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While rumors are rampant about stolen ballots and suspicious holes in voting envelopes, state and local officials say they have put measures in place to keep elections secure.

After months of delay, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released the raw data that cities, counties and states need to finally start drawing their election maps for the next decade. A few key factoids:  California’s population grew by 2.3 million since 2010 — a 6% increase. That was slower than the nation as a […]

Gov. Newsom is trying to secure a voting bloc that backed him in 2018, but Republicans see an opening in communities hit hard by COVID.

A FAQ on the California election on whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. There's some confusion and mixed messages on voting, so this can help sort things out.

Will voters in the California recall blame Gavin Newsom for backlogged unemployment claims and billions in fraud? Republican candidates are counting on it.

The governor won't get "Democrat" listed next to his name on the recall ballot, rules the same judge who gave recall proponents more time to collect signatures.

After a year-long wait, the state's campaign finance watchdog has a proposal to require elected officials to provide more information on special interest donations to their nonprofits.

Go big or go home. That seems to be the modus operandi for Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Republican candidates vying to replace him in an all-but-certain recall election. Newsom on Wednesday unveiled a $20 billion proposal to “reimagine” public schools, noting that it represents “the highest level of state school funding in California history.” […]

The redistricting commission will use community input, along with the Census data, to draw the lines for up to 176 election districts.

It’s not too late for the state Legislature to fix this messy way of conducting a recall election: Here is a simple home-grown solution.