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		<title>Online registration grabs low-, mid-income voters</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/26/online-registration-grabs-low-mid-income-voters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new online voter registration system that California launched last fall isn’t just getting more people registered – it’s getting different people registered. More registrants come from low- and middle-income neighborhoods than expected, according to a study just released by researchers Lisa García Bedolla, a Cal associate professor of education and of political science, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter #s: Dems a smidge up, GOP a smidge down</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/voter-s-dems-a-smidge-up-gop-a-smidge-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats made a tiny gain in recent months while Republicans continued a long, slow slide in new voter registration numbers released Monday by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Monday’s figures show the state’s Democratic registration at 43.93 percent as of Feb. 10, up a fraction from the 43.66 percent stake the party held just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yee aims to widen online registration&#8217;s reach</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/12/yee-aims-to-widen-online-registrations-reach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot from the resounding success of the online voter registration system his legislation enabled, a Bay Area lawmaker now wants to expand that system’s reach. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, today introduced a bill that would put a link to the online registration system run by the Secretary of State on every state government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California poised to set voter registration record</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/23/california-poised-to-set-voter-registration-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California is on track for a record-high number of registered voters, Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today. Yesterday was the deadline to register to vote in next month’s presidential election. Bowen said more than 679,000 Californians were added to the state’s voter rolls in the final 45 days leading up to that deadline, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online voter registration continues to surge</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/17/online-voter-registration-continues-to-surge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 544,000 Californians submitted voter registration applications online in the new system’s first month, Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today. “Given all of the important issues on the November ballot, I am delighted so many Californians want to make their voices heard,” Bowen said in a news release. “Since registering to vote is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Obama allies help fund fight against voter ID</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/02/local-obama-allies-help-fund-fight-against-voter-id/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/02/local-obama-allies-help-fund-fight-against-voter-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as a Pennsylvania judge ruled today to block that state’s new voter ID law from taking effect before next month’s election, some major Bay Area supporters of President Obama’s announced they’ll fund efforts to stop other, similar laws. The Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund announced it’ll give half a million dollars to combat what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>110,000 register to vote online in first week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/26/110000-register-to-vote-online-in-first-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/26/110000-register-to-vote-online-in-first-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 110,000 Californians registered to vote online during the first week they could. The state&#8217;s online voter registration system went live last Wednesday as a result of SB 397 by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, which was signed into law last October by Gov. Jerry Brown. Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today she’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s National Voter Registration Day. Do it. Do it.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/25/its-national-voter-registration-day-do-it-do-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been National Voter Registration Day, and Bay Area officials and activists joined their peers across the nation in urging people to “register in September and make it count in November.” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson were among those who rallied at mid-day outside the Alameda County Administration Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New voter data: &#8216;no party preference&#8217; still rising</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/21/new-voter-data-no-party-preference-still-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonpartisanship continues to rise in the Golden State, according to California’s latest voter registration data. As of September 7, a total of 17,259,680 Californians are registered to vote, representing 72.6 percent of eligible Californians, up from 69.8 percent this time four years ago. “As Californians hear more about the important issues on the November ballot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New tips for voting while in foreclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/20/new-tips-for-voting-while-in-foreclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/20/new-tips-for-voting-while-in-foreclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report highlights the confusion that people who’ve lost homes to foreclosure feel when determining how they can cast a ballot this November, and lays out ways to protect their voting rights. The Fair Elections Legal Network’s report, “Lose Your Home, Keep Your Vote: How to Protect Voters Caught Up in Foreclosure,” is accompanied [...]]]></description>
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