Mark Those Ballots Correctly
Hang around the folks who conduct elections long enough and you'll start to see that some voting snafus are hard to prevent. That's not to say that elections officials are perfect, nor is it to imply...
View ArticleLet's Do The Time Warp Again
The year was 1940, a year when war was on the horizon and the big political chatter centered on whether Franklin D. Roosevelt would run for an unprecedented third term in the White House. That was the...
View ArticleRedistricting: Ballot Measure #11
A long November ballot for California voters just got longer, as Secretary of State Debra Bowen has certified a proposal to strip legislators of the power to draw their own political districts. The...
View ArticleWelcome, Prop 12. Any More Takers?
With a stroke of the pen, Governor Schwarzenegger has added a twelfth proposal to the November statewide ballot... a big ballot that may still grow bigger. The governor placed a $900 million bond...
View ArticleThe Blanket Veto
With the fatigue of the budget saga slowly starting to fade (especially for those of us who took a few days off, which explains for the missing podcast last week), the annual process of bill signings...
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November Props Pros & Cons
Unusual alliances... pointed and sometimes personal arguments... and independent analysis -- all can be found in the newly released draft documents for this November statewide ballot guide. Photo:...
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Redistricting Referendum Timeline Tight... or Impossible?
Senate Map/CA Redistricting CommissionCalifornia's top elections official belives there won't be enough time for a court-appointed panel -- if one is chosen -- to redraw the state's political maps for...
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