California Online Voter Guide

November 2010 General Election
20th edition

Election Preview Guide

In Fall 2010 CVF will debut its nonpartisan voter guide for the November 2 statewide election. In the meantime, below is an election preview, providing links to key resources to help the public learn more about the candidates and measures on the ballot.

• General Election candidates - certified list from the Secretary of State.

• Official November 2010 California Voter Information Guide

Published by the Secretary of State, features nonpartisan ballot measure analyses.

• Election Calendar

Published by the California Secretary of State, provides important dates and deadlines campaigns and candidates participating in the 2010 election season, along with state and local election officials must meet under state law.

• 2010 Candidates' Statement of Intention & Spending Limit agreements

Identifies all state candidates that filed statements of intention to run for office and whether they agree to abide by the state's voluntary campaign spending limit (candidates who do so are allowed to place statements in the ballot pamphlet).

• Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures

This resource from the Secetary of State's web site provides a summary of measures qualified for the November 2010 ballot and the text of each measure. Nine propositions will appear on the next ballot:

• Proposition 19: would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana

• Proposition 20: would have the citizens redistricting commission draw congressional district lines instead of the legislature

• Proposition 21: would enact a vehicle fee to help fund state parks

• Proposition 22 : would restrict state access to local government proceeds

• Proposition 23: would suspend Assembly Bill 32, a law enacted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, until the unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent

• Proposition 24: would repeal legislation that enacted corporate tax credits

• Proposition 25: would change the legislative vote requirement for passing the state budget from two-thirds to a majority

• Proposition 26: would change the legislative vote requirement for enacting new fees from a majority to two-thirds

• Proposition 27: would eliminate the citizens redistricting commission and return that process to the legislature

The Cal-Access campaign disclosure site features state candidate campaign finance reports and also a listing of official 2010 ballot measure campaign committees that have been formed to support or oppose propositions on the ballot.

• Voter Registration and Participation Data

The official Statements of Vote provide historical voter turnout and participation statistics in California; the Reports of Registration provide historical data about California voter registration.

• Political District Maps

CVF's California Maps Series provides PDF images of all California legislative and congressional districts along with maps of all 58 California counties.

 

 

This page was first published on August 13, 2010 | Last updated on September 28, 2010
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