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California: Debra Bowen

February 26, 2009 - 08:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Sacramento Bee

Read all the ballot arguments for the special election

By Shane Goldmacher

Secretary of State Debra Bowen has posted draft copies online of all the ballot arguments -- both for and against -- Propositions 1A through 1F for public review.

(Proposition 13, not the famous one and not related to the budget package, will also be on the May 19 ballot. Its title, summary and arguments are also posted.)

Find them all here.

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January 28, 2009 - 01:54 pm
NEWS FEED: Calitics

San Diego Government's Crowdsourcing

By Lucas O'Connor

I don't know what the specific ratio of placating-the-masses to completely-out-of-ideas might be, but San Diego's city government is asking for ideas. The big one is Mayor Sanders soliciting lightning bolts on budget cuts. I'm kinda terrified to imagine what this might elicit, but maybe there'll be a few gems. At the very least, it's a nice shift from his consistent (if often unsuccessful) fits of dictatorial governance.

With San Diego's budget future linked to woes at the state level, negotiations beginning with HUD over millions in mismanaged funds which may need to be repayed, and major concerns over access to food stamps, it's probably not a bad time to see if anyone happens to be particularly inspired.

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 22:05

Legislators optimistic as state budget woes loom over swearing-in

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

STATE CAPITOL - For at least a few hours, Republicans and Democrats alike exchanged well wishes and paused to acknowledge the significance of elected office, with swearing-in ceremonies in both the state Senate and Assembly chambers Monday.

Before the formal swearing in of 24 new Assembly members and 11 new state Senators, family members and friends crowded the chamber floors, while the new and returning politicians made acquaintances with fellows on both sides of the aisle.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 16:39

Bowen: Voter turnout high, few problems reported

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, SACRAMENTO - Early voting turnout was strong in California, but it's still too early to know if a record will be set, according to chief elections officer Debra Bowen.

"We don't know right now where turnout will be," Bowen said in a press briefing Tuesday, but then added, "This is a big one."

As of 11 a.m., the Secretary of State's office had taken about 6,400 calls from state voters with election questions and complaints, according to officials with Bowen's office.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 17:53

Bowen predicts long lines, possible record turnout Election Day

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

SACRAMENTO - Lines may be long, and results may take awhile because of record voter registration that may lead to record turnout.

But California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said Tuesday that on the whole, she's not losing sleep over the state's ability to handle next Tuesday's general election.

"There's no particular issue where I feel that California counties haven't prepared as well as they could," said Bowen, at a media briefing to preview Election Day, now a week away. "I think we're in good shape."

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 15:27

State Republicans call for investigation into Ventura County voter registration group

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The California Republican Party made note of another potential voter registration fraud case this week, calling on Secretary of State Debra Bowen to investigate and fulfill a pledge for nonpartisanship in her office.

Party officials sent a press release late Monday that said a group called the Education and Registration Fund was shut down by the Ventura County Elections Division for violations of elections law, specifically hiring underage workers to sign up new voters.

The CRP said state Democrats had hired the group for voter registration.

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 16:56

Nov. 4 election could see strong number in registered voters, vote-by-mail ballots

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

SACRAMENTO - More than half of all California voters may cast their ballots outside of  a voting booth when Election Day rolls around, according to Secretary of State Debra Bowen.

Vote-by-mail is still on the rise in popularity, and Bowen said at a voter registration event Monday that she wouldn't be surprised if more than half of all state voters do so on Nov. 4.

That would fall short of the record high of 58.7 percent in the June 3 primary election, but turnout is expected to be significantly higher for the general election.

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 15:35

Bowen: No party politics in voter fraud investigations

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

SACRAMENTO - California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said that Republican claims aside, there's no partisanship in how her office looks at potential voting fraud cases, including one that led to the arrest Sunday of a 23-year-old man in Ontario who'd been signing up new voters for the GOP.

Bowen, speaking at a "drive-thru registration" event on the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election, said she'd investigate Mother Teresa if there was reason to think the late Nobel Peace Prize winner was engaged in voter fraud.

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Sun, 10/19/2008 - 20:29

California Republicans call Bowen out for partisanship

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The California Republican Party Sunday accused Secretary of State Debra Bowen of using her office in a partisan manner in having the owner of a signature-gathering firm arrested and charged with voter registration fraud.

Bowen is targeting Marc Anthony Jacoby - who was arrested Sunday - to deflect attention from the affiliation between Democrats and ACORN, a group suspected of voter registration fraud in several states.

A release from the party noted that Bowen lists ACORN as an endorsee on her 2006 Secretary of State campaign website.

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Sun, 10/19/2008 - 17:38

Owner of signature-gathering firm charged with voter registration fraud

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

Mark Anthony Jacoby, owner of a signature-gathering firm hired by the California Republican Party, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of committing voter registration fraud.

Jacoby, who owns the firm Young Political Majors, was accused of lying about his home address in both 2006 and 2007 in order to register to vote in California. The arrest was the result of an investigation by the Secretary of State's Election Fraud Investigation Unit, which found that Jacoby twice registered to vote at the address of a childhood home in Los Angeles although he no longer lived there.

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