Worldwide Elections Guide: State & Local Elections

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• California Elections
• Propositions
• States’ Elections
• San Diego Elections
• Print Resources

 

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California Elections

Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC): provides information on lists of Commissioners, overviews of California campaign disclosure rules, state lobbying rules etc.

California State Senate: includes senate district maps, senate district block census assignment data and more.

California Vote Foundation: provides voter guide for California election, information on voting registration, a directory and map of California voting system and news.

Follow The Money: provides data on campaign contributions in state elections. The information includes contributions by sector, by political party, labor and business.

Smart Voter: provides past California election results from 1998 to 2003, a directory of contests, information on voting registration, and contact information on California State Legislative Offices.

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Propositions

Propositions for the current November, 2, 2004 election can be found at the League of Women Voters or at the Institute for Governmental Studies Library.

California Ballot Propositions: Full-text of California ballot propositions from 1911 to present. It provides the summary of the proposition, title, years and voting results.

League of Women Voters of California: The League, a nonpartisan organization, provides information on voting process, elections, and issues on the ballot.

The California Secretary of State’s Election Division:  offers voter registration forms, information on absentee voting, California voting system and statewide election results from 1996 to present.

San Francisco Ballot Propositions 1907 - present : From the San Francisco Public Library. Also available are the SF Voter Pamphlets, also from 1907 - present.

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States’ Elections

Mapping the Internet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive (MINERVA): a Library of Congress Web Preservation Project, has archived web sites produced by congressional and gubernatorial candidates from July 1, 2002 and November 30, 2002.

National Association of State Election Directors: list of individual Secretaries of States’ web sites.

National Conference of State Legislatures: state election laws, redistricting, term limits, historic information and more.

Project Vote Smart: provides individual Congressmen and Senators’ voting records, information about presidential candidates, directories of state legislator, campaign finance information, and reference documents such as such as the Constitution, the U.S. Government Manual, and How Our Laws are Made.

Statewide Database (SWDB): maintained by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, the redistricting database for the state of California. SWDB collects redistricting literature, copies ofcases that are related to redistricting and census enumeration, redistricting news and much more. The raw data via the Internet is free of charge.

 

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San Diego Elections

San Diego City Clerk’s Office: offers election results, economic interests’ disclosure, petition and ballot measure processes, and other election related links.

San Diego County Registrar of Voters:  presents past federal, state and local election results, voter turnout reports, district maps and more.

San Diego County Smart Vote:  provides voter information including ballot information, directory of contests, and My Ballot, a database to find candidate information, polling places and election results by street address.

 

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Print Resources

The resources below may all be found in the Social Sciences and Humanities reference stacks. Please see a reference librarian for more information.

Atlas of the 1994 California general election: statewide offices and measures by county / Alan William Miller, editor. Published Richmond, VA: Klipsan Press, c1995
SSH Ref Stacks ( G1526.F9 A83 1995 )

California primary election, campaign receipts, expenditures, cash-on-hand and debts for state candidates and officeholders
SSH Docs CAL Ref  ( S400 .C36 ) 

American governors and gubernatorial elections, 1775-1978 / compiled by Roy R. Glashan
SSH Ref Stacks ( JK2447 .G53 )

American governors and gubernatorial elections, 1979-1987 / compiled by Marie Marmo Mullaney
SSH Ref Stacks ( JK2447 .M85 1988 )

State legislative elections: voting patterns and demographics / Michael Barone, William Lilley III, Laurence J. DeFranco
SSH Ref Stacks ( JK1967 .B36 1998 )

United States gubernatorial elections, 1776-1860: the official results by state and county / Michael J. Dubin
SSH Ref Stacks ( JK2447 .D83 2003 )

Statement of Vote. General Election / State of California
SSH Ref Stacks ( JK2447 .D83 2003 )