort have just been too darn busy, what with one thing and another.
Oh, and one other thing: only one BFF per candidate. Folks can endorse more than one, and some have signed endorsement slips for the Voter Handbook for more than one, but you can only be a nominator for one.
That’s what makes you a BFF.
Public Defender Jeff Adachi
Richard DiTullio
Frances Susan Hall
Marjorie Fletcher
Patricia Wada
Alice Moriguchi
Addie C. Kitchiner
David Bernardo
Amy Hamamoto
Rose Hene
Charles Toyooka
Mary Gonzales
Doug Comstock
Barbara Meskunas
Ross Snow
Noramn Spruel
Ann Dolyniuk
Sherrie Matza
Keith Consoer
Susan Van Kuiken
Jeff Adachi
Michela Aioto-Pier
Jordan Sussman
Blake Anderson
Shronda Jackson
Cherence Martilin
Chelse Breau
Mery Klein
Silvia Forward
Laura Karas
George Murray
Robert Jones
Derek Jansen
Peter Kressy
Mary Patricia Perkins
Albert Brothers
Alan Marwell
Karen Kank
John Duggan
Mark Wehrly
Jill Wehrly
Brenda Booker
Ann Alioto
Supervisor John Avalos
Sheila Chung Hagen
Donna Linden
Catherine Cusic
Mark Snyder
Harry Kornstein
Utuma Belfrey
Glenda Hyde
Tony Kelly
Aaron Peskin
Lizbett Calleros
Sarah Warren
Frances Hsieh
Kim Shree Maufas
Eric Mar
Jane Kim
Bruce Reyes-Chow
Ross Mirkarimi
Robert “Gabriel” Haaland
Rachel Rdeondiez
Alexander Hawata
City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Andrea Langolf
Mark Mosher
Yasmin Mahmoud
Benjamin A. Gonzales
Kevin Easton
Chuck Chan
Theodora Walsh
Tara Collins
Allie Fisher
Marisa Monet
Jack Song
Patrick Kane
Joshua Gulant
Georgory August
Kimiko Burton
Jennifer Drake
Alice Engstrom
Curt Robinson
Jeremy Carrison
Ben Jurcisin
Kristan Puiddy
Shugler Hudak
Yvonne Mere
Gustin Guibert
Gena Simi
Theordora Ellington
Matt Dorsey
Matthew Rothschild
David Sewell
Jill Nelson
Gabe Gavilanes
Eric Potashner
Mayor Ed Lee
(someone got lost on the way to our computer; there are just 19 names here)
Iereneo Veavea
London Breed
Robert Henry Johnson
Mery Ellen O’Brien
Laura Chiu
Helyanna Brooke
Ron Dudum
Rodel Rodis
Clementine Clark
Sharen Hewitt
Sande Mori
Jeffrey Mori
Marilyn Sue Lee
Johnnie Carter
Mary Jung
William Cleaveland
Stephen Theoharris
Caryl Ito
Keven Hu
Joanne Rees
Sam Bertain
Shaun O’Meara
Joe Famularo
Alfonzo Dizon
Jeffrey Such
Patrick O’ Meara
Nichola Panagopoulos
Ashley de Smeth
Bradord Kane
Alicia Harmon
Ann Danton
John Hamm
Paul Borchardt
Lisa Spiegel
Kayla Ungar
Rachel Ungar
Michael Ungar
Catherine Hopkin
Karri Ann Frerichs
Matt Drake
Kristen Stobel
Jacquelinie Hank
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ok so how is it I signed a petition for Adachi and I’m not counted? was I lied to? Am I not worthy of your fucking laws ? what DID I do wrong??
Wait — that’s not it. They take the first 20, and some candidates submit more than 20 to ensure they have qualified registered voters. I stopped usually at 20 that form the actual nominees. Your name may have been just past the 20 mark. I’m sure they love you back.
i was being a bit faceitious when I posted that lol it didn’t come off right in the comment. sorry about that!!
You have two incorrect name spellings
Utuma Belfrey
and
Eric Potashner
For Adachi, Mary Gonzales might be Matt