"Today is the final day to vote - in person, in a drop box or by mail - for a new Santa Clara County assessor. As the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 4 general election, Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar are the only names in the runoff election for assessor. Most county voters have chosen to pass on the chance to cast a vote for a post that hasn't been up for grabs in three decades."
"That fact, combined with the likelihood that four of every five eligible voters won't vote, heightens the anxiety and uncertainty of the two campaigns about today's results. As of Monday, only 16.3% of the county's registered voters - 174,562 out of 1,071,024 - had cast ballots for assessor, according to the Registrar of Voters. Fligor, the current assistant county assessor, and Kumar, a former Saratoga city council member, combined for a little less than 62% of the votes for all four assessor candidates in November."
"Fligor, a native Jamaican who earned a law degree from Georgetown University, has stressed her expertise and experience in the assessor's office. She is a member of the Los Alto City Council and serves as the city's vice mayor. Kumar, an Indian-American engineer and self-described "tech dude" who is campaigning on what he calls a "Prop 13 approach," has pushed a ballot initiative to give all property owners age 60 and older a 100% property tax exemption. He ran three unsuccessful campaigns for Congress."
Today is the final day to vote in person, in a drop box or by mail for the Santa Clara County assessor runoff between Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar. As of Monday, only 16.3% of registered voters (174,562 of 1,071,024) had cast ballots for assessor. Fligor and Kumar together won a little less than 62% of November votes among four candidates, and the likely abstention of about four of five eligible voters increases campaign uncertainty. Larry Stone's resignation/retirement triggered the cycle. A close result could delay finality into 2026. Fligor is assistant county assessor and Los Altos vice mayor; Kumar is an engineer advocating a Prop 13-style tax exemption and a three-time former congressional candidate.
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