CA-16:NEVER say that your vote doesn't count (12 vote margin)t.

[RandySF]

Of the more than 180,000 votes cast in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for candidates for the 16th Congressional District, about 1% were mailed ballots that were missing signatures.

Those ballots now hold the key to the final outcome of the 16th District race.

Nearly two weeks after the March 5 primary election, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo held a comfortable nearly 8,000-vote lead for the top spot on the November ballot.

As of tonight, the contest for the ballot’s second spot remained a nail-biter.

With 99% of the ballots counted as of 5:24pm, Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian (D) held on to a 12-vote lead over State Assemblymember Evan Low (D).






https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/unsigned-ballots-hold-key-to-outcome-of-16th-district-race/

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1. TY!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Further, every vote in a landslide or a loss is needed for effect. Important in 2020s!

A vote is power.

When the candidate you voted for wins, every vote over the winning line adds to the winning margin. The bigger the margin the more convincing the win. Imagine how difficult Jan 6 would have been if Joe had won by only 1,000 votes in a critical swing state or if the overall margin had only been 200,000 instead of 7 million (81 vs 74 megavotes).

It also goes the other way. Every vote that reduces a losing margin makes the opponent weaker and more susceptible next time around; more likely to pay attention to all voters instead of catering to only the opponent side.

Vote.