Elections and Voting

Books

Date	Title
May 05, 2008	Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California’s Front Line of Democracy
May 04, 2008	Democrats Working to Increase Participation in Democracy in California While Yacht Party is Busy Defending Tax Cuts
April 29, 2008	Shades of Florida: U.S. Supreme Court Votes Republican Again - Legalizes Further Impediments to Voting by the Poor
April 14, 2008	Neighborhood Walk to the Polls is an Endangered Species in California
April 13, 2008	Election Bureaucrats Would Cancel Elections to Save Money if They Could!
April 10, 2008	Denham Recall Drives G.O.P. Lawmakers to Accept Overdue Reforms in Signature Gathering Regulations
April 05, 2008	Demise of ‘Motor Voter’in California-- Another G.O.P. Political Crime
March 19, 2008	Supreme Court Throws A Curve To Political Parties – OK’s Modification Of Washington’s “Blanket Primary”
March 18, 2008	California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Awarded 2008 JFK Profile in Courage Award
February 27, 2008	L.A. County Registrar Prepares to NOT Count Thousands of 'Double Bubble' Ballots from Super Tuesday's Democratic Primary
February 26, 2008	Good News: All Los Angeles “Double Bubble” Votes from Independents in Democratic Presidential Primary to be Counted
February 01, 2008	California Democrats Widen Registration Edge Over Republicans, But Big Gain is in Decline-to-State Voters
January 05, 2008	Libertarian Party—Like the Prohibition Party--Demands Free Promotion of Candidates in California
December 18, 2007	Legal Efforts to Increase Working Class Voting Rates “Assailed” by an Overly Fastidious Press Corps--and the “Usually Reliable Sources”
December 01, 2007	Voting by Mail and Low Turnout Local Elections in California
November 30, 2007	Vote by Mail Has Big Implications for California Presidential Primary According to Field Poll
November 09, 2007	Instant Runoff Voting a Winner on Election Day 2007
October 24, 2007	Draft Voter Guide for February Presidential Primary is Available for Public Inspection
October 15, 2007	Absentee Voting Killed in California
October 13, 2007	New Hampshire's Peculiar Institution
October 12, 2007	The Senate Loses its Cool: The Undemocratic Ways States Fill Senate Vacancies
September 29, 2007	Enabling New California Citizens to Vote as We Approach the 2008 Presidential Election
September 17, 2007	Justice Department Cover-Up of Republican Party Effort To Hinder Voter Turnout? More Dirty Tricks by the G.O.P
September 07, 2007	The First Shall Be Last: The Dangerous Decline in Primary Turnouts
August 29, 2007	Legendary Connnie McCormack, Elections Official for Los Angeles and San Diego, Leaves the Field
August 23, 2007	California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Comments on Field Poll About Voter Confidence in Elections
August 21, 2007	Did ES&S Sell Uncertified Voting Equipment To California Counties?
August 16, 2007	The Secure, Accurate and Fair Elections Act for California
August 13, 2007	California Secretary of State Bowen's Decision on Diebold Will Preserve Democracy in San Diego
August 10, 2007	Misleading Attacks on California Secretary of State Bowen’s Decision to Limit Electronic Voting
August 08, 2007	California Voters Told to Trust Diebold, Not the Computer Experts--Now That's an Easy Choice!
August 05, 2007	California Secretary of State Holds Firm on Voting Machine Integrity
August 04, 2007	California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Decertifies Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems--Late Submitted ES&S System “InkaVote Plus” Used in Los Angeles to be Reviewed
August 02, 2007	Why Many Californians Don’t Trust the Vendors of Electronic Voting Systems and Election Officials Who Defend Them
August 01, 2007	Simple Challenge to Electronic Voting Machines: Prove My Vote Was Counted Accurately
July 31, 2007	Credible Evidence Shows Computer Based Voting Machines Have Security Flaws—Where Does This Take Us?
July 31, 2007	CONSPIRACY THEORISTS WHO OPPOSE ELECTRONIC VOTING SUGGEST WE RETURN TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ‘HANGING CHADS’
July 30, 2007	Today's Hearing on Electronic Voting Machines in California
July 27, 2007	Surprises in Independent Computer Expert Findings Just Released in "Top-to-Bottom Voting System Review" of California Secretary of State Bowen
June 25, 2007	“VOTE CAGING" – YET ANOTHER DEPLORABLE REPUBLICAN PARTY TACTIC TO SUPPRESS PARTICIPATION BY THE POOR
June 18, 2007	SHOULD NON-VOTERS BE ‘SHAMED’ INTO DOING THEIR DUTY?
June 16, 2007	Will "Convenience Voting" Make Polling Places Go the Way of the Horse?
May 25, 2007	In California We Have a "Rumpocracy"--Five Steps to Get Us to a Democracy in the State
May 22, 2007	PURSUIT OF HYPOTETHICAL ‘VOTE FRAUD’ HACKERS IMPERILS 2008 ELECTIONS AND COSTS TAXPAYERS MILLIONS IN WASTED MONEY
May 21, 2007	California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Begins Needed Top-to-Bottom Review Of E-Voting Systems
April 16, 2007	Key Electoral Reform Hearing Tomorrow in California Assembly on AB 1294
April 13, 2007	New Study Shows Problems with Runoff Elections in L.A.--Instant Runoff Voting Proposed as Solution
April 11, 2007	REPUBLICAN VOTING COMMISSION DISTORTS FACTUAL FINDINGS TO FURTHER ANTI-DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ENDS
March 06, 2007	Bill to Expand "Vote by Mail" Elections in Local California Races
February 20, 2007	ALL MAIL ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA?
