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credit: Evergreen Solar The Legislative Analyst's office has given an independent analysis of Prop 39. The report has been the mainstay for Proposition 39 proponents who often echo the estimated creation of 40,000 green-energy jobs. This characterization is slightly misleading. The Legislative Analyst's Office released
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High-volume searches peaked several times during Monday’s debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. The first spike in ‘Romney’ searches came when the Governor urged Obama to visit his campaign website to review his ‘balanced budget,’ that would be accomplished in eight to ten years. ‘Obama’ searches
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credit: BishopBandita The $23.1 million disparity between the Yes on 39 campaign ($23.2 million) and the no campaign ($45,000), according to Ballotpedia, is an anomaly this election season. Proposition 39 is the only proposition with no centralized opposition. Proposition 39, also known as the California Clean Energy
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Of all the propositions that have been called ‘complicated,’ Proposition 31 is quite possibly the most deserving of the adjective. Titled "The Government Performance and Accountability Act," the ballot measure is a menagerie of budget amendments with a projected fiscal impact of “decreased state sales tax revenues of
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Credit: flickr - Scout Foreign policy will be the topic for Monday's third and final official Presidential debate, organized and hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The debate will be held at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. The debate starts at 9 p.m. (ET) and
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Prop 30 vs. Prop 38: One spearheaded by California’s biggest political heavyweight –Governor Jerry Brown, the other by insurgent “high wealth” activist Molly Munger. Both California ballot initiatives raise taxes. Brown’ s Prop 30 would increase the state sales tax by ¼ cent through the end of 2016 and increase
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Below is the official transcript from the Jill Stein and Gary Johnson Debate, hosted by IVN on Google Plus Hangouts, October 18, 2012. ----- Steve Peace – Welcome to the IVN Presidential debate. My name is Steve Peace I’m co-chair of the independent voter project. We’re joined by Governor
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Below is the official transcript from the Jill Stein and Gary Johnson Debate, hosted by IVN on Google Plus Hangouts, October 18, 2012. ----- Steve Peace – Welcome to the IVN Presidential debate. My name is Steve Peace I’m co-chair of the independent voter project. We’re joined by Governor
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California Secretary of State Website Nearly 380,000 Californians have registered to vote online since California implemented SB397 three weeks ago. The bill, authored by Democratic Senator Leland Yee (San Francisco/San Mateo), mandated that “California should implement a user-friendly, secure, and accessible online voter registration system in time for
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Drop Your Pin to Show Washington Where Partisanship Doesn't Work. IVN.us announces the launch of the Drop Your Party Facebook App on Facebook to show Washington, DC where partisanship is not going to work anymore. With Congressional approval ratings hovering around 10 percent, it’s time we
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credit: Mike Foster Polls conducted by SurveyUSA on August 24 and again on September 25 show Independents’ support of mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio dropping. Filner and DeMaio were virtually tied amongst Independents at the end of August at 41 percent and 40 percent respectively. However, the September poll shows DeMaio’
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credit: Laura Seitz, Deseret News The race for Utah's 4th Congressional District features the Beehive State's only incumbent Democrat, Jim Matheson, and Republican mayor from Saratoga Springs, Mia Love. Matheson, who has represented Utah’s 2nd district for twelve years, is facing unfamiliar voters following the