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Continue reading →: Alix’s Voter Guide – California Ballot, June 2018Hello! Long time no talk. It’s been 19 months since the last election and it was nice to get some time off from campaign life. There are some exciting decisions to be made in the upcoming election here in California. All of the statewide officers are up – Governor, Lt.…
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Continue reading →: Voter guide coming soon. No really.
Thanks to each of you who have asked about my voter guide for the June 2018 election. I’ve been writing it in the brief moments between the time that my kid goes to bed and I collapse from exhaustion. I’ll publish it before the election, promise.
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Continue reading →: WHAT NOW?!
Yep, Donald Trump is our next president. Are you pissed off? Are you galvanized? Are you wondering what you can do to fight the impending atrocities? Good. Get off of Facebook and do these things now and for the next four years: 1. Hit the streets. Protest. Join peaceful demonstrations…
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Continue reading →: San Francisco Pocket Voter Guide is Here!Print it, screenshot it, take it with you to the polls. Design by Tim Paschke. Thanks Tim! For a longer explanation of my recommendations on the California measures, go here. For a longer explanation of my recommendations on the SF ballot, go here. And if you find this guide useful,…
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Continue reading →: Big Ol’ Voter Guide! San Francisco Ballot, November 2016There are 25 measures on the SF ballot, which is about 20 too many. If you add the 17 California measures, and a dozen candidate races, that’s 51 separate decisions San Francisco voters have to make in this election! Ridiculous! And some of the issues are very complicated. How are the…
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Continue reading →: Big Ol’ Voter Guide – California Measures (Nov 2016)That’s it. I’ve had it. With 17 measures statewide, and 25 in San Francisco, this ballot is way too long, and has too many questions on it that require serious research and thought. I’ve decided I’m founding a new fake organization called Democrats Opposed to Overlong Ballots (DOOB) which opposes…
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Continue reading →: Drumroll Please…17 statewide measures. 25 San Francisco measures. 18 races for local, state and federal office. The ballot for the November 2016 election in San Francisco is ridiculously long. And there are some Very Important Decisions to be made, such as eliminating the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana use, and creating a new citywide elected position…
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Continue reading →: Ending on a High Note
This was a particularly nasty political season in San Francisco, but it ended on a high note at the DCCC meeting last night. It gives me chills to think about it. It was the last meeting of the outgoing DCCC – 8 days after the election (in which 11 incumbents lost their seats),…
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Continue reading →: Results are in!
Mostly. And it’s not looking good for my re-election. There are 70,000 ballots yet to be counted by the San Francisco Department of Elections, and I am currently in 18th place out of 39 candidates. There are 14 seats up for grabs, and I am about 1700 votes behind the 14th place finisher.…
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Continue reading →: Maybe you heard?
There’s an election tomorrow! And I can use all the help I can get. It feels like finals week, taking the bar exam, and running a marathon all rolled up into one. The stakes are high in this election, and I want to do everything I possibly can to make…
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Alix Rosenthal's blog about government and elections
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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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