No “party time” puns, I promise. The law requires the Secretary of State to release registration numbers as of 154 days before statewide elections. She released them today. You can read in all the other news reports about how many Republicans there are, how many decline-to-state voters, yaddah, yaddah. But what you won’t hear from [...]
The California Supreme Court confirmed that this year’s elections will make use of the maps drawn by the citizens redistricting commission. Today’s decision is here. A group called Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting (or FAIR, which is good thinking on someone’s part), requested that the Court — just for the 2012 election — either retain [...]
For the state’s General Fund, four months are head and shoulders more important than the rest. From highest to lowest: April, June, January, and December. Let’s hope April, June, and January bring in the cash, because December didn’t do so hot. State Controller John Chiang announced today that cash receipts in December were below all [...]
Everywhere you look: bad news. Not here! Check out some reasons for tempered optimism.
The US Census Bureau released the list of counties that need to provide election materials in other languages. Here’s the rundown.