monday projected seventy to seventy five percent turnout of the county's workers could cast ballots in today's primaries said susan german assistant county clerk recorder with nominations for both major parties still undecided german and state election officials and to speed voters could cast ballots in higher numbers than previous primaries most sunny skies and well hiring a fifty year predicted so the weather isn't expected to deter voters in the past california held its presidential primary in march by then the major parties nominees have been decided with the balkan states already holding their elections election officials said primary being earlier definitely could be a reason for the higher turnout german add twenty four states are holding presidential primaries or caucuses as part of what is dug super tuesday in the march two thousand and four presidential primaries sixty percent of the registered voters in nevada county voters head to the polls in california the race considered more wide open your mind said the rising number of voters registering as independents is creating more uncertainty this is the first time since nine hundred fifty two than an incumbent president or vice president has not been on the ballot said nicole wiener spokesman for the california secretary of state's office secretary of state debra bowen isn't making turnout predictions but is expected a higher turnout because of california's earlier primary predicting an increas absentee numbers it's easier for state and county officials projected sixty percent of nevada counties presidential primary ballots could be cast absentee you say the percentage has been more than doubled in the past ten years w counties granting voters permanent absentee status in november two thousand and six forty two percent of state voters cast absentee ballots we've seen that number go up with every election some in other states holding presidential primaries tonight might wish they voted absentee was snowy weather in the mid west and severe storms predicted for the south supervisor sue horn hasn't dorst allen kilborne to replace her over nevada county planning commissioner laura duncan in the race for the second district seat hornets decide not to run again for her supervisor position and is in a race for the republican nomination for the state assembly district three spot it's expected to be vacated by ricky her top opposition as yuba county supervisor dan low the outgoing supervisor reappointed duncan to the planning commission in two thousand but she went with kilborne i have tremendous respect for both candidates but alan's present credential so are very impressive said one his business accusation is outstanding he's strong on public safety a strong supporter of private property rights for and also cited kilborne vietnam military service his position on iraq and police department and his participation in the community on monday duncan declined to discuss one several days later kilborne announced in one said he was an outstanding community member who aligned with her conservative views on property rights and limited government at the time one declined to endorse either candidate but she changed her for your district next district to supervise their horns in an interview monday one confirmed he had donated five hundred dollars to one campaign for assembly in december two thousand and six gold one said horn had not contributed to his supervisor the campaign and she paid for her own dinner at his fundraiser saturday where she endorsed him we must continue to turn our county expenses in balance with the economy and continue to become the efficient in our county services kilborne said at fundraisers without studying the county's budget kilborne said monday he was unsure where it cuts would come in however he did say we need people in each department to say how can i make my department run more efficient kilborne is training the training manager for the rockland police department duncan his former deputy city manager for another story sue horne and dan logue are locked in a heated campaign finance raised as both battle for the g o p nomination for the state assembly seat expected to be left vacant by rick keen in the past six months or received more campaign contribution money than down low for the june primary race but loeb still leads in the total money received for all of last year and he also is receiving some money from longstanding nevada county republicans including kimberly  received an endorsement from kean who is expected to vacate his district three c because of term limits depending on the outcome of the proposition ninety three today's election i'm getting a lot of support from the public and party in nevada county logue said i chose me we have a good chance in this primary county supervisor horn pointed to her grassroots campaign fundraising as well as endorsements from county and city officials have had hundreds of contributions she said streets on the ground is very strong on received eighty six thousand eight hundred forty dollars for the period from july through december compared to seventy one thousand nine hundred forty seven for low for the same period according to the state campaign finance record records updated on friday below received three hundred thirty thousand four hundred thirty four for january through december of last year compared to two hundred eighty three thousand three hundred thirty five for horn horn has loaned one hundred thousand of her own money to the campaign as has lo according to the campaign finance records in the latest six month period in one's biggest contributors including thirty six hundred from the second one sekula band of the nation california women's leadership association is a well known local g o p contributor horne also received two hundred from robinson and sons and nevada city previously had received another fifteen hundred from robinson and sons for a period of january through june for the last year bringing the total to sixteen hundred horn joined other county supervisors in approving a deal to relocate today's office from the courthouse to the new private office space in nevada city where authors include rahman's but i want to say she had no knowledge of the deal i tell it appeared in a board meeting agenda package and had no discussion regarding the lease with rampant kerry tantalum of county officials tittle has endorsed but not contributed towards campaigning for and also received contributed contributions from her fellow nevada county supervisors john spencer grass valley one hundred dollars and william hank weston a penn valley one hundred dollars she received five hundred from the business committee in the previous six month period other control contributions including only pick mortgage  and grass valley hundred dollars gaffney poll of poll enterprising grass valley one hundred dollars and north ridge restaurant a witness raised restaurant two hundred forty dollars nevada city engineering three hundred dollars in about a county farnborough two hundred robert increments here  three hundred dollars and contractors associated taco truck e p a c five hundred dollars in california line title association two thousand dollars the list also includes military painting company of penn valley five hundred dollars peters drilling and pumps there is a grass strong financial position and defended the board of supervisors record in tackle of local issues looks biggest contributors for the latest period include friends of sam and istead thirty six hundred g t s communities of sacramento thirty six hundred loeb family trust kate connor league fifty one hundred dollars a katie investments thirty six hundred eight katie development thirty six hundred and teacher and son thirty six hundred in helpers inc of u b city two thousand by the way if you knew these contributors would like to underwrite t v t v news just give us a call five three zero four seven seven three three