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Category: Election 2020

Voters wait to cast their ballots outside the Shasta County Elections Department on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Mike Chapman, Redding Record Searchlight
Posted inVotebeat

Subdued mood and happy moments at rural Shasta polls

Lewis Griswold by Lewis Griswold December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Posted inVotebeat

Between band gigs, he worked for democracy at home

Michael Lozano by Michael Lozano December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
"Simple. Secure. Trustworthy. Counted." A sign reads in Spanish encouraging voters to vote by mail Off I-5 on November 3, 2020. Photo by Clara Mokri for CalMatters
Posted inVotebeat

How election officials fought fiction with fact

by Freddy Brewster and Katie Licari December 2, 2020December 3, 2020
Jackie Bustamante and her son Peter, 8, prepare to vote at San Francisco Voting Center on Nov. 8, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inVotebeat

How California moved to the future of voting during a pandemic

Michael Lozano by Michael Lozano December 1, 2020December 3, 2020
Posted inElection 2020

Research topics to expand as California passes stem cell measure

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov November 24, 2020November 23, 2020
Dozens of volunteers extract ballots at the sports complex in Martinez on Oct. 31, 2020. By Halloween, Contra Costa County had already received more ballots than the total number in the March primary. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inVotebeat

How California reached historic voter turnout despite pandemic, distrust

Lewis Griswold by Lewis Griswold November 24, 2020December 3, 2020
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla OK'd the controversial Vote Safe California contract to a firm with ties to fellow Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign. AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Posted inPolitics

Will state stick ‘Team Biden’ firm with $35 million tab after Yee balks at Padilla vote contract?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
Alice Huffman has resigned as president of the California State Conference of the NAACP, after controversy over the fact that she collected millions in fees from corporate interests as her organization sided with them on state ballot measures. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inPolitics

California NAACP leader resigns amid conflict-of-interest backlash

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 20, 2020November 21, 2020
Posted inPost-It

Legislature campaigns: Did big political spenders get what they paid for?

Avatar by Ben Christopher November 20, 2020November 20, 2020
A pattern of blue waves atop an undercurrent of red waves. As Californians chose their new representatives to Congress, the Democratic "blue wave" of 2018 was followed by the red riptide of 2020/ Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; iStock
Posted inPost-It

After California’s ‘blue wave’ to Congress in 2018? A GOP red riptide in 2020

Avatar by Ben Christopher November 15, 2020November 16, 2020

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