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Election Reform Organizations in California

California Election Protection Network
"A non-partisan network of over 25 organizations across California coming together to achieve our mutual election integrity goals."

California Voter Foundation
"The California Voter Foundation is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization promoting and applying the responsible use of technology to improve the democratic process."

Critical Races to Watch

(D) Democrat (R) Republican
(G) Green (IN) Independent
(L) Libertarian (I) Incumbent

House

CA2	Arjinderpal Sekhon (D)	Wally Herger (R)	Kent Hinesley (L)
CA3	Bill Durston (D)	Dan Lungren (R)	Art Tuma (L)
CA4	Charlie Brown (D)	John Doolittle (R)	Dan Warren (L)
CA11	Jerry McNerney (D)	Richard Pombo (R)
CA19	TJ Cox (D)	George Radanovich (R)
CA22	Sharon Beery (D)	Kevin McCarthy (R)
CA41	Louie Contreras (D)	Jerry Lewis (R)
CA44	Louis Vandenberg (D)	Ken Calvert (R)	Kevin Akin
CA45	David Roth (D)	Mary Bono (R)
CA49	Jeeni Criscenzo (D)	Darrell Issa (R)
CA50	Francine Busby (D)	Brian Bilbray (R)	Paul King (L)

Governor

Phil Angelides (D)	Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)(I)	Ed Noonan
Peter Camejo (G)	Art Olivier (L)	Janice Jordan
James Harris	Mary Cook	Don Etkes
George Fellows	Eric Mahoney	Aaron Proctor
Daniel Sage

Secretary of State

	Debra Bowen (D)	Bruce McPherson (R)	Glenn McMillon Jr.
	Forrest Hill (G)	Margie Akin

Call to Action!!!!!
Provisional Ballots
Introduced by federal law in 2002 as part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the provisional ballot was designed for voters whose registration was in question. Initially proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus, it was to save the rights of those wrongly purged from voter rolls.

HAVA provisional ballot law allows election officials to give provisional ballots to any persons who:

show up at the polls on Election Day but find that, for whatever reason, their names are not on the voter rolls; or
have their right to vote challenged by an election official. (Note: In many locations it’s not just election officials, but also partisan observers who challenge voters).

Unlike regular ballots, provisional ballots are not required under HAVA to be counted. Rather, the decision whether or not to count provisional ballots is determined by the 50 individual Secretaries of State. Across the nation, large numbers of provisional ballots have been systematically rejected. During the 2004 election, a total of 3,107,490 voters were moved into provisional ballots. The number of ballots rejected was a stunning 1,090,729.

ACTION: Check with www.CanIVote.org to see if you are registered. They also need to ensure their ID matches the voter registration name exactly. Voters can be challenged over minor things, such as a middle initial on their ID while the voter roll has a full middle name listed. Next, check to be sure your polling place has not moved.

New Voter Identification Laws
Many states have passed laws that require citizens to provide a photo identification piece proving that they are indeed citizens. A driver’s license and a birth certificate are inadequate because the former doesn’t prove citizenship and the latter doesn’t provide a photo. A passport does qualify. As the state supreme courts review these new laws, many have already been struck down as unconstitutional because they are barriers to voting.

ACTION: All citizens should check with their Elections office to ensure what the current requirements are. If a photo ID is required, a protest should be lodged as to the unconstitutionality of the law.

Join the Transparency Project
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6389

California Election News
AG: Voter Warning Linked to GOP Campaign
By PETER PRENGAMAN , 10.19.2006, 02:13 PM

Associated Press A Republican congressional candidate said Thursday that he was not personally involved in sending a letter warning Hispanic immigrants they could go to jail or be deported if they vote next month, a mailing that prompted a state investigation.

"I did not do this. I did not approve of any letter," Tan D. Nguyen, the GOP challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, told The Associated Press. More...

For a daily update of election news in California go to this link , click on the date, and scroll down to California (news articles listed alphabetically by state).