Stanford University Professor Makes Database of Past Campaign Donations in California | Democracy, elections, and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Project examines patterns of state’s biggest campaign donors

The Bay Citizen: Campaign Donations in California

Seventeen months ago, I started teaching an investigative reporting class at Stanford University. It would last only 11 weeks. But my 16 Stanford students laid the groundwork for a project that California Watch will unveil just in time for the California primary election. The project, which goes live…

Counties miss deadline to send ballots to overseas, military voters

The Bay Citizen

By Stephanie Snyder on May 30, 2012 – 12:03 p.m. PDT Elections officials throughout California missed a deadline to send 8,250 ballots to overseas and military voters for next week’s presidential primary, prompting a lawsuit and swift settlement over the weekend between the state officials.