The 2011 Redistricting has led to a significant number of legislators who will be changing district numbers in the 2012 election. One interesting impact is in the State Senate, where the four year terms are likely to cause a number of vacancies as members jockey for their new districts. Although it’s still early to figure […]
New One Voter now online.
Today, on the centennial of California’s initiative and referendum, we are relaunching the One Voter website. Among the new information that we’ve added are; * A new blog covering our research of California’s political history and commentaries on current political trends * Links to some of the most interesting legislative committee reports in California’s history […]
Centennial of Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Suffrage
Today (October 10th) marks the centennial of California’s Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Suffrage. In a special election on this day in 1911, voters approved several ballot measures that forever changed California. A name that you’ve probably never heard before is that of William C. Clark. Clark served only two terms in the Assembly (1911 and […]