February 19, 2007	US and Local Voter Turnout: Nearly Lowest in World's Democracies
February 13, 2007	Primary Scramble Prompts Calls to Slow Down by National Association of Secretaries of State
February 10, 2007	Key California Assembly Democrats Back Redistricting Reform in Weekly Radio Address
February 09, 2007	Bill to Move California Presidential Primary Remains on Fast Track for Senate Floor Vote Next Tuesday
February 07, 2007	The Skids are Greased to Move California's Presidential Primary to February
February 04, 2007	Thoughts on Super Bowl Sunday About Super Bowl Tuesday in 2008
February 01, 2007	Irish E-voting--A Neocon Approach to be Avoided in California
January 31, 2007	A February California Presidential Primary: Groundhog Day All Over Again
January 23, 2007	California Presidential Primary in February May Not Be the Best Move--Besides, There's a Much Better Way to Really Increase Our Clout
January 23, 2007	Moving the California Presidential Primary Up is a Terrible and a Good Idea
January 17, 2007	Making Voter Contact Data and Systems in California Elections Personal and Progressive
January 04, 2007	Company that Certified Diebold Voting Machines in California Loses Federal Certification Because of Lax Procedures
December 26, 2006	Secretary of State Faces Tough Tests, But Bowen is Up to the Task
December 13, 2006	Poll Shows Support for California "Citizens Assembly" to Recommend Changes Designed to Give Voters More Choice Including "Independent" Candidates
November 27, 2006	Election Proves Instant Runoff Voting Is Catching On in California and Other States
November 10, 2006	Reflections of a Consumer Advocate on the California Election
November 08, 2006	Now That the Polls Have Closed: A New Idea for Improving the Voting Process
November 06, 2006	California Voter Guides You Can Trust
November 06, 2006	Last Minute Dirty Trick--Harassing Robo Phone Calls in Pombo, Doolittle, and Bilbray Congressional Districts That Appear to be from Democratic Opponent
November 05, 2006	Below the California Governor's Race: Reasons to Vote and Information About Candidates and Ballot Measures
November 03, 2006	Why Rely on Newspapers for Endorsements? Create Your Own Voter Guide
October 19, 2006	REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS NAMED AS SOURCE OF VOTER INTIMIDATION IN ORANGE COUNTY
October 14, 2006	Senator Debra Bowen Urges Californians to “Register, Vote and Review” in Democrats Weekly Radio Address
September 30, 2006	Mobile Voter Uses Text Messaging for California Voter Registration
September 29, 2006	GOVERNOR VETOES BOWEN INITIATIVE REFORM MEASURE, SAYS LETTING VOTERS KNOW WHO IS BANKROLLING MEASURES IS “EXPENSIVE AND ONEROUS”
September 20, 2006	Teaching Democracy: High School Students as Election Day Poll Workers
August 29, 2006	WHAT DO PAPER TRAILS AND THE GESTATION PERIOD OF A BABY ELEPHANT HAVE IN COMMON?*
August 25, 2006	Bowen Bill Requiring Disclosure of Backers When Signatures Are Sought for Ballot Initiatives is Close to Going to Governor
August 21, 2006	A-Historical Reform: Redistricting in Perspective
August 21, 2006	Is Redistricting Reform Really Dead This Year?
August 19, 2006	Assemblymember De La Torre Vows Continued Support of Redistricting Reform in Weekly Radio Address
August 15, 2006	Redistricting Reform Should Be Separate From Any Term Limit Changes
August 11, 2006	Sudden Conference Committee on Redistricting—Everyone is Guessing What is Going to Happen
August 08, 2006	Voices of Reform Coalition Welcomes Support by Both Schwarzenegger and Angelides for Redistricting Reform, Urges Action in Time for November ’06 Ballot
August 07, 2006	Angelides Speaks Out for California Redistricting Reform, Supports Bipartisan Plan
August 06, 2006	Oakland Voters To Decide Whether to Join Other California Cities in Using Instant Runoff Voting
July 20, 2006	Paper Ballots Needed to Avoid Election Fraud
July 16, 2006	INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING--COMING TO OAKLAND?
July 08, 2006	Bowen to Chair New Senate Select Committee on California Election Integrity
June 11, 2006	A ‘Free’ Speech on "Redistricting Reform"
June 10, 2006	Rigged Elections in California: The District 50 Elections
June 06, 2006	Give Me Fast Food, But Take the Time to Count the Votes
June 02, 2006	A Case for Redistricting Reform
June 01, 2006	Cavala Against "Redistricting Reform"
June 01, 2006	State Senate Vote on Redistricting Reform Expected Today
May 12, 2006	Poll Shows Redistricting Reform Has California Voter Support
May 10, 2006	DIEBOLD REVEALS NEW “SECURITY VULNERABILITY” WITH VOTING MACHINES CERTIFIED FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA
April 26, 2006	California Young Democrats Lobby for "American Plan" to Reform Presidential Primary Schedule
April 20, 2006	Persistence by Senator Bowen Pays Off--Secretary of State Relents on Voter Registration
April 06, 2006	HEARING SHOWS NEED FOR VOTER REG FIX
April 05, 2006	BOWEN HEARING ON SECRETARY OF STATE’S POLICIES PREVENTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE
April 05, 2006	Senator Ortiz’s Bill to Restore FPPC Funding Shot Down by Senate Elections Committee
March 29, 2006	Problem with State Voter Registration Database
March 28, 2006	State Senate Hearing March 29 on Voting Machine Certification Process
March 21, 2006	Lawsuit Filed Against Secretary of State for Allowing Diebold Electronic Voting Machines
March 13, 2006	"Where's The Hearing On The Diebold Security Flaws Discovered By The Secretary Of State?"

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