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California Election Nominations

January 18, 2022 6:48 amJanuary 18, 2022 7:03 am

The California Elections Code provides for nominations in Chapter 3 of Division 0.5. There are three short sections contained in Chapter 3. Section 200 requires the declaration of candidacy for any primary or final election to provide “in full” the...

School Choice Can Save Children and Salvage our Education System

January 17, 2022 9:53 amJanuary 17, 2022 8:38 am

“The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind,” Martin Luther King, Jr. said. Yet for years our education system has tried its best to ignore parents and discouraged involvement. That must change. Across the...

Candidacy Under California Law

January 16, 2022 3:13 pmJanuary 16, 2022 11:49 am

Candidates for elected state offices have limitations on contributions and must comply with certain candidacy requirements pursuant to Government Code Title 9, Chapter 5, Article 2, that were passed by the electorate in June 1988 pursuant to Prop. 73. Article...

Auditing Under California’s Political Reform Act

January 16, 2022 8:40 amJanuary 16, 2022 8:44 am

California’s Political Reform Act contains auditing requirements in Chapter 10 of Title 9, which includes Sections 90000 – 90009. Section 90000 requires the Franchise Tax Board to make audits and field investigations with respect to the following: Reports and statements...

Is Voting Secret in California?

January 15, 2022 5:52 pmJanuary 15, 2022 5:56 pm

California’s Constitution, in Article II, Section 7, requires that voting be secret. What does that mean? This constitutional requirement is also captured in the Voter Bill of Rights, which is found in Government Code Section 2300. The Voter Bill of...

Independent Expenditures in California Elections

January 14, 2022 4:24 pmJanuary 14, 2022 4:29 pm

California’s Political Reform Act permits independent expenditures. The general definition of an “independent expenditure” is an expenditure for a communication, such as a website, newspaper, TV or direct mail advertisement that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole By Governor Newsom

January 14, 2022 12:00 pm

On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom denied the parole of Sirhan Sirhan, the now 77-year-old man who has been in prison for 53 years for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy, marking the 16th time that Sirhan...