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How much did the Top Two Primary change California elections?
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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What impact is California’s new Top Two Primary law really going to have on California politics? It’s a question that will be better answered after Tuesday’s election, but there’s no doubt it has changed the political landscape of California.

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Asian American Communities in California get help before heading to the polls
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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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
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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
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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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Program turns energy efficiency into economic driver in San Diego
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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PACE programs fund energy-efficiency construction projects in California

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