zero nine in iraq the u s military has admitted to killing four family members and willian another monday in adwar village north of baghdad a couple of their nineteen year old sons were instantly killed in the attack the couple's two young daughters were injured one of them later died in hospital of her once infant son child now that two children were wounded today marks the fifth anniversary of then secretary of state colin powell's speech before the u n security council making the case for attacking iraq in north east clinton address importers in massachusetts she said we are supposed to plant the trees that are all of use will seeks shade other we are supposed to ensure that this country remains great and good and there is no guarantee there is no guarantee written in some book that america american will remain the greatest nation in the world is up to us each and every one of us to make decisions that will guarantee that comes true obama meanwhile spoke in new jersey where he is narrowed clinton's lead to a dead heat he said if you want to keep the dream alive for those who are still hungry for justice and still thirst for opportunity then i promise you this we will not only win in new jersey we will win all across this nation on tuesday we will win the domination we will win the general election and you and i together we will change this country we will change the world both clinton and obama campaign say they expect the races to be extended into the primary contests in march and april on the republican side senator john mccain is leading national polls but not as it uses governor mitt romney is ahead in delegate rich california another campaign news new figures show the nucular industry is shifting its donations to the democrats the los angeles times reports democratic candidates received eight hundred thirty thousand from nucular companies last year compared to just under three hundred thousand for republicans rock a bomb has the highest received nuclear money followed by hillary clinton neither candidate was opposed has opposed lobbying efforts to expand reliance on nuclear power national journal meanwhile has named obama as the most liberal senator of two thousand and seven bomber got the number one ranking based on a map now losses of ninety nine key senate votes hillary clinton was ranked at number sixteen after police and six thirty second in two thousand and six overall the two candidates differed on just ten of the two hundred sixty seven measures they both voted on president bush unveiled his three point one trillion proposal on monday the plan calls for major cuts to how spending while leaving four hundred billion the budget would extend the bush tax cuts beyond their expiration date to twenty eleven at the cost of six hundred thirty five billion president bush said in order for this economy to grow it is important to make tax relief permanent and that is what this budget reflects it is a budget to boost money for education and health and housing it helps us deal with the issue of making tax code more fair for individuals who want to buy health insurance in the individual market the budget proposes spending cuts or freezes for most government agencies the homeland security and pentagon budget would be among the few seen increases with the military getting a seven percent boost including the wars in iraq and afghanistan u s military spend it would reach at least six hundred ninety billion white house budget plan estimates the wars will cost seventy billion this year if you are widely seen as far too low bush's plan would meanwhile cut billions for health care what health care in colombia hundreds of thousands of people took part in nationwide protests monday against rebel group fark the group is currently holding at least eight hundred hostages seized during his conflict with colombian government recently freed hostages consuelo gonzales de pere domo was among the demonstrators he said i am happy that the colombian people i've understood that they play an important role in the situation that this country is going through in trying to attain liberty that this motivation has to continue and it has to be permanent protests were also held across latin america and cities worldwide including new york washington madrid and sydney to us issues were released last month after another three expected this week sparked this week fark says it will hand widely disputed vote former u n secretary general kofi annan is in kenya to help broker a deal talks resume monday after u n appointed meador withdrew from the mediation he has was accused of business ties to it american israel and syrian sources says israel didn't not know what it was targeting her says israel's main objective was to send a message to iran is civilian panel created to oversee government protection of personal privacy is now vacant after the terms of its remaining board members expired last month the privacy and civil liberties oversight board had already been under scrutiny after one member resigned last year amid accusations of white house censorship the bush administration has not submitted any new  nominations and in california an anti military recruiting effort in the city of berkeley is turning into a senate battle over federal earmarks publican senator jim de mint said he will introduce a measure two point three million dollars in federal spending for berkeley from the senate appropriations bill de mint said he's responding to a series of resolutions from the berkeley city council his support a protest against a local marine recruiting center afghanistan where he was well known as a resistance fighter against the soviet occupation in one nine hundred eighty s he was accused of being a taliban commander and have for nearly five years in guantanamo until his death during his interrogation had maddie's made several mentions of high ranking afghan complimentary breakfast and were drinking under in overpass police advised them and not to return to the business one ten p m a car reported a woman passed out in front of a store on a six hundred block of seven way fire department was in violation of parole eleven a one p m a call from barton millstreet reported a drunken man was leaving the bar and was headed to another one police arrested the fifty four year old man on a local one one twenty eight a m police arrested a thirty seven year man and west main street on suspicion of violation of probation seven o eight p a m i call reporting a man in a federal building on east main street was passing out passed out with his in the front porch police contacted caller and the man was gone when they arrive one fifty three p m a call from colby road reported to paintball marker worth about twelve hundred dollars was stolen from a vehicle deputy took a report from grand theft eight fifteen p m a call from thirty doesn't block a quicker heel crossroads reported three juveniles gunshots in the area two more calls your party during the same outstanding a deputy would not respond and most complaints continued after dark four fifty two p m a man called from school on twenty two thousand block of kingston lane report he was in a fight with a woman at a basketball game he said the woman was arguing with referees and the call advised her to step away they argued went outside and the woman he said began to hit him in the face demand said he grabbed the woman by her shirt after she hit him four times and told her to stop the woman was in a white chevrolet pickup truck with her husband a deputy mediated to situation and determined it was mutual co n fifty five p m a one call from fifteen thousand block of names drive to report a male neighbor was playing music too loud so she asked him to turn it down the man went to the woman towns slashed her tires on her vehicle and scratched her vehicle she'd been he right it's time for the police blotter the pictures in the blotter not from these actual events but useful visual aid only