CA FWD NEWS

Asian American Communities in California get help before heading to the polls
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Twenty two national Asian Pacific Islander American organizations have joined forces to create the first comprehensive overview on nine critical California ballot measures.

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Voting tech: We’ve come a long way since hanging chads
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

This year, as in every other important election year, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the status of the nation’s elections process and the potential for voting system failure. The good news is that, according to a new report by the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, voting technology has come along way since the infamous “hanging chads” fiasco of 2000.

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Michael G. Santos: Preparation key for a successful re-entry to society
150 150 Michael G. Santos

As I expressed in my initial blog entries, a commitment to prepare for a law-abiding, contributing life upon release drove my adjustment throughout the quarter century that I served. Had I not made that commitment to prepare for reentry early in my term, I’d now be living a life of complication and struggle.

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Central Valley voter registration numbers, like rest of CA, see spikes
150 150 Niki Woodard

In San Joaquin County, about 3,500 to 4,000 online registrations came in on Monday, October 22—the final day to register to vote in California. “That’s exceedingly large,” said San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, Austin Erdman.

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The data on crime, recidivism, and jail capacity
150 150 Sharon Aungst

As part of the ongoing work of the Partnership for Community Excellence, we take a look at the data between crime rates, recidivism and jail capacity and what that relationship means for the world we all live in.

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