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California is moving to an (almost) all-mail election for 2020. Image via iStock

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California’s (mostly) all-mail 2020 election, explained

Now that the coronavirus has turned Election Day into a latent superspreader event, the state’s Democratic lawmakers are making the 2020 general election an (almost) all-mail affair. Here's what that might look like.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 6 月 25, 2020

Esteban Nunez visits the Capitol to advocate for voting rights for Californians on parole. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

政治

From prison to the halls of power: A politician’s son lobbies to let people on parole vote

In early March, before the pandemic closed the state Capitol to visitors, Esteban Núñez led former prisoners through the regal building where his father was once one of California’s most powerful politicians. He exuded know-how, his shiny loafers clicking across marble floors as they moved toward an elevator. Down a hallway. Into the office of […]

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Adria Watson

• 6 月 22, 2020

California's governor wants a mail ballot issued to all state voters, with some in-person voting options. But a judge just issued a restraining order against one of two orders, suggesting Gavin Newsom has overstepped his authority. Photo via iStock

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Courtroom win for Newsom’s vote-by-mail strategy as Legislature presses on

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants every registered voter to receive a ballot in the mail for the November 2020 election, but a judge just put one of his executive orders on hold.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 6 月 12, 2020

A group of progressive California lawmakers and district attorneys announce they will reject donations from police unions. Image via iStock

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California progressive politicians turn away campaign cash from cop unions

Two state senators and a group of District Attorneys say thanks, but no thanks to campaign contributions from unions representing law enforcement officers.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 6 月 6, 2020

California is revisiting whether to restore affirmative action policies for public schools and universities, as well as state jobs and contracts. Image via iStock

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Is now the time to bring back affirmative action in California?

Amid the nationwide debate about race and justice, the latest attempt to repeal California's ban on affirmative action programs.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 6 月 3, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated California's move to an all vote-by-mail election option. Photo via iStock

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Not if, but how: California prepares for an all vote-by-mail election in November

All eyes are on the governor who, with an executive order, could make the upcoming election an all-mail affair.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 4 月 28, 2020

California mail-in ballot on Super Tuesday 2020. Photo illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

新冠病毒

Politics in the pandemic: Two California elections in May provide a preview

With coronavirus limiting human contact, campaigns are still trying to engage voters, raise money and make sure people vote in elections by mail.

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劳雷尔·罗森霍尔

• 4 月 15, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders's won the California primary, but California didn't matter much in the march to a Democratic nominee. Here Sanders at a February campaign event at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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Vote update: How big was Bernie’s win and the California primary’s loss?

Bernie won, the California primary didn't decide and a (maybe) another blue wave swells on the horizon.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 4 月 7, 2020

Voters including Dave Ade of San Jose, right, fill out their ballots on Nov. 6, 2018, at The Salvation Army in San Jose. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

政治

One upside of the coronavirus shutdown, maybe? Fewer voter initiatives

Initiative proponents have until the end of April to collect the signatures they need to put their ideas on the ballot — and with millions of Californians staying home, some campaigns won't have time to collect enough signatures.

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劳雷尔·罗森霍尔

• 3 月 27, 2020

Republican California primary results moderate 2020 top two

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Republican tug-of-war: Election raises a familiar GOP dilemma in California

How to be conservative enough for a conservative party but liberal enough for a liberal state? Primary election results in Orange County pose the question anew for California Republicans.

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本·克里斯托弗

• 3 月 13, 2020