Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Registrar of Voters records
- Dates:
- 1916-2010
- Creators:
- Registrar of Voters
- Abstract:
- The Registrar of Voters Records includes documents pertaining to state and national, municipal and county, and school district elections from 1916 to 2010. The collection also includes complete statements of votes, administrative records and California state laws and codes pertaining to voting.
- Extent:
- 195 archival boxes
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
- Preferred citation:
-
Registrar of Voters records, 2006-017 and 2010-010, Santa Clara County Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection encompasses records of state and national, municipal and county, and school district elections in Santa Clara County from 1916 to 2010. It also includes administrative records of the Registrar of Voters and California State laws and codes.
For additional information on the scope and content of the collection, see the descriptions for the major subdivisions.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is a government agency whose main purpose is to ensure that federal, state, and local elections are conducted in a timely and organized manner. The highest levels of professionalism, accountability, and integrity are maintained to ensure public confidence in the electoral process. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is responsible for providing voting materials to all eligible individuals in the following languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
- Acquisition information:
- The records were transferred to the Archives by the Registrar of Voters in 2006 and 2010.
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed by Trista Raezer working under NHPRC grant RA-10047-07, the Santa Clara County Archives Project. A fuller account of the grant project is available at the Archives website.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in six series: state and national elections, municipal and county elections, school district elections, administrative records, California state laws and codes, and statements of all votes cast. Each series follows a chronological order.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2010
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Trista Raezer. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: December 20, 2010.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the copyright holder for publication or quotation.
- Preferred citation:
-
Registrar of Voters records, 2006-017 and 2010-010, Santa Clara County Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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1875 Senter RoadSan Jose, CA 95112, US
- Contact:
- (408) 755-7895