Many sites provide election information, both from non-biased and special-interest organizations. Below are listed some of each with annotations to help you be aware of what you are looking at.

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California State-wide Election Information

The State-wide Special Election is being held Tuesday, November 8, 2005

CAL-Access--Information on lobbying, campaign finances, and contributions for California elections provided by the California Secretary of State.

California Legislative Analyst's Office--The Fall 2005 ballot measure analyses.

California Secretary of State: Elections and Voter Information--General and specific information on current and previous elections for officials and propositions.

• Initiatives Qualified for November 8, 2005 Special Election (Proposition 73-80) This provides the text of the initiative as it will appear on the ballot, yes/no comments, and background materials. The top section of this page provides information on status changes (not textual changes.)

• Initiative Measures--Active is a list of all proposed initiatives, including the eight that gained a place in the November 8 election. This is the proposal as made, NOT the final form that makes it to the ballot.

California State University Office of General Council--Handbook on Election Issues--A manual on policy and procedure for the CSU in election activities.

San Diego Special Run-off Elections

The San Diego Special Election is being held Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Registrar of Voters County of San Diego--Links to current elected officials and representatives and their districts as well as information on candidates and voting procedures.

San Diego County Voter Information--Hosted at SmartVoter.org, part of the League of Women Voters, to help locate voter-specific ballot and candidate and proposition information.

San Diego City Council District Map

• Donna Frye and her Statement of Qualifications as filed with the City Clerk.

• Jerry Sanders and his Statement of Qualifications as filed with the City Clerk.

San Diego City Council Candidates (as of August 11, 3:50 PM)

• District 2--Contact information and website address if one is given

• District 8--Contact information and website address if one is given

City-specific Resources

• Carlsbad (City Council and City Clerk)

• Chula Vista (Elected Officials and City Clerk)

• Coronado (Elected Officials and City Clerk)
• Del Mar (Elected Officials, but no information specific to 2004 elections)
• El Cajon (Elected Officials, information limited to candidates' names on ballot)
• Encinitas (Elected Officials and Voter registration)
• Escondido (Elected Officials and City Clerk)
• Imperial Beach (Elected Officials, no election information is apparent)
• La Mesa (Elected officials and City Clerk's voting information)
• Lemon Grove (Elected Officials, no election information)
• National City (Elected officials and City Clerk link is through the 'Departments' link)
• Oceanside (Elected officials and Municipal Elections)
• Poway (Elected officials, no election or voting information)
• San Diego (City) (Elected officials and Municipal Elections)
• San Marcos
• Santee (Elected Officials and Home page has two links on elections)
• Solana Beach (Elected Officials, uses the SD County site for election information)
• Vista (Elected officials and City Clerk)

Political Parties (National & Local Organizations)

• Democratic National Committee and San Diego County Democratic Party

• Green Party and the Green Party of San Diego County

• Independent Party (no local organization AKA 'meetup group')

• Libertarian Party and San Diego Libertarian Party

• Peace and Freedom and local information (dated) on the main organization page

• Reform Party (national) and the California Reform Party is for more local issues

• Republican National Committee and California (no San Diego group is evident)

• Socialist Party USA and the Socialist Party of Southern California

Advocacy Groups & Informational Sites

California Voter Foundation--Describes itself as a non-partisan group to promote the responsible use of technology in the democratic process.

Initiative and Referendum Institute--University of Southern California hosts this site as an educational and research resource for users around the world.

League of Women Voters--Both National and California groups advocate and informed public through political awareness and voter participation.

Project Vote-Smart--Delivers factual information on federal and state-wide candidates' position statements and voting records.

SignOn San Diego--website of the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper, the site offers a mix of links to their news stories and news wires as well as prior election results and city- and county-level races.

Specific Proposition Advocacy and Information Sites

All Propositions:

Alliance for a Better California--offers opinions on each of the ballot measures.

California Governor's Page--Links to his press releases and speeches, note that these are his opinions, so there is bias.

Institute of Intergovernmental Studies Library at UC Berkely offers Hot Topics pages on several of the propositions.

Proposition 73:

Pro-choice: NARAL Pro-Choice America's page for Young Women provides a link to Who Decides? a state-by-state discussion of abortion rights for young women. CARAL (California chapter) provides fact sheets specific to California.

Pro-life: California Pro-Life Council offers some information for voters specifically focused on California issues. The National Right to Life Organization offers information at the federal level.

Proposition 74: California Teachers Association (CTA) offers their take on the issue of teacher tenure. The California Chamber of Commerce supports this proposition.

Proposition 75: Look at various California union web pages for their take on this issue of more member control of their union's political funding. (examples: SEIU, AFL-CIO). See the Californians for Paycheck Protection for an opposing viewpoint.

Proposition 76: JoinArnold.com (the name says it all) and California Teachers Association offer opposing views of the proposition known as "The Live Within Our Means Act".

Proposition 77: Here is a perfect example of the need to check that you have the latest and authoritative information. The California Superior Court order in July declared the reapportionment proposition invalid (because the version submitted to the California Secretary of State was different than the version being circulated for petition signature.) This decision went to appeal and was upheld by the California Court of Appeals. As of August 12, the California Supreme Court has overruled the invalid status and the proposition is back on the ballot. During all this change, some websites, such as California Voter.org did not update their information with each decision. A blog with discussion and some links is at Bear Flag League Special Election Page. Check various California politicians' websites for their take on this issue (see member lists in the Assembly and Senate).

Propositions 78 & 79: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons--California) offers information on prescription drug costs and availability through their Policy and Research link. Drug producers such as Merck have press releases and justifications for the cost of prescription drugs (see links like "Newsroom" for general press releases or information on subsidized prescriptions.) For an idea of the amounts of money involved, check the Statistical Abstract of the US's "Health and Nutrition Tables". Use the PDF binoculars to search the word 'drug' and note the yearly dollar amounts cited are in billions (yes, with a B) and the increase in per capita expenditures over the years.

Proposition 80: UCAN (Utility Consumers' Action Network) offers information useful to your research on electric service providers in California. San Diego Gas & Electric (Sempra) is the local utility company, check their News & Info link for press releases and other information from the energy-producer's viewpoint.

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