Party:
NP= Non Partisan Race; (R) = Republican; (D) = Democrat
Ranking: The ranking shows how candidates stacked up to our endorsement standards. 100% means they agreed with us 100% on all 39 questions we asked in our questionnaire.
Candidates with 100% are the only ones that can move forward in our endorsement process. While there are more steps to our endorsement process this is the first and biggest step. A score of less then 100% means that we disagreed on one or more
questions and we can not endorse the candidate. See the attached, Letter to (Candidate Name) - Re: No Endorsement, for a list of questions that were inconsistent with our endorsement standards.
Only candidates who completed their questionnaires according to the instruction provided were posted. It was discovered after the fact that an instruction to not add additional text to the answers givens except for questions 01and 08, was
unintentionally removed. As a result no one was docked for adding text to their answers. This instruction will appear in future instructions. The instructions and FAQ's used in this cycle can be found at Archived Copy - CFABA.ORG
Candidate Questionnaire™ Introduction and Instructions for the Nov. 8, 2005 Elections
Candidate Lists: Candidates with e-mail addresses on the following list were sent "CFABA.ORG Candidate Questionnaire's" ™.
The following California counties had email addresses on their lists:
01. Los Angeles County, 352 questionnaires were sent on 08/09/2005 and 09/20/2005.
http://rrcc.co.la.ca.us/candlist/0035cand/0035_candidate.htm
Or, use our archived copy saved as a PDF version.
02. Ventura County, 16 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005.
[ http://recorder.countyofventura.org/CandidateList.pdf ].
Or, use our archived copy saved as a PDF version.
03. Fresno County, 8 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005.
[ http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/2850/Post/Nov2005CandidateList.pdf ].
Or, use our archived copy saved as a PDF version.
04. San Mateo County, 118 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005.
[ http://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/nov2005/documents/roster/roster_external.pdf ]
Or, use our archived copy saved as a PDF version.
05. Marin County, 28 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005.
[http://co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/main/currentElection/candfilenov05.pdf].
Or, use our archived copy saved as a PDF version.
06. Sonoma County 5 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005. Sonoma County sent us a list but did not post it to their website. So, we have posted it to our website, that list can be viewed by clicking on the following link: [Sonoma County List - archived pdf ]
07. Mendocino County 35 questionnaires were sent on 09/20/2005. Mendocino County sent us a list but did not post it to their website. So, we have posted it to our website, that list can be viewed by
clicking on the following link: [Mendocino County List - archived pdf ]
Endorsements: Completing our "CFABA.ORG Candidate Questionnaire's"™ is the first step in our endorsement process. Candidates who receive 100% are sent our Background Check Form™, after we get that back they
are sent a form authorizing us to say nice things about them. Only after receiving both these forms back signed properly will we endorse a candidate.
Endorsed candidates appear on the Good Guys List™ on our website and in a news release announcing our endorsements which is e-mailed to our "Commentaries And News Releases List"™.
We have endorsed candidates as late as the day before an election so check back often to see if there are any updates. We have very high endorsement standards, that is why we can say with confidence...
Party/Office: It was requested that we add Party and Office information so it would be easier to find Candidates on primary ballots, so we now request that information on the questionnaire but it is
optional.
Most of the candidates in this election are running for seats that are nonpartisan, so a NP will be found under "PTY", unless that candidate has stated their party affiliation.
More: For more information about our endorsement process see CFABA.ORG Candidate Questionnaire™ Introduction and Instructions. which has the FAQ's about
the process in more detail. For a sample of our BACKGROUND CHECK FORM™ see (sample from 2004).
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