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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Election reform</title>
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		<title>Campaign disclosure bill subject of Saturday rally</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/04/campaign-disclosure-bill-subject-of-saturday-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/04/campaign-disclosure-bill-subject-of-saturday-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California DISCLOSE Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proponents of pending legislation that would  mandate prominent disclosure of the interests and money behind political TV, radio, print, and slate mailer ads will hold a kick-off event Saturday in Oakland. Members of the California Clean Money Campaign, State Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, and others will promote the California DISCLOSE Act, or Assembly Bill 1148, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political events roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/01/political-events-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fair Political Practices Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican roundup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tri valley green business conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a roundup of political events and news: Concord The two candidates vying for California’s 15th Assembly District, Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan and GOP challenger and San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson, have agreed to debate on Sept. 10. Organized by the Contra Costa Council, the candidates will answer questions from a moderator and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New study shows pluses, minuses of open primaries</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/29/new-study-shows-pluses-minuses-of-open-primaries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/29/new-study-shows-pluses-minuses-of-open-primaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abel Maldonado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Governmental Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open primaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 14]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles has released an excellent analysis of the impacts of Proposition 14, the open primary initiative on the June 8 ballot. The authors&#8217; chief conclusions support proponents&#8217; arguments that open primaries could generate more competition, increase the number of moderates in elected office and boost the impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>League of Cities chief promotes initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/05/league-of-cities-chief-promotes-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california governance reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chris mckenzie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Mayors Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[League of California Cities executive director Chris McKenzie pumped his organization&#8217;s ballot initiative at last night&#8217;s meeting of the Contra Costa Mayors Conference. McKenzie predicts the league will submit the required 1.1 million signatures ahead of the late April deadline and points out why he thinks it will pass muster with voters in November. McKenzie&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lakoff to headline voting threshold initiative fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/16/lakoff-to-headline-voting-threshold-initiative-fundraiser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/16/lakoff-to-headline-voting-threshold-initiative-fundraiser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive linguistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lakoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UC Berkeley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UC-Berkeley Professor George Lakoff, expert in cognitive linguistics and author of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Think of Elephant!&#8221; is the featured guest at a Sunday event to raise money for a ballot measure that calls for reducing the California Legislature&#8217;s budget adoption threshold from two-thirds to a simple majority. State Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, is hosting the event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians rake in $1 billion in past nine years</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/13/politicians-rake-in-1-billion-in-past-nine-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/13/politicians-rake-in-1-billion-in-past-nine-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Political Practices Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the California Fair Political Practices Commission shows that politicians seeking state office have collected a staggering $1 billion in campaign dollars since voters capped contribution levels in 2000. It&#8217;s either an argument for public financing of campaigns or the complete abandonment of restrictions that don&#8217;t seem to be stopping the flow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special election turn-out historically low</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/special-election-turn-out-historically-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/special-election-turn-out-historically-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Registrar of Voters Steve Weir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=5835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa Registrar of Voters Steve Weir has compiled some dismal turnout data for special elections in California. The most recent congressional special election was in April 2008 to replace the late Rep. Tom Lantos: Overall turnout was about 25 percent but turnout on election day was less than 7 percent. Weir is among a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter registration bills pass out of Assembly committee</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/voter-registration-bills-pass-out-of-assembly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/voter-registration-bills-pass-out-of-assembly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New America Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New America Foundation, a Washington, D.C. think tank with an office in Sacramento, is touting a bill in California that would allow the state to automatically register to vote all residents who fill out a form at the Department of Motor Vehicles or file a state tax return. AB30 passed out of an Assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Convention measure in the works</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/24/constitutional-convention-measure-in-the-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/24/constitutional-convention-measure-in-the-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Constitutional Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Perata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elihu Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repaircalifornia.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After sitting through a daylong presentation put on by coalition of business leaders and government reform groups in Sacramento, it seems increasingly likely that voters will see on the ballot in 2010 two measures that would lead to the California Constitutional Convention since 1879. What is a Constitutional Convention? It&#8217;s a group of people charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll shows record high discontent in California</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/24/poll-shows-record-high-discontent-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/02/24/poll-shows-record-high-discontent-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Constitutional Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open primary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll released a few minutes ago at the California Constitutional Convention Summit in Sacramento shows that 82 percent of voters believe the state is on the wrong track. It is the highest level of unhappiness since the Bay Area Council began doing the survey in 2002. (The council is the chief sponsor of [...]]]></description>
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