Opinion on Democratic Opposition to Voters First in the Sacramento Bee Daniel Weintraub has an opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee blasting opposition to the Voters First Initiative. Mr Weintraub takes issue with the committee founded by Senator Don Perata to oppose the measure. …
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The Rose Report: The Rose Institute of State and Local Government
The blog of the Rose Institute of State and Local Goverment at Claremont McKenna College, we have four areas of expertise: Demographic Analysis/GIS (including California redistricting reform), Survey Research, Fiscal Analysis and Regulatory Analysis.
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Michigan Redistricting Reform Initiative Likely to Make Ballot
http://rosereport.org/?p=591Michigan Redistricting Reform Initiative Likely to Make Ballot According to the Associated Press, the initiative developing in Michigan that would reform the state government, including how district lines are drawn, looks like it will get enough signatures to make it to the ballot. …
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Senator Perata’s Redistricting Hypocrisy
http://rosereport.org/?p=587The San Francisco Chronicle reports that California State Senate President Don Perata recently convened a meeting of Sacramento Democratic “insiders” to “hammer out an opposition plan to Proposition 11″ also known as the Voters First Initiative. …
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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
http://grassrootsindependent.blogspot.com/2008/07/todays-new...) Stop the Power Grab Redistricting Initiative (Citizens for Accountability website) ref. above Sacramento Bee Account of Redistricting Debate (Rose Report) Senator Perata’s Redistricting Hypocrisy (Rose Report) Orlando Sentinel Editorial on Florida Redistricting Reform (Rose Report) Perata's power play (San Francisco Chronicle)
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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
http://grassrootsindependent.blogspot.com/2008/06/todays-new...: Democrats blocking vital legislative reform (Towanda Daily and Sunday Review - PA) PA: Redistricting = Democracy (Philadelphia Daily News) CA: Gray Davis Endorses California Redistricting Initiative (Rose Report) Florida: Redistricting Reform Efforts (Rose Report) FL: Group Files Suit to put growth vote on ballot (Orlando Business Journal) Blackner has hired Gary Sinowski, a noted ballot access attorney, to serve as the group's lead counsel in the lawsuit.
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The Claremont Conservative
http://www.claremontconservative.comIf you've been wondering how Ted Kennedy's diagnosis of a malignant brain cancer is going to shake up the Senate, Professor Pitney has the low-down. Kennedy’s absence cuts the Democratic margin and sidelines one of the party’s best negotiators, said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.
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Ted Kennedy, Brain Tumors, CMC, and John J. Pitney
http://www.claremontconservative.com/2008/05/ted-kennedy-bra...Professor Pitney has the low-down. Kennedy’s absence cuts the Democratic margin and sidelines one of the party’s best negotiators, said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.
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2008 Election - 2008 Election
http://2008election.stackeo.comWarren Throckmorton wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Read Dr. Pitney’s complete article for the National Review Online here. Below is an excerpt:. First of all, a presidential campaign is not like a fixed fight where a crooked boxer can go
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Dr. Pitney’s Analysis of the 2008 Election, With a Historical …
http://2008election.stackeo.com/2008/04/11/dr-pitney%e2%80%9...Warren Throckmorton
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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
http://grassrootsindependent.blogspot.com/2008/04/todays-new...submitted its list of delegates for the forthcoming state conventions (Bloomfield Journal - CT) There are 7,152 Democrats, 1,598 Republicans and 4,515 unaffiliated voters in Bloomfield. REFORM ----- California Voters First Redistricting Reform Update (The Rose Report) FEATURE ----- No Really. Hillary Has a Decent Shot (RealClearPolitics) Facinating map work! P.S.-- If you haven't already, do Click here to take the CUIP Presidential Survey... CUIP wants to know what independent voters think!
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California’s Republican divide
http://orangepunch.freedomblogging.com/2008/02/06/california...GOP. It found that, just as there is a red county vs. blue county divide in the state between Republicans and Democrats, there is likewise a huge intra-Republican divide between McCain supporters and supporters of the traditional Republican candidates. The map here is interesting. Read more California |
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A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up
http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/campaign-reform/17337/a...California and Arizona are both preparing to vote on redistricting plans aiming to reduce political distortions. The California version focuses on trying to keep cities and counties contiguous, rather than broken up into obscure gerrymandered shapes. Perhaps
