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Huge Voter Turnout Expected In California For General Election

Although the final tally is not in, the Secretary of State’s office expects record numbers in terms of voter registration.

2012/10/24

Voting booths (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

Ohio Election Chief To Appeal Early Voting Ruling; Could Affect California Voters

Ohio’s election chief said Tuesday he will appeal a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision last week by a federal appeals court “an unprecedented intrusion” into how states run elections.

2012/10/09

Mitt Romney (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

Evangelical Leaders Worried Romney’s Mormonism Could Suppress Conservative Turnout

Evangelical leaders worried that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism could suppress conservative turnout are intensifying appeals for Christians to vote.

2012/10/09

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Poll Shows Most California Voters Want Citizenship Path For Illegal Immigrants

A UC Berkeley-Field Poll shows more than two-thirds of California voters favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, but many voters don’t believe in granting them the same entitlements as legal residents.

2012/09/28

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Phil Matier: Many Asian American Voters Undecided

New research indicates that nearly a third of likely Asian American voters have yet to decide who they’re voting for in this year’s presidential election, a significantly higher total than the general population.

2012/09/25

A California polling place

Phil Matier: Independent Voters No Strangers To Bay Area

You wouldn’t necessarily know it considering all of the politically charged rhetoric in the Bay Area during the recent Republican and Democratic party conventions, but it turns out there’s a sizable number of voters who consider themselves Independents.

2012/09/10

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Gov. Brown Kicks Off Campaign For Tax Ballot Measure; Shrugs Off Parks Scandal

California Governor Jerry Brown kicked off his campaign for Proposition 30, his ballot measure to raise taxes, in Sacramento on Wednesday and said he isn’t afraid about the impact of the still-growing state parks scandal.

2012/08/15

Embarcadero Center in San Francisco (CBS)

SF Waterfront Development Opponents Work To Overturn Board’s Approval

A coalition of neighborhood groups and environmentalists announced Thursday that they have gathered more than 31,000 signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to limit the height of a condo development along San Francisco’s waterfront.

2012/07/20

A vendor picks up corn at her stall in a market in Beijing. China has approved genetically modified strains of corn and rice. (Eter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

Californians To Vote On Nation’s Broadest GMO Food Labeling

California voters will decide in November whether to require special labels for foods that contain genetically modified ingredients.

2012/06/12

A California polling place

California’s Top-Two Primary System Produces Surprising Results

Though there wasn’t any confusion amongst voters, officials said that might not be the case come November.

2012/06/06

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