By Randy Shaw
Categories: Elections and Campaigns
Tags: Absentee Ballot, absentee voting, Alifornia, Assembly Seat, Assemblymember, assemblymember betsy butler, Ballots, california, california election, California Elections, California Primary Election, California Registered Voters, Central Committees, Congressional Race, contests, Critical State, election, Election Rules, elections in oregon, Governor Brown, John Perez, Local Elections, Paul Hogarth, Political Campaigns, politics, Progressive Politics, Prop 13, racing, Real Estate, Senate Bill, special election musical chairs, State Ballot, State Measures, State Primaries, State Races, Statewide Election, Token Opposition, Union Initiative, Vote, Vote Getter
Randy Shaw: Expect a record percentage of absentee votes next week, which might lead to calls to make June contests vote by mail only.
Read This PostBy Sharon Kyle
Categories: Elections and Campaigns
Tags: 2011, Assembly District, Assembly Districts, barack obama, california, california ad, california ads, california democratic party, California Elections, Clue, clueless, Delegate, Delegate Election, delegates, democratic, Democratic Convention, democratic party, democratic party (united states) presidential primaries, democrats, Dick, Direct Access, election, Executive Office, extras, Funny Story, hillary clinton, judicial elections, Meaningless Exercise, Nutshell, Personal Phone, Phone Calls, Political Activists, Political Junkies, politics, presidential primary, Primary Election, progressive, Progressivism, ron paul presidential campaign, Slew, State Conventions, State Legislature, superdelegate, superdelegates, united states presidential primaries, Upcoming Election, vigilant
It’s happening again! I’m getting a slew of emails from friends because they don’t have a clue who they should vote for in the upcoming California Democratic Party Delegate election. Like the judicial elections, the average voter is either completely clueless or is only vaguely aware of the delegate process. Most voters know very little about the candidates and still more don’t know there is an election on Jan 8 and Jan 9.
Read This PostBy admin
Categories: California
Tags: 1 November, 2 November, 2010, Abel, Aip, Attorney General, Bowen, Boxer, california, California Attorney General, California Candidates, california election results, California Elections, carlos r. moreno california, Commissioner General, Controller General, Crittenden, Democrat, election, Election Analysis, election results, Election Results California, eric garcetti, Frankel, GOP, Gop Candidate, Governor General, Hannan, Insurance Commissioner, Kamala, kamala harris, LA Times, Lieutenant Governor, los angeles, los angeles times, Marylou, meg, Merton, Mik, Mimi, National Election Results, nov, November 2, Party Votes, politics, precinct, reports, republican party, result, Secretary Of State, steve cooley, strickland, Treasurer General, U S Senate, Whitman
The following is a partial list of election results for the November 2, 1010 election. This status of California candidates and initiatives was captured and reported by the Los Angeles Times with 93% of the precincts counted. The office that was too close to call, with 93% counted, was the California Attorney General race.
Read This PostBy Diane Lefer
Categories: California
Tags: ballot access, Band Aids, Budget Agreement, budgeting process, Budgets, california, California Elections, California Endowment, california initiatives, california proposition 13, california proposition 2, california proposition 8, Caption, Chase, Civic Leaders, Constitutional Convention, constitutional conventions, Democracy, direct democracy, Expert Panels, Federal Budget, golden state, Government Reform, Gray Davis, Ills, Initiative, Intractable Problems, Law School, Majority Vote, Municipalities, Policy Wonks, politics, progressive politics, Property Taxes, Proposal Budget, rebooting, Referendum, reform, Sacramento Bee, State Budget, tim eyman, Victor Gold
Diane Lefer: Why does it matter? This year, once again, California not only failed to pass a budget by the deadline but delayed it longer than at any other time in our history, causing chaos and hardship for vendors, employees, and municipalities while harming our credit with rating agencies and raising the interest we pay.
Read This PostBy Wais Hassan
Categories: Elections and Campaigns, Immigration Reform
Tags: Abel Maldonado, Border Fence, Business, california, California Elections, California Republican, changes, field poll, GOP, Gop Primary, her, hispanic voters, Illegal Immigration, illegal immigration to the united states, immigration, immigration law, in california, jerry brown, Ken Radio Show, Language Website, latino, Makeover, meg, Meg Whitman, New Era, Personal Wealth, Pete Wilson, Point Gain, politics, position, Procter Gamble, Proposition 187, Radio Commercials, Rasmussen Reports, Republican Nomination, Social Issues, Spanish Language, Spanish Language Radio, Spanish Language Tv, Steve Poizner, susan pompei, Tv Ads, united states, Whitman
Wais Hassan: Whitman’s Spanish-language makeover in the general election is a major shift from the tone that she struck in the GOP primary, when the challenge from conservative Steve Poizner pushed her to the right on the issue.
Read This PostBy Wayne Williams
Categories: Elections and Campaigns
Tags: American Culture, California Elections, Clean Elections, Conservative Perspective, Constructive Manner, Critical Change, Critical Step, Democracy, Democrats And Republicans, election, election fraud, election process, election systems, Elections Act, elections in the united states, electronic voting, fair elections, Fairness, Fear, free elections, funding, Gambit, help america vote act, Initial Decision, Mindset, Money in Politics, Obstacles, Oil, opposition research, Political Corruption, Politicians, politics, Poor Choice, progressive politics, Prop 15, public funding, Special Interest, Special Interests, supreme court, transparent, Tv Ads, voter, voter owned elections, wayne williams
Wayne Williams: With Voter Owned, Auditable, Transparent and Verifiable Elections, voters will come out in larger numbers as they have more confidence in their government. More viable candidates of all races and genders will run for office, and most likely the cost of elections will go down because the public will be more educated, involved and aware.
Read This PostBy Wayne Williams
Categories: Elections and Campaigns
Tags: Amount Of Money, California Elections, Campaign Kick, Confidence, Election Campaigns, Getty Museum, Kickoff, legislation, Leo Baeck Temple, Little Time, lobbyists, Politicians, Proven Track Record, Raising Money, Retribution, Sepulveda Blvd, Sepulveda Pass, Special Interests, Violators, Voter Turnout
Proposition 15 changes the way we finance election campaigns so that politicians will focus on California’s serious problems rather than fundraising. It imposes strict reporting requirements, penalties for violators and bans the raising of money from lobbyists, their clients and anyone else for participating candidates.