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When this determination cannot be made, we may not process your vote.</p> <p>No actions are taken by SF Gate as a result of the polls.</p> <p><a href="#" name="/polls/2008/10/02/debate/disclaimer" onclick="return hideDiv(this);">Close</a></p> </div> </div>  </div> </div></div></div></div>   <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>    <div class="sfg_edi005 clearfix"> <h2>SPECIAL REPORTS</h2><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/10/MNUN123MP1.DTL">Foreclosure And Farewell</a></h4> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/10/MNUN123MP1.DTL" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/08/09_t/mn-gardner01_ph1_0498831209_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>Oakland home's been in the family for 54 years.</p> </div> </div><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/MNJH120OUN.DTL">S.F. Shield System</a></h4> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/MNJH120OUN.DTL" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/07/03_t/ed-perez07_ph_0498723801_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>The city's policy for illegal immigrant offenders.</p> </div> </div><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/maps/restaurantrobberies/">Restaurant Robberies</a></h4> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/maps/restaurantrobberies/" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/chroncast/2008/08/20/thumb-restaurantrobberies64x64.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>Google map of the spate of holdups of E. Bay eateries.</p> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>    <div class="sfg_chr001"> <h2>TODAY'S CHRONICLE</h2> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/"><img class="chronicle" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/front/00_t.jpg" alt=""/></a> <p>View Section:</p> <form name="chr001form" class="chronicle clearfix" action="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artlist.cgi" method="get"> <select class="chronicle" name="key" onchange="if (this.selectedIndex > 0) document.chr001form.submit();"> <option value="MN" selected="selected">-- select --</option> <option value="CM">Magazine</option> <option value="PK">Sunday Datebook</option> <option value="MT">Cars</option> <option value="MN">News</option> <option value="LV">Style</option> <option value="IN">Insight</option> <option value="RE">Real Estate</option> <option value="ED">Commentary</option> <option value="BA">Bay Area</option> <option value="SP">Sports</option> <option value="RV">Book Reviews</option> <option value="BU">Business</option> <option value="TR">Travel</option> </select> <input name="d" type="hidden" value="/c/a/2008/10/05"/> <img class="submit" name="Go" alt="Go" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/gobutton_31x17.gif"/> </form> </div>   </div> </div> <div class="column2 ">      <div class="sfg_hed001 hed_module"><div class="w410"> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MN1T13B7IJ.DTL">Feds Probe S.F. Sanctuary Policy</a></h2> <div> <p> A federal grand jury is investigating whether San Francisco's policy of offering sanctuary to undocumented immigrants violates U.S. laws against harboring people who are in the country illegally. <span class="byline">Bob Egelko</span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MN2113B16U.DTL">Bush Signs Massive Bailout Bill</a></h2> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MN2113B16U.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/03_t/ba-83068268mw012_0499242788_t.gif" alt="Bush Signs Massive Bailout Bill"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> The House approves -- and President Bush immediately signs -- the biggest bailout of the banking system in U.S. history. <span class="byline">Carolyn Lochhead</span> </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MN2113B16U.DTL"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_comment.gif" alt=""/> Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MN2113B16U.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MNAE13B5IU.DTL">Fear stalls bailout's effect on credit market</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MNL813B24G.DTL">How Bay Area reps voted</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/w124856D09.DTL">Bailout vote switchers</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/politics/p072257D82.DTL">Onus On McCain To Turn Race Around</a></h2> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/politics/p072257D82.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/03_t/ed-hachigian06_p_0499209858_t.gif" alt="Onus On McCain To Turn Race Around"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and the Democrat has made progress toward winning the White House. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/DDASMUSSENBR.DTL">Bad Reporter</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=14">Blog</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">Politics page</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BAOO13B4UA.DTL">Fossett Crash Probe Could Take Months</a></h2> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BAOO13B4UA.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/01_t/ba-fossett04_ph1_0497509490_t.gif" alt="Fossett Crash Probe Could Take Months"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> As searchers intensified their hunt for human remains, investigators helicoptered the remnants of adventurer Steve Fossett's airplane off the mountain slope where he crashed in 2007. <span class="byline">Kevin Fagan</span> </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BAOO13B4UA.DTL"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_comment.gif" alt=""/> Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MNOO13B4UA.