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CA campaign reporting threshold could double
It could soon be harder to follow the money in California politics. A state lawmaker wants to double the reporting threshold for political campaigns in California — allowing major donors to contribute more money and campaigns to spend more money
Read MoreTop Two destroyed third parties
June 12, 2012 By John Seiler More than two years ago on CalWatchDog.com, I was the first to report that the Top Two voting system would destroy third parties. My article was entitled, “Will Prop. 14 kill third parties?” It
Read MoreTop Two not revolutionary — yet
June 5, 2012 By John Seiler We’ll have to see how the evening goes. But so far, the Top Two has not proved the revolutionary move to moderation that its backers hoped. In a key race in Orange County, early
Read MoreProp. 14 Changes the Political Game
MARCH 9, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS The November elections were disastrous for California Republicans. They lost all nine statewide races, lost ground in the state Assembly and failed to gain a seat in Congress, despite California having 12 percent of
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