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Poll workers in the City of Industry (Los Angeles County) inspect ballots on Wednesday, a day after the state primary.<\/p>\n
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It is scandalous that two days after polls closed in California\u2019s primary election, we do not yet have reasonably complete election results.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the Chronicle published print edition headlines that include \u201ctake sizable lead,\u201d \u201cstep closer\u201d and \u201clook to be endorsing.\u201d Is that the best we can do?\u00a0<\/p>\n
We need to fix our election laws so that ballots are accepted only if they are received by closing time on Election Day. Our state\u2019s misguided expansion of voting opportunities to accept ballots after Election Day, based on postmarks, results in less confidence in the electoral system. And it provides a lot more opportunity for electoral mischief.<\/p>\n
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It is time to fix this ridiculous system<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stephen St Marie, San Francisco<\/p>\n Ride Steyer\u2019s gravy train\u00a0<\/p>\n Regarding \u201cBillionaires go bust in California: Wealthy candidates and donors had a rough night\u201d<\/a> (Politics, SFChronicle.com, June 3): I would like to thank Tom Steyer for running for governor. He alone acted as a funding source for many jobs during the governor race without a single penny in return.<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I hope Steyer continues to run for elected office and spend his fortune on ads without fear and with no hope of ever getting elected. Who else do you know who could give his money away so freely and without any strings attached?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n I know he will shake this off and run for something in 2028. Go, Tom, go.<\/p>\n Blame the academy board<\/p>\n Regarding \u201cSan Francisco\u2019s California Academy of Sciences is a world-class museum. Here\u2019s how it dies\u201d<\/a> (Open Forum, SFChronicle.com, May 31): I have served on multiple local and national nonprofit boards, including as chair and a member of executive committees.<\/p>\n While the Chronicle\u2019s coverage<\/a> of the California Academy of Science singles out former Executive Director Scott Sampson\u2019s performance for the organization\u2019s challenges, the ultimate responsibility for any nonprofit rests with its board of directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n By law, among the duties of a nonprofit board are approving strategic plans, serving as fiduciaries, approving budgets, implementing proper financial controls and collaborating with the chief executive and financial officers to ensure timely, accurate reporting to the board.<\/p>\n Sampson\u2019s duty was to implement the strategic plan approved by the board. Unfortunately, he appears to be serving as the scapegoat for what appears to be a broader governance failure.<\/p>\n James Sano, San Francisco<\/p>\n Send U.S. aid for Ebola\u00a0<\/p>\n The rare Bundibugyo\u00a0strain of Ebola has no known treatment and is spreading rapidly<\/a> through the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo and into nearby countries.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The World Health Organization<\/a> declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n Instead of responding, the U.S. is keeping $19 billion<\/a> in international assistance funds frozen.\u00a0<\/p>\n During the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, the U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a> deployed a disaster response team to coordinate containment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Today, the Trump administration refuses to address the growing public health crisis, despite the funding Congress appropriated for this very issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Alliance for American Leadership<\/a>, a network of 1,200 young people, calls on California\u2019s U.S. representatives and senators to work with the White House to release these public health funds and contain Ebola before it reaches the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n International assistance is roughly one penny of every federal dollar<\/a>. That penny funds programs that keep Americans and people around the world safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nikole Morales, intern, Alliance of American Leadership<\/a>, Hayward<\/p>\n Happy Monarchy Day<\/p>\n Over this past year, some trappings of monarchy have entered our lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n