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September 22, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Interesting Biographical Notes from the 2015 Assembly Handbook

Reading through the 2015 Assembly Handbook tonight, I noticed a few points of interest in the member biographies. Among them: Assemblyman Luis Alejo‘s wife’s named was changed from Karina Cervantes to Karina Cervantes Alejo between 2014 and 2015. Assemblywoman Catharine Baker – Her biography lists her birthplace “Native Californian, born in Palm Springs“. Her official biography online […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly

September 20, 2015 By Alex Vassar

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 […]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Current Research, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

August 11, 2015 By Alex Vassar

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 […]

Filed Under: Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Editorial, From the Archive, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

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