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California bill would let 17-year-olds vote in all elections

California doesn’t have a particularly high opinion of the maturity of 18-year-olds, who can join the military but who can’t legally buy alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or firearms until they’re 21. But Assemblyman Evan Low (pictured), D-San Jose, wants to go

Officials wrestle with ways to boost California’s voter turnout

Steven Greenhut October 4, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Does California have a voter turnout problem? The state’s voter-turnout rates hit the skids in the 2014 election cycles, with only 25 percent of registered voters casting a ballot in the June primary and only 42 percent voting

CA Dems move to remake state voting

James Poulos June 16, 2015

Pursuing a long-held dream of maximizing voter turnout, California Democrats have coalesced around legislation that would fundamentally transform the experience — and inconvenience — of casting ballots. “California elections would be radically retooled, with neighborhood polling places replaced by ‘voting centers’

CA’s history of direct democracy sometimes brings out ‘crackpots’

Steve Miller May 15, 2015

This week, lawmakers once again loudly proclaimed their outrage at a proposed ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide whether gay people should be shot. The notion is both sickening and unconstitutional, but it’s also part of California’s political

L.A. changes election dates

John Seiler March 6, 2015

Occasionally an election itself epitomizes a political situation. That was the case Tuesday with the Los Angeles primary. The main items on the ballot were Charter Amendment 1 and Amendment 2, which respectively changed the city and LAUSD elections to

They gave an election in L.A. and almost nobody came

Joel Fox February 23, 2015

It seems Los Angeles County is testing the old philosophical question: What if they gave an election and nobody came? The most populous county in the state had the lowest percentage turnout in last November’s election. While 42 percent

‘No party preference’ gains again

John Seiler September 25, 2014

California Democrats are enjoying the decline of the Republican Party. But they shouldn’t party hearty too quickly. Because their party also is not finding satisfaction with voters. Secretary of State Debra Bowen reported: Updated voter registration numbers released by Secretary