Elections

A message for young voters on Election Day: your vote counts
 150 150 John Guenther
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Last June the statewide contest for controller was decided by less voters than it takes to fill a large lecture hall (481).

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A tale of two elections
 150 150 Lenny Mendonca & Tom McKernan
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When the California Legislature hit the campaign trail, the normally cynical press corps had to concede the session was one of the most productive and bipartisan in a generation.

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Your final vote by mail cheatsheet!
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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A record-breaking 69 percent of voters in the June 2014 primary cast their ballots by mail. And more than one million vote-by-mail ballots have already been cast for the November general election.

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New data shows strong support Proposition 1, gains for Proposition 2
 150 150 John Guenther
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It’s less than two weeks from the election and neither the drought, the support for the state water bond seem, or interest in beefing up the state’s budget reserve seem to be waning much.

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Pete Weber and Jim Mayer: State political reform is working
 150 150 John Guenther
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The evidence is growing that voters are getting the political reform they wanted when they seized from lawmakers the authority to draw district boundaries, opened primary elections to all voters, and modified term limits to reduce constant campaigning.

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