Voter turnout is low because voting is such a hassle. You’ve heard your relatives, your neighbors, friends say it. You’ve probably said it a few times. The whole voting process is just too much to go through. Registering, learning the names of the candidates, trying to make sense of those complicated issues about propositions and…
There are seventeen (17) 2018 Ballot Measures on my Absentee Ballot. Eleven (11) are State Measures, one (1) is a County Measure and five (5) are Long Beach Measures. Some of the 2018 State ballot measures are getting a lot of attention. Propositions 8 (Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics) and 10 (Rent Control) have received the…
The Nonpartisan Offices are in my crosshairs today and I have my hands full. There are the judgeships as well as the Superintendent of Public Instruction, County Assessor, and County Sheriff. That’s a total of twenty-six nonpartisan offices. When I speak of the nonpartisan offices of judgeships, I’m talking the California Supreme Court (2 Associate…
PalacioMagazine.com has been working with the California State University, Long Beach Political Science class of Professor Som Chounlamountry to gather Voter Voices on Proposition 51. On November 8th, voters will speak. We wanted to hear their opinions ahead of the election. The students were asked to interview fellow students, family members, teachers or random people…
Voting is Easy. It’s finding Voter Information that’s hard. You know I’m right. Walking into a voting booth and darkening some circles or punching some holes or pulling a lever (more like touching a screen) is not rocket science. The problem is knowing what choices you’ll need to make. Now, the Presidential race is one…