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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Budget cuts target mail-in registration, ballots

July 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Buried on page 620 of the state budget bill are a few small cuts that could change the way we vote. To save $33 million, the bill [PDF] suspended several state mandates requiring counties to provide voting services many Californians take for granted. The state no longer requires counties to... + read more
Gov. Jerry Brown: GOP "moving to a knowing mode" on possible state budget compromises.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Brown won't sell state buildings, ponders mail-only June election

February 9, 2011, 6:11 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown announced today that he is scrapping plans to sell 11 state buildings to private investors, reversing a controversial plan by the Schwarzenegger administration that sought short-term profits to help close the state's crippling budget deficit. “Selling state buildings... + read more
Nealy half of all Californians vote by mail.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Cheaper, popular mail-in ballots worry critics

December 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
Californians are mailing it in. Results from the Nov. 2 gubernatorial election – which had the highest turnout since 1994 – show that ballots cast by mail made up 48 percent of total votes. During the 2006 gubernatorial election, only 41.6 percent of voters cast ballots by mail.... + read more
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