SF News An Immodest Proposal: Make California an Early Primary State Two political economists, writing in the Journal of Political Economy, have concluded that being a voter in the primaries in New Hampshire or Iowa makes you essentially as powerful as five voters on
SF News Ross Mirkarimi Announces Run For Sheriff Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, plastic bag-banning politico and California Green Party co-founder with a great head of hair, announced yesterday that he'll be running for sheriff. Sheriff Michael Hennessey, whose eighth term expires next
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via M.A.: I wonder if all the people that lit mattresses on fire last night are performing their civic duties today.
SF News Provisional Voting: Better Than Nothing So, this contributor screwed up. We totally forgot to re-register to vote after we moved a couple of months ago. We had been afraid we wouldn't be able to vote at all and
SF News Ranked Choice Voting System Passes Judge's Muster U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled last week in favor of San Francisco's ranked choice voting system, which has been in effect since 2004. Sunset district resident Ron Dudum filed the suit,
SF News Zennie Weighs In About Dellums 'Avoiding' Re-Election You may have heard by now, if you follow East Bay headlines, that Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums has decided not to seek re-election. This comes as a great surprise, and disappointment to CityBrights
SF News John Pérez Selected As First Gay Assembly Speaker Assemblyman John Pérez of Los Angeles, a former union leader and a cousin of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, was unanimously chosen yesterday by his Democratic colleagues to succeed Karen Bass as the 68th
SF News East Bay Afghan Community Riveted to Election in Afghanistan The East Bay is home to over 40,000 Afghan-Americans, and the big news back home in Afghanistan over the past two days has been the country's second national election since the end
SF News BREAKING: Al Franken Wins Senate Seat The Minnesota Supreme Court has just declared, in a 32-page unanimous decision, that Al Franken won the state's seat in the U.S. Senate in the contested November election against Republican Norm Coleman.
misc Registered to Vote? Deadline Tomorrow Those who still need to register to vote in time for the February 5 presidential primaries need to do so by tomorrow, January 22nd. Re-registering is necessary whenever you move, change your name,
