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Voters drop off their ballots at the outdoor polling station at San Francisco City Hall on Super Tuesday 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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California GOP in legal standoff over ‘ballot harvesting’ with unofficial drop boxes
After the electoral hammering California Republicans took in 2018, the party decided to put aside any misgivings it had about “ballot harvesting” and set up its own operation. In so doing, it’s now earned itself a cease-and-desist letter from California’s Democratic secretary of state. At issue: Unofficial ballot drop boxes that the state GOP purchased […]
By • October 12, 2020
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New frontier: How gig economy titans are lobbying their customers
An extra item may have slipped into your weekly grocery delivery: a campaign ad. It’s a dubious bonus from Instacart, the San Francisco-based tech company that lets customers order groceries by app. “As a valued Instacart customer, we hope you’ll take a moment to learn more about how Prop. 22 supports the best possible shopper […]
By • October 12, 2020
As California's mostly all-mail election gets underway, what to do if you receive a ballot that isn't for you.
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Vote-by-mail fail: When a ballot arrives that isn’t for you
When the ballots arrived in Susan Lambert’s mailbox earlier this week, everyone in the house was accounted for. There was one for her, one for her husband, and two for her adult step-sons. And then there was the one for George. Lambert, a playwright, producer and writer who lives in Pasadena, didn’t recognize the name. […]
By • October 9, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence looks at Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris as she answers a question during the vice presidential debate Oct. 7, 2020, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Photo by AP Morry Gash, AP Photo/Pool
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Veep debate: Fact-check on Kamala Harris as California prosecutor
A few things distinguished tonight’s vice presidential debate from the Trump-on-Biden interruption-fest that the nation suffered through last week: The two were separated by prophylactic plexiglass Tupac was invited for some reason A fly made a surprise appearance on the vice president’s head The back-and-forth was, for the most part, actually a back-and-forth, rather than […]
By • October 7, 2020

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