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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – California – November 2020Hi folks. Thanks for reading my voter guide and for taking your voting responsibility seriously! I cannot WAIT to throw Orange Julius out of the White House. I hope you are donating and volunteering and doing everything you can to take back our government at all levels. If you haven’t…
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Continue reading →: Yes on Prop 22Here are my thoughts on Prop 22, the measure that will clarify the employment status of app-based transportation drivers. If you are looking for a deeper analysis of all the measures on the November 2020 California ballot, you can find them here. Let me start by saying that in my…
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Continue reading →: The election is coming!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. It will be here before you know it. Verify your voter registration at Vote.org. If you have moved since the last time you voted, change your registration on or before October 20 at the CA Secretary of State’s website. It’s going to be…
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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – SF & CA – March 2020Other than the Presidential Primary, this ballot is a snoozer. The six ballot measures are mostly uncontroversial, and our congressional and state delegates are largely unopposed. The rest are down-ballot races that very few of you care about… but I do! And that’s why you are here. I’m happy to…
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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – San Francisco – November 2019This one is a short ballot. I mean really short. Only 6 ballot measures and just a few candidate races with more than one contender. Incredibly, 7 out of 9 local races are either unopposed or virtually unopposed! Weird. Or is it? In the last few years, local politics has…
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Continue reading →: My pocket-sized voter guide!
Save it to your phone, print it out, text it to your mom. For the full analysis of the California ballot, go here, and for the San Francisco ballot, go here. Way to exercise your franchise, people! See you at the polls. If you find my voter guides helpful,…
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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – SF Ballot, November 2018All we hear about in the news is the House and Senate races nationwide. Here in San Francisco, our House and Senate races are foregone conclusions, but that doesn’t mean that the election isn’t very important. In SF, the elephant in the room is homelessness and housing. And Prop C…
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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – California Ballot, November 2018I don’t think I’ve ever been so eager for an election to come. I don’t know about you, but I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. Watching the Kavanaugh proceedings made me want to scream, cry, and volunteer for women running for political office. If…
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Continue reading →: Alix’s (printable) Voter Guide – June 2018
Take a screen shot and take it with you to the polls! For my complete analysis of the California candidates and measures, go here. For my complete analysis of the San Francisco candidates and measures, go here.
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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – San Francisco Ballot, June 2018Hello! Here in SF, we have an electrifying Mayor’s race among three main contenders to complete the term of Mayor Ed Lee, who passed away suddenly earlier this year. London Breed, Jane Kim and Mark Leno are fighting for the honor of tackling some of the city’s most intractable problems…
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I’m an attorney, a mom, and a political nerd. Since 2009 I’ve been researching California’s ballot measures so you don’t have to. My opinions are my own, and I don’t take money from campaigns. More about me →
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