[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Frank D. Russo

We’ve just posted information from California Secretary of State Bowen with Election Day do’s and don’ts including how to find your polling place and when and how ballots must be turned in.

The California Voter Foundation “Online Voter Guide” has information and links to a number of other sites on candidates and ballot propositions. This is a strictly nonpartisan site that provides access to information from the candidates.

This page from the Secretary of State’s office has a listing of all candidates running for the State Senate and State Assembly and links to web pages for all that have them.

Here you can also find candidates for Congress and other offices in California, but you might have to cut and paste web site addresses.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

We’re just 18 days away from Election Day

By Frank D. Russo

Monday is the deadline to register to vote for Californians who wish to participate in the upcoming June 3, 2008 statewide primary election which will determine who is running for Congress, state legislative offices, local offices, and also will determine the fate of state and local ballot propositions.

We have been getting increasing questions regarding where to obtain information on candidates and ballot propositions—which is a good thing—but the first step is to make sure everyone who wants to vote is eligible to do so.

We’ll be posting more about sources of information to become an informed voter—which include the California Voter Foundation Online Guide, the Secretary of State’s page on this election, and, of course, the California Progress Report and that Google search bar in our banner at the top.

Secretary of State Debra Bowen has provided the following information on how to register or make sure you are registered:

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Kim Alexander
President and Founder
California Voter Foundation

With another statewide election just around the corner, the California Voter Foundation (CVF) today released its new California Online Voter Guide, providing nonpartisan information on state candidates and measures.

Since 1994, CVF has produced the online guides to help Californians prepare to cast an informed ballot. The guide is now in its sixteenth edition.

This year, California’s primary election was split, resulting in three statewide elections in 2008. The Presidential primary was held in February. On June 3rd, legislative and congressional primaries will determine which candidates face off in the November General election.

The races are highly competitive in a number of districts, with contested primaries in 21 of the state’s 53 congressional districts, 8 of the 20 State Senate districts, and 28 of the 80 Assembly districts.