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The Schiavo Bill: How'd Our Senators Vote? And Why Didn't Any Bay Area Congressmembers Vote?

It occurred to us that we don't pay that much attention to the individual voting records of our representatives. When elections come around, we pay some lip service to candidates' voting records, but

They Voted Today?

There were elections yesterday? We had no idea! Well, we don't live in Marin, Contra Costa, Sonoma, or San Mateo County, but apparently pretty much everyone loves to Save The Music. (That ad

Suicide Isn't Painless

Since the bridge was built in 1937, an estimated 1,500 have leapt to their death on the bridge, but the number is completely unknown as the bodies of many who have jumped

Nancy Pelosi: San Francisco Liberal?

DCist forwarded us an article from Roll Call (paid subscription required) entitled "Q: Where Is Nancy Pelosi Not a San Francisco Liberal? A: San Francisco." We love it when DC politics realizes that,

Meet the New Ethics Boss. Same as the Old Ethics Boss?

Hansen is well known in the city for being an activist in the usual assortment of progressive causes, including being the co-founder of the People’s Budget Collaborative, a role that led Frank

It's Wednesday. Do You Know What Your Baseball Stadium is Named Today?

Even though we've always disliked the naming of stadiums after corporations (but think the voting on it is silly) we took a shining to Pacific Bell Park. Shortened to its nickname, Pac Bell

Berkeley Ballot Initiative Recount Challenged By EFF

So while we want to play up the reefer angle on this -- the Bay Area being pothead heaven and all -- since we've been so politically inspired, we're going to have to

A Million for Tsunami Relief?

By a 2-1 margin, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Finance Committee Ok-a-lee-do-keed a proposal to give one million dollars out of the San Francisco General Fund for tsunami relief. The two supervisors

Political Junkie: Have You Seen Me?

Kevin? Kevin? Where are you, Secretary Shelley? Shelley declined to appear yesterday at a state legislature committee hearing investigating what exactly he did with all the federal get-out-the-vote money he was supposed to

Political Junkie: Movie Casting

Okay, we're stealing this link from Usual Suspects, who found it first. (but if we give them credit, it's all okay!) PlanetOut.com, in connection with their voting Newsom the person of the

WWJD?

Okay, so SFist isn't always as impartial as we'd like to be. We're bloggers - our prejudices are bound to shine through from time to time (well, okay, always). With all this talk

Political Junkie: Number Crunching

Now, SFist and your Political Junkie are not really statisticians, but the preliminary data coming in from the RCV reports compiled by the Center for Voting and Democracy yield some pretty interesting results,

Arts & Entertainment

Sigh

It's basically over, folks. Maybe some lawyers can pull this one out of their collective asses, but the man over eighty percent of San Franciscans voted against is probably going to be our

Arts & Entertainment

Comedy that Puts the "Mock" in Democracy

Based on Wonkette's early numbers, it looks like it could be party-time in the Bay Area. But things have a way of changing at the last minute, so who knows. Either way, you're

Suffrage For All

It's true that the main goal of the Vote or Die campaign seems to be to get celebrities to wear shirts that say Vote or Die on them. But that doesn't mean you

Last Minute Activism

What are you up to in the next five days? If you've got some spare time and you're itching to do something worthwhile, maybe you should get yourself hooked up with Driving Votes.

E-Voting? Try E-Lawsuit!

Obviously SFist loves computers. We're here, aren't we? But we are still not sure about this whole electronic voting thing. It sounds good doesn't it? Heck, if we could vote from the comfort

Why, if it Isn't Your Favorite Question and Answer Column, the Essefficist!

It's politics week around SFist, so we here at the Essefficist thought we'd do our civic duty by chipping in with answers to political questions we received about one thing that on next

Temporary Reprive for Local Theaters

Update and Clarifications: Thanks to Jerry Threet, legislative assistant to Supervisor McGoldrick, for his great follow-up! He noted that the primary sponsor of the ordinance to create a CU process (as described below)

Gaming the System

As the days to the November 2nd elections wind down, many folks are getting anxious over the potential for impropriety at the polling stations. After the debacle in Florida in 2000, many people

SFist Feature: Funny Money

[] So whats up with our Secretary of State Kevin Shelley? Shelley, who was recently most well-known for making up the new alphabetical order for listing all those candidates for governor on the

Rank and File

Raise your hand if you feel like we're always voting around here. Thats in part because of our Citys requirements that people running for office win by a majority of votes