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New national survey shows strong support for radical simplification
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A new nationwide survey of U.S. voters released earlier this month resoundingly indicates that people want to streamline government, making it less complex and more efficient as a path toward reducing our deficit.

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Happy Thanksgiving!
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As Californians, it’s very easy to look at far we need to go for most of the year instead of how far we’ve come. Today, the glass is half-full, if not more so.

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Election Day in California: Many reasons for pride
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With so many stories coming from so many other states about purported voter fraud and attempts at marginalizing minority voters, the narrative was quite the opposite in the Golden State.

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The coming tidal wave: What does California’s huge voter registration surge mean on Nov 6?
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Well over three quarters of the eligible voters in California registered to vote, or about 18.2 million people in total, according to an official statement released by Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office. Although the approximately 986,000 new voters who registered in the 45 days prior to the October 22 deadline doesn’t surpass 2008’s record 1.2 million tally in the same timeframe, this year’s surge is still significant and the overall number does represent a new record total.

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California voter registration sees record efforts on college campuses
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Student organizations spearheading voter registration efforts on California State and University of California campuses this cycle registered almost 70,000 students, significantly besting respective efforts in 2008.

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California gas prices: what happened and what’s next?
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With the Legislature out of session and the general election still a few weeks away, the airwaves have been dominated by talk of sky-high prices at the pump. We do a mini round-up so you have an idea as to what’s happening and where we go from here.

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Felix Baumgartner, Red Bull and the California economy
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As 8 million people watched Felix Baumgartner jump from 128,000 feet above sea level, it made us realize what this indicates about the state of education and innovation in California and America.

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October 9: Two big milestones in the voting process
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Today is the official launch of the vote-by-mail process in California and also the day that sample ballots are mailed out. We offer a few tips if you are planning on voting by mail instead of in person on November 6.

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