Elections

New team seeks to take online voting from fantasy to reality
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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The project brings together experts in computer science, usability, and auditing and adds in the expertise of local election officials from counties throughout the U.S. to examine potential solutions to the current roadblocks toward online voting.

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Term limits to the rescue?
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Council members, in the city of La Mesa, near San Diego, may soon have to readjust to some new rules if a citizens group is successful in putting a term limits initiative on the ballot.

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VIDEO: Assemblyman Anthony Rendon shares thoughts on mobilizing voters
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Assemblyman Anthony Rendon was voted into office in November 2012. He represents district 45 which includes cities like Maywood, Cudahy and Hawaiian Gardens. Another city in his district? The city of Bell, which of course, is synonymous with government corruption.

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Covered California failing to comply with National Voter Registration Act
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Under the federal law, more commonly known as the “Motor Voter” act, government agencies providing public assistance are required to offer individuals opportunities to register to vote. That means all Californians applying for health coverage through the state exchange should simultaneously be offered the opportunity to register to vote.

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The state of municipal campaign finance in California
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles hosted a discussion on the state of campaign finance in California Wednesday, aptly scheduled on what would have been U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis’s 157th birthday.

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New effort for Latino electeds launched in California
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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There are 14 million Latinos in the state and the Center’s vision says that the development of a strong Latino middle class is vital to California’s economic stability.

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Another California off-year election has dismal turnout
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Of the nearly 1.75 million LA County voters eligible in yesterday’s elections, a paltry 9.9 percent, including yours truly, bothered casting a ballot according to preliminary tallies

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