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Marin County Ban on GE Crops
Yesterday, while millions of Americans went to the polls in record numbers, Marin county, voted to ban the cultivation of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops....
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 6:12pm PST
Preliminary Results Show Election Victory for LGBT Equality in CA
PRELIMINARY RETURNS SHOW DECISIVE ELECTION VICTORY
FOR LGBT EQUALITY IN CALIFORNIA
Statewide Candidate Elections Prove California Primed to Win
Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples...
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 1:15pm PST
CA 3-Strikes Law: Prop 66 Defeat, Statement of Author Sam Clauder
Statement of Author Sam Clauder on the Defeat of Proposition 66...
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 12:40pm PST
Election Night Lessons 2004
Incumbents usually win and labor is very weak is the lesson of the 2004 election, as it has been for decades. Prop 66, to end the prison madness, failed statewide, but the honor roll for it is instructive. Prop 72, the healthcare prop, is barely loosing and that could change. The same old lesson prevails: Always vote your conscience....
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 3:53am PST
Green Party Ballot Recommendations
Yes, there still is time to vote! (You must notify the pollworkers at your polling place of your presence by no later than 7:59 pm tonight!). Here are ballot suggestions from your local Green Party.......
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 1:30pm PST
Another good resource for CA proposition positions
From the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 11:43am PST
How to monitor the County Central Vote Tabulator
Black Box Voting developed these guidelines to help you create an audit log, which can then be compared with the FEC-required computer-generated audit log inside the computer.
Yes, this is a lot of stuff, and it might feel overwhelming, but whatever you can do -- it is very much appreciated....
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 10:43am PST
Vote Yes on Prop 72 - Op Ed by Eric Schlosser author of Fast Food Nation
For more info on Prop 72 go to http://www.yesonprop72.com...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 12:07am PST
CA 3-Strikes Init.: Election Night Availability of Prop 66 Author
Sam Clauder, original author and proponent of Proposition 66, will be
available for media opportunities on election night...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 12:00am PST
Willits weighs moratorium on dispensaries
The City of Willits has joined at least two California counties and
six cities in declaring a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana
dispensaries....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 9:01pm PST
Notes on Kevin Cooper/EDTA tests
Here are a few notes on the testing process and what has really happened, for
some clarification...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 8:38pm PST
Forfeiture Hearings Begin on Lepp Property -- Slippers Returned
Judge Rules Eddy Can Attend Fete in Amsterdam Over Thanksgiving...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 7:41pm PST
Green Party Ballot Recommendations
For those of you wondering about some of the *other* races on the ballot -- here's what the Greens say......
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 3:01pm PST
DAVID COBB TO HOLD SAN FRANCISCO PRESS CONFERENCE
Green Party candidate will tell Californians not to waste their votes....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 11:45am PST
Candidate Bush Was Already Thinking About Invading Iraq in 1999
Candidate Bush Was Already Thinking About Invading Iraq in 1999; Admitted No Alabama Guard Service; Bush Revelations to Biographer; FULL ARTICLE TEXT...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 9:15am PST
URGENT about CA's Stem Cell Initiative
Our early concerns about Proposition 71 have grown into an active
campaign to urge Californians to Vote No on 71 on Tuesday. We have been
working with the Pro-Choice Alliance Against Proposition 71,
www.allianceagainstprop71.org, to mobilize others who, like us, support
embryonic stem cell research but see Prop 71 as a gigantic give-away of
public funds and public oversight to the biotech sector....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 8:43am PST
CA 3-Strikes Initiative: Best Source for Additional Information on Prop 66
Here is their URL for the most comprehensive and accurate information
available:
http://www.justicepolicy.org/...
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 11:29pm PST
Blame Sally - a music video "If You Tell a Lie"
A music video by Blame Sally that thoughtfully explores the best reasons why Bush's four years of deception are troubling....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 6:36pm PST
Nov 5-7 National Asian American Students Conference
Nov 5-7 National Asian American Students Conference (NAASCon) University of
Southern California, Los Angeles!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 6:13pm PST
CA 3-Strikes Initiative: Re-sentencing Provisions of Prop 66 Will Keep Criminals in Prison
Re-sentencing provisions are the least understood and most controversial
sections in Proposition 66.
It is absolutely crucial that voters understand why they were written
and how they will work....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 12:35pm PST