Antelope Valley Elections

Maybe the City Council race here isn't over after all. Jill Klajic, ousted from her council seat by 16 votes, now says she will call for an electronic recount if her supporters can raise the $500 fee. Klajic, 47, originally said she didn't want a recount of the close tallies. But she said Tuesday she was persuaded by campaign supporters who complained they'd always wonder who really won if a second count wasn't conducted. H.

More than 2,000 voters in Lancaster and Palmdale were inadvertently left off voter rolls, but the mistake will not prevent them from voting in Tuesday's local election, officials said Friday. The mistake was made by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office, which supplied a list of the registered voters in Palmdale and Lancaster to the respective city clerks.

More candidates than in any recent election cycle are seeking positions on eight local school boards here, with 64 candidates and at least one write-in competing for office. And despite the controversy surrounding the statewide school voucher initiative, Prop. 174, local school board races have remained surprisingly quiet.

A conservative movement has polarized three school board races in this northern Los Angeles County area, while divisiveness on two other school boards have carried over into the campaigns. Several challengers in the William S. Hart Union High, Sulphur Springs Union and Saugus Union school districts have voiced support for Proposition 174, the school voucher initiative, along with fiscal restraint and a "return to teaching the basics," all popular conservative themes.

The quality of water and its availability are the most common concerns of the 27 candidates seeking election to five water boards on Tuesday. Crescenta Valley Water District Voters in the Crescenta Valley County Water District will select three of six candidates vying to serve on the district's five-member board of directors. The district sets water and sewer rates for La Crescenta, Montrose and portions of La Canada Flintridge. Two veteran members are resigning, leaving only Robert E.

A federal appeals court has cast a cloud of uncertainty over a March 2 special election for a state Senate district in the Antelope Valley by agreeing to hear a challenge by Latinos over who should be eligible to vote. In a ruling late Thursday, a panel of the U.S.

Gov. Pete Wilson has set March 2 for a special election to replace state Sen. Don Rogers (R-Bakersfield) in a district that includes portions of the Antelope Valley. The winner of the contest in the 16th Senate District will serve out the two remaining years of Rogers' term. He was elected in November to a new four-year term in the 17th Senate District following a court-ordered redrawing of Senate district boundaries.

Voters in rural Acton and Agua Dulce overwhelmingly approved plans to open a local high school, while an Antelope Valley hospital board member who was recalled only last April won back his seat, finishing as the top vote-getter. Those were the highlights from Tuesday's general election for local contests held in northern Los Angeles County communities, according to semi-official election results released Wednesday by the county registrar-recorder's office.

Four months after being hit by some of the worst flooding in years, voters in the Antelope Valley will be asked what agency should oversee flood control in the area, and Lancaster voters will also decide whether they want to pay for improvements to the current system. Advisory Measure B on Tuesday's ballot will ask residents of the Antelope Valley whether they want to join the county's flood control district, form a new one or reject both options.