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California is Still a Blue State With Democrats taking back the House (and possibly the Senate) and talk of a “renewed” national Democratic Party, it was embarrassing for California – one of the most reliably blue states – to re-elect Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by a 17-point margin. Expect the media, especially the Chronicle, to follow up in the next few days with puff pieces about how Arnold was able to buck the national trend. Republicans will no doubt renew their efforts to amend the constitution so that the Austrian-...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 7:35am PST
Newsom Biggest Loser in Local Elections Not only did Supervisor Chris Daly defeat Newsom’s candidate, Rob Black, by a healthy margin -- but now the Mayor will have to meet with Daly once a month to answer his questions. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in hit pieces by the Mayor’s allies (BOMA, the Police Officers Association, the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and SFSOS) could not convince District 6 voters to reject Daly, who led his seven opponents with 49.66% of the vote with all precincts reporting. While the City will us...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 7:32am PST
Chris Daly is in - the VOICE of the people Perhaps no local election linked to the seat of the Board of Supervisors was deeply contested by some EVIL forces led by Mayor Gavin Newsom - then the seat for District 6. Chris Daly the favorite contestor and defender of those that need help most. We will never be defeated. In Unity is strength. Let us see how our future bodes but I can tell you all one thing - there will be many fireworks and they will bode well for those that need help most....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 6:58am PST
11/7/06 Election Results & the 2 Peace Parties: P&F and Green The California governor’s general election of 2006 was a low voter turnout election due to the deliberate lack of campaign by the pro-death penalty millionaire Democrat Phil Angelides against the pro-death penalty millionaire Republican incumbent Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In spite of this mockery of democracy, the 2 anti-death penalty peace parties, Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party did as well as could be expected and both certainly remain on the ballot....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 3:42am PST
Vote for Impeachment, Vote for 9-11 Truth 
Grassroots activist, Congressional candidate, sets out to vote, and reflects on her campaign....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 10:40am PST
Fresno County Voter Registration A comparison of the voter registration statistics from immediately before the June 2006 Primary Election (May 22) to immediately before the November 2006 General Election (Oct 23)....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:43am PST
Every Waking Moment Counts on Election Day Remember Supervisor Michael Yaki? He lost re-election in December 2000, when the return of district elections ushered in a new generation of progressive leadership in San Francisco. On the Sunday night before his defeat, Yaki was dining at a restaurant in Nob Hill when he ran into State Senator John Burton. “What are you doing here?” yelled Burton. “You should be out in your District campaigning.” On Election Night, Yaki was so confident about getting re-elected that he and his wife went out ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:25am PST
Time to change the system 
"Even though the League of Women Voters claims to be non-partisan, the reality is that they are mostly comprised of Democrats. Did they exclude Peter Camejo, knowing that their candidate, Phil Angelides, is a weak candidate, and many Democrats would find Camejo, who is intelligent, charismatic, and truly progressive, very appealing?"
Martensen points out that excluding third party candidates from debates is censorship, and that the the Republican and Democratic Parties are not really inter...
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:03am PST
TODAY: All Out for Aimee Allison in Oakland HELP US MAKE OUR CAMPAIGN VISIBLE TOMORROW. PLEASE COME TO OUR GRAND
STREET HEADQUARTERS AT 6AM TO GRAB COFFEE, SEE AIMEE AND HIT THE
STREETS. (We know that's hella early, but think about it...its worth
it!!!)
You may also come through all day long to help hold signs, table and
flier at key spots throughout the district.
We also need people ALL DAY LONG to walk precincts with literature....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 5:34am PST
Jason Overman's Election Signs TORN DOWN in District 8 
Torn up signs for Jason Overman's campaign for City Council in Berkeley's District 8 are an all-too common sight. What other sabotage can we expect from Gordon Wozniak's supporters?...
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 12:50am PST
Rotkin Campaigners Vandalize Opposition's Materials and Stalk Opponents Friends of Mike Rotkin tore down opposition flyers, followed those who had posted the flyers and then stalked them all the way to their home. Rotkin responded by saying that posting unsigned flyers is "not the way to do politics."...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 11:37pm PST
Liberation News California Voter Recommendations While the system is stacked against working people and the poor through rampant electoral fraud and the corrupt corporate buying and selling of candidates to the American people, Liberation News suggests people vote as one part of a broader struggle for change....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 8:59pm PST
Newsom Veto Undermines Black’s Campaign Message At 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3, after most people had left for the weekend, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the police foot-patrol legislation. Sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, and co-sponsored by Chris Daly, the ordinance passed the Board by an 8-3 vote at their October 17th meeting. While it is unusual for the Mayor to veto a bill that passed by a veto-proof majority, Newsom’s stated reason for the veto carries an ironic twist – according to the Mayor, Supervisors shouldn’t tell the po...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:06pm PST
Election Predictions, November 2006 Despite political polls, correctly predicting election results is not easy. On the eve of the Republican’s 1994 national sweep, few predicted that Democrats would lose the House, and most foresaw only slight Republican gains. Nor could anyone predicting Democrats’ electoral disaster nationally and in California (where Republicans won control of the Assembly) foresee that San Francisco’s 1994 election would be the most progressive in history. Tom Ammiano was first elected to the Board of Super...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:05pm PST
GREEN VOTER CARD for Alameda County and Beyond . . . The Full Alameda County Green Party Voter Guide 2006 (PDF) is available at http://www.acgreens.org/...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 5:45pm PST
Radio Stations Forced to Air Political Ad as Part of Emergency Broadcast System Test At 10:02 this morning, ), an unknown number of stations in the Sacramento area were electronically forced to broadcast a paid advertisement for the Richard “Dick” Mountjoy senate campaign. This message, along with an advertisement for HMS Capital Loans, was transmitted using the Federal Emergency Alert System (EAS). Audio of the broadcast can be heard at http://funkterminal.com/EAS%20transmission%2011-6-06.mp3 (around 1 min)....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:13pm PST
Vote for Your Future Stand up for equality. Protect your rights. Vote on Election Day, November 7.
Starting on November 8, California's newly-elected and re-elected political leaders will have
the power to decide your future rights. Let them know you stand for equality and justice for the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by voting on November 7....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:07pm PST
Guard your Vote (i think i found the right link to the case, see the end of the post...i am pretty sure that i never got this from the aclu list that i am on)...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 2:46pm PST
Proposition 90 is NOT leading in the polls; Proposition 87 IS leading. Proposition 90 is NOT leading in the polls.
Proposition 87 IS. . ....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 1:01pm PST
Proposition 90: The Destroy California Initiative Proposition 90 is being marketed as a way to stop Big Brother from taking your home. It might actually destroy everything that makes California livable...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 6:42am PST
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