It started out with a simple enough question; “How many people have served in the California State Legislature?” While it seems like it would be easy enough to answer (after all, the identities of state legislators is hardly a secret), the answer took some time to find. As it turned out, the weeks it took […]
Recent Projects and Research
Apologies for the lack of articles on OneVoter.org recently! We’ve been working on a couple projects recently and haven’t had as much time to dig into the archives. I was keeping an eye on the 2015 End of Session and looking at what bills needed to be added to legislator biographies. There were definitely a […]
Detangling Confusing Names
One of the most wicked mistakes you can make while doing research is confusing two people with similar names. Some people with similar names are easy to differentiate; for example the two Edmund G. Browns. Although they had similar names and held some of the same offices (Governor and Attorney General), the father and son went by […]
