“On a map, things look a lot different from the way they are,” Stewart said. “There just seems to be a great understanding regarding the difference between L.A. and Orange County, but there’s no understanding between the difference between San Joaquin and Humboldt.”
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From the Glendale News-Press:
“The recent municipal campaigns in Burbank and Glendale helped illustrate the complexity and general opaqueness of independent expenditures — a shadowy campaign funding mechanism that has no finance limit and can be difficult to track.”

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“The California Citizens Redistricting Commission heard a cohesive message from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County residents Wednesday at its first regional meeting: Keep the counties whole in drawing new state Assembly, Senate and congressional districts.”
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From the LA Times:
“A bipartisan bill in the California Legislature would require the state to sign an interstate compact obligating each signatory state to cast all its electoral votes for the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.”

From the Houston Chronicle:
“The bill by GOP Rep. Phil King would require the state to get approval for redistricting and Voter ID changes from a federal court — not President Barack Obama’s Justice Department. King said the department is too liberal and can’t be trusted to give a fair ruling in the redrawing of political boundaries. Democrats called the bill misguided and unfair.”

You can find the report in the Mercury News.

“Politicians preparing to run by meeting voters and raising funds could find themselves without a district to represent after a citizens commission redraws Assembly, state Senate and congressional districts.”
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