I’m not going to begin to speculate on why some people voted for Proposition 8 (gay marriage ban) and voted against Proposition 4 (parental notification). But I was curious about how people voted in the Sacramento region… SacBee.com published maps showing how people voted for each proposition. I took both maps and overlapped them to [...]

California is in the midst of a budget crisis, and Schwarzenegger is proposing state worker furloughs and tax increases. So what do Californians do? The slight majority votes Yes for Proposition 1A, a multibillion dollar project that may, if we’re lucky, show some kind of return. It looks like the total cost will be around [...]

A local GLBT blog, HahAtHome.com, has had a lot to say about Proposition 8 and its passage. Below is my response to the following comment that I thought was worth sharing.

Lori’s right, this isn’t about Mormons. And anyway, I have just realized the smack-down PROOF that Prop 8 is a complete joke and nothing short [...]

Unfortunately the 2008 election results were a little bitter sweet. Last night we took a giant step forward in civil rights and in helping to fix the nation. This morning we awoke to find that Proposition 8, along with various propositions in other states, passed. On the bright side, the margin was much more narrow [...]

Barack Obama is the next President of the United States. McCain is giving his concession speech as I type. Today, we have witnessed history and we have been a part of it. I am extremely proud right now, but I know that there is the hardest part to come. I wish President Obama all the [...]

I am an absentee voter, though this is the first year that, as far back as I can remember, I’ve mailed in my ballot. Usually, there are some issues I’m not sure of until the last minute, or I’m lazy. Whatever the case, I’ve almost always walked my ballot into the nearest polling location. This [...]

I’m giddy… I had trouble falling asleep last night… If things aren’t decided tonight, I may not sleep at all! I am that anxious that something will go terribly wrong. I’m going to be glued to various news sources today, driving myself nuts, even though I know it won’t be until later tonight that we’ll [...]

With one day left until the election, the heat is rising on both sides of the Proposition 8 issue. Demonstrators are on street corners all over the region and arrests have been made, even during the rain this last weekend. The supporters of Proposition 8 are attempting to amend the constitution to reverse the decision [...]

Voter suppression and manipulation has been running rampant this election. One non-partisan group, the Election Protection Coalition, reports nearly 90,000 calls from across the country. Instances of registration tampering and rejection as well as vote switching on electronic voting machines are being documented. You would think that after we saw much of the same thing [...]