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/01/state/n175535D08.DTL">Governor Says State May Need $7 Billion Loan</a></h2> <div> <p> He says California may need to turn to the federal government for short-term borrowing if the credit market doesn't loosen up. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/national/a133259D08.DTL">Massachusetts asks about federal loan amid credit worries</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/a030435D51.DTL">Simpson Convicted, Faces Years Behind Bars</a></h2> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/a030435D51.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/04_t/ba-us-crime-simp_0499245842_t.gif" alt="Simpson Convicted, Faces Years Behind Bars"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/national/a023406D05.DTL">A look at the 9 men in the robbery, kidnapping case</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BAJA13B2OU.DTL">Fake-Crack Deal Led To Slaying, Police Say</a></h2> <div> <p> S.F. man is being held in a Tenderloin slaying that police say was prompted by his suspicion that the victim had sold him bogus crack cocaine. <span class="byline">Jaxon Van Derbeken</span> </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BA3L13AURV.DTL">Son sought in woman's stabbing death</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BA3L13AUK7.DTL">Suspected shooter held in Palo Alto slaying</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/">Crime</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/02/financial/f053356D71.DTL">Economy Sheds Most Jobs Since 2003</a></h2> <div> <p> Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years. with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be nearing a recession. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/bayeconomy/">Bay Area Economy: Coping with the crisis</a></li> </ul></div> </div></div></div>  <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>     <div class="sfg_hed003"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/contentmodules/hed003/more_headlines.gif" alt="More Headlines"/></h3> <ul class="subitems"> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MNEU13A99B.DTL">Plane wreckage Fossett's; bone fragment found</a> <span> 4:00 AM</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BUMD13B0C9.DTL">Apple stock dives on false report</a> <span>10:53 AM</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/state/n123848D32.DTL">Calif. reps' brother among 2 missing boaters</a> <span> 9:01 PM</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/a111204D90.DTL">Cops say Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants</a> <span> 5:20 PM</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/02/international/i225111D90.DTL">Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc</a> <span>11:43 AM</span></li> </ul> </div>      <div class="sfg_hed005"><div class="w430">   <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/">Bay Area & State</a> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MNOO13B4UA.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/01_t/ba-fossett04_ph1_0497509490_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BAOO13B4UA.DTL">Fossett Crash Probe Could Take Months</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/02/MNPK13AI4J.DTL">Area of crash a wilderness paradise</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/BAQH13B7OF.DTL">Net Seems Likelier For Suicide Barrier</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/">More Bay Area & State »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/nation/">Nation</a> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/nation/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/a030435D51.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/04_t/ba-us-crime-simp_0499245842_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/03/national/a030435D51.DTL">Simpson Convicted, Faces Life In Prison</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/national/a023406D05.DTL">A look at the 9 men in the kidnapping, robbery case</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MN2113B16U.DTL">Bush Signs Mammoth Bailout Bill</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/nation/">More Nation »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/">World</a> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/02/international/i011924D77.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/02_t/ba-iraq-unrest-b_0499235170_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/02/international/i011924D77.DTL">Iraqi soldier dies as U.S. helicopters collide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/international/i070534D21.DTL">Poland leaves Iraq but doesn't give up helping US</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/04/international/i071025D07.DTL">North Korean Leader Makes Appearance</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/">More World »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">Politics</a> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MN2113B16U.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005112550im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/10/03_t/ba-83068268mw012_0499242788_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MN2113B16U.DTL">Bush Signs Mammoth Bailout Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MNAE13B5IU.DTL">Fear stalls bailout's effect on credit market</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/MNL813B24G.DTL">How Bay Area reps voted</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20081005112550/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">More Politics »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> 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