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May 4, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Fletcher Changes Registration Again

Former Cunningham staffer Nathan Fletcher has announced that he has again changed his registration, this time from No Party Preference to Democrat. JoinCalifornia has been updated to reflect that change. Last March, while campaigning for Mayor of San Diego, the former Republican Assemblyman changed his registration from Republican to No Party Preference in a move that surprised many. […]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Political Parties, State Assembly, Top Stories

April 5, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

“California’s First Absentee Ballots”

I just finished reading the article “California’s First Absentee Ballots” by Sebastian Nelson in the latest edition of California Originals (the Quarterly Newsletter of the California State Archives). As the Civil War raged in 1863, thousands of California soldiers were stationed through-out the United States. To ensure the right to vote for these soldiers, Governor Leland […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Political Parties

March 31, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Henry Crabb’s Spring Break Visit to Sunny Mexico!

With warm beaches, cold cerveza, and a fantastic exchange rate, Mexico has been the obvious Spring Break choice for college students for at least a decade or two. In recent years, the ongoing war between drug cartels and the federal government has made California’s southern neighbor a dangerous place. That was actually a terrible introduction […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Political Parties, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Battle of Caborca, Caborca, Geneva Convention, Henry A. Crabb, Heroica, massacra, Mexico, US-Mexico Relations, Whig Party

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