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Updated April 13, 2012 - 10:22pm

Redistricting: Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions about Redistricting: The League has prepared this printable handout about the new redistricting maps to help voters understand how and why the new electoral boundaries have...
June 5, 2012
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Updated April 6, 2012 - 6:27pm

Top Two Primary System: Frequently Asked Questions
Top Two Frequently Asked Questions: Here is a printable League handout that has the answers to questions about the new Top Two Primary system that voters need to know to understand the new candidate...
June 5, 2012
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Updated April 5, 2012 - 8:23pm

Certified List of Candidates for the June 5, 2012 Presidential Primary Election
The Secretary of State has released the certified list of candidates on the ballot for the June 5, 2012 Presidential Primary Election. The list includes candidates for the United States President, U....
June 5, 2012
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Updated April 5, 2012 - 8:18pm

Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide is Online
The final draft of the Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide has been published on the Secretary of State's website. The Guide contains titles and text of the propositions,...
June 5, 2012
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Featured Issues


Updated March 19, 2012 - 11:55am

Campaign Financing and Disclosure
Millions of campaign $$$$$ are flowing everywhere in our elections. Tracking the money path can be challenging because the information is patchy and found in different places. The League of Women Voters can help you find out who is funding political campaigns and how much money is being spent.
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Updated December 15, 2011 - 9:46pm

State and Local Finances
Local governments – cities, special districts and counties – are the entities closest to the people. They all have locally-elected governing boards and provide most of the direct services to citizens. In 1910, the Separation of Sources Act gave specific authority to local governments and the state to collect taxes,set rates and obligations. Today, they have very little control over their financial resources. Read more about the relationship between state and local finances.
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Updated March 19, 2012 - 11:48am

Redistricting California

Have your district lines changed for the 2012 elections? Your district numbers may have changed too! Every ten years the state must undertake redistricting to reapportion or reallocate districts based on California's current population. The 14 member independent Citizens Redistricting Commission certified to the Secretary of State the final set of new maps on August 15, 2011 for the state Congressional districts, state Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization district boundaries. The California Supreme Court recently ruled, "that to avoid uncertainty", while challenges to some of the maps are awaiting signature verification, the Commission's maps will be used in the 2012 elections.
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What's On The Ballot?


Updated April 4, 2012 - 9:57pm

Limits on Legislators’ Terms in Office
Proposition 28
Should the California Constitution be amended to reduce the total number of years that an individual may serve in the Legislature from 14 to 12 years, and to increase the number of years an individual may serve in the State Assembly or State Senate?
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Updated April 4, 2012 - 9:56pm

Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research
Proposition 29
Should the current California excise tax on cigarettes be increased by $1 per pack to fund research on cancer and other tobacco‐related diseases?
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Observer Corps Reports

Read Observer Corps and Media Watch reports of the Citizens Redistricting Commission:

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