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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; 2008 November election</title>
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		<title>Prop. 8 committee fined $49,000 for violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s political watchdog agency today slapped the committee behind 2008’s Proposition 8 – the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage – with a $49,000 fine for campaign finance reporting violations involving more than $1.3 million in contributions. According to the Fair Political Practices Commission, ProtectMarriage.com-Yes on 8 and its treasurer, David Bauer, “failed to file late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Richmond official files FPPC complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/04/ex-richmond-files-fppc-complaint-against-rogers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Richmond Councilman John Marquez has filed two complaints against Councilman Jim Rogers, alleging that his one-time colleague violated campaign finance laws and may have cost him re-election in November. In a complaint filed today with the Fair Political Practices Commission, Marquez states that Rogers formed an illegal committee, loaned it $28,000 to pay for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your campaign finance report tidbits here</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/03/get-your-campaign-finance-report-tidbits-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 11]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Agopian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Kramer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the deadline for campaign finance reports, where candidates and ballot measures must report their activity through the end of 2008. Keep in mind that it is a postmark deadline, so some of the reports have not yet arrived in the election offices. But here is a quick run-down of what some East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two California robocalls make Top 10 &#8216;Hall of Shame&#8217; list</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/12/29/california-makes-top-10-robocall-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Public Utility Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Political Do Not Contact Registry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Thompson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of those obnoxious automated campaign phone calls from the 2008 California election made the National Political Do Not Contact Registry&#8217;s Top 10 Hall of Robocall Shame. Ranked No. 2 is the infamous sex call financed by a Republican challenger in an uphill fight to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa.  &#8220;Mike Thompson has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alameda County conducts survey of voters, pollworkers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Registrar of Voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alameda County is asking voters and poll workers who took part in the Nov. 4 election to participate in an on-line survey at the Registrar of Voters website, www.acgov.org/rov, The department will use the results to improve serrvices, according to Registrar of Voters Dave Macdonald. The survey features 10 questions about voting methods, polling place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy demand slowed state election computers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/07/heavy-demand-slowed-state-election-computers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capitol Weekly just posted this great explanation about why the Secretary of State&#8217;s election web site was almost useless on election night: Click here for the story.]]></description>
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		<title>Saint Mary&#8217;s College to host post-election panel</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/07/saint-marys-college-to-host-post-election-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/07/saint-marys-college-to-host-post-election-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Marinucci]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Vorderbrueggen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[political analysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come see me and my colleagues Carla Marinucci from the San Francisco Chronicle and Mark Sandalow from KCBS radio on Monday at 7 p.m. at Saint Mary&#8217;s College. We&#8217;ll be talking about the 2008 presidential campaign and all things to do with elections. It&#8217;s a free event open to the public at the college, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s after 1 a.m. and the news is sinking in</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/05/its-after-1-am-and-the-news-is-sinking-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/05/its-after-1-am-and-the-news-is-sinking-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a wild ride. I started the day at the gym, in part, to ward off the calories I knew would hit the newsroom. It&#8217;s tradition here to eat pizza, Chinese food and M&#38;Ms on election night. I then began a new tradition of meeting for lunch with some veteran Contra Costa politicos for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California election returns web site seeing 10 times the traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/california-election-returns-web-site-seeing-10-times-the-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/california-election-returns-web-site-seeing-10-times-the-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most of you, I&#8217;ve been unable to bring up the California Secretary of State&#8217;s election results web page most of the evening But it is back up as of a few minutes ago. I&#8217;m told the site is experiencing 10 times the normal levels of traffic. A spokeswoman says they are disabling the map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pleasant Hill resident sends message to sign-stealer</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/pleasant-hill-resident-sends-message-to-sign-stealer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/pleasant-hill-resident-sends-message-to-sign-stealer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how one Pleasant Hill resident responded to the theft of an Obama sign:]]></description>
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