I need help with my California ballot....

[Upthevibe]

I normally enjoy going to the polling place but my current work schedule won't enable me to do so. Therefore, I'm going to be mailing it in. Is there a site that someone can suggest me that covers the important details on the candidates and the props? I know I'm going with Gavin Newsom for Governor but I need some guidance/input regarding the others. Thanks to anyone who can provide input....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My local Democratic Club has an email where they show some preferences.

If I can figure out how to insert it, I will send it along!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I just copied and pasted it! Hope this helps.

BEACH CITIES DEMOCRATS:

From our good friends at PV Dems!

Along with our usual array of useful information, the attached newsletter contains Judge Tom Long's judicial recommendations as well as the LACDP endorsements, so you might want to print the newsletter out and bring it along to the polls.

Below are the endorsements from LACDP for other offices. Elected and appointed members of CADEM vote endorsements for statewide offices and the LACDP County Committee votes for local offices/issues, and in order to get the party's nod a 60% threshold must be met. Even if a candidate has a majority of the votes, if the 60% threshold isn't met, then there is no consensus listed for that seat. As you can see, there are a fair number of "no consensus" offices, so if you are scratching your head about who to vote for, I'm sure anyone on our board would be happy to help you out with their own suggestions (phone numbers are on the last page of the newsletter). I consider myself more on the progressive side of the party, so if that's where you find yourself, I'm happy to tell you who I recommend for the "no consensus" seats and why if you simply reply to this e-mail.

US Senate: No consensus



Governor: No consensus



Lt Governor: No consensus



Attorney General: No consensus



State Controller: Betty Yee



Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara



Secretary of State: Alex Padilla



Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond



State Treasurer: Fiona Ma



State Board of Equalization: No consensus



Statewide Ballot Measures:

Proposition 68: Yes

Proposition 69: Yes

Proposition 70: No

Proposition 71: Yes

Proposition 72: Yes



US Congress:

CD 33: Ted Lieu

CD 44: Nanette Baragan



State Senate: SD 26: Ben Allen



State Assembly: AD 66: Al Muratsuchi



LA County Sheriff: Alex Villanueva



LA County Assessor: Jeffrey Prang

[Upthevibe]

12. Thank you soooooo much CaliforniaPeggy!n/t

[kimbutgar]

3. Every election I keep all the mailings I receive for the election.

This primary mid term election mailings are now a large pile on my dining room table. The propositions with the most mailings I vote against unless it something I already agree with. Money has truly ruined democracy.

[GReedDiamond]

4. I am going to vote for Antonio Villaraigoso for governor...

...because the top 2 vote getters go on to the general election in November.

Gotta stop the repuke from getting on the Nov Ballot.

Then in November I vote for Gavin N.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Ooooh, I just decided to vote for Gavin

since on the DU homepage there is an article that says Antonio is in the third place now but he takes money from Charter Schools. I may do the same that you're doing, vote for him to get Cox (GOP) out of the running come Nov. Good strategy.

****Antonio Villaraigosa is struggling to secure second place in the June primary election for California governor and is several points behind Republican businessman John Cox for the No. 2 slot, according to a new poll released Thursday.
Cox was favored by 20% of voters surveyed in the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll. Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, had the support of 13%, according to the poll. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the front-runner in polls and fundraising since he entered the race in 2015, was the choice of 33% of likely voters, according to the poll.
"We think it's likely to be Cox against Newsom in the general election," poll director Mark DiCamillo told the Sacramento Bee.
The trend lines of the poll are similar to other recent surveys that suggest Cox is successfully consolidating the GOP vote behind his candidacy, notably after his endorsement by President Trump earlier this month.
Among the other candidates in the race, GOP Assemblyman Travis Allen of Huntington Beach was within the margin of error of Villaraigosa, with 12% support. State Treasurer John Chiang and former state schools chief Delaine Eastin remain in the single digits.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-villaraigosa-likely-to-be-shut-out-of-1527762774-htmlstory.html

[GReedDiamond]

7. Yes, the idea is to try to edge Cox out...

...(thanks, forgot his name)...with Cox out, it would be two Dems for the final, and Gavin is the clear favorite.

Cox is a Trump endorsed repuke, needs to be eliminated before November.

[oasis]

10. +1

[Upthevibe]

13. I've heard this strategy as well....n/t

[R B Garr]

5. I used to check the Los Angeles Times. They should have

a pro/con/endorsement summary of pretty much everything on the ballot.

Lately I Google a lot online, but I still check them.

edit: I stopped going as much because it’s a pay site now, but you can look a few times a month for free (as I remember).

[chowder66]

8. I have some links for you

Check LATimes for their picks, though I don't always agree with them but they didn't seem too far off

Here are some more;

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article206202394.html
https://lwvc.org/news/our-positions-june-5-2018-election-ballot-measures
latimes.com
https://www.evolve-ca.org/2018-primary-election/
http://cft.org/get-involved/be-political/endorsements.html
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Chronicle-recommendations-on-Props-12849416.php

For judges; metnews.com doesn't have every single one but most and they go over some issues with some of the candidates filing
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2018/perspectives031418.htm
https://www.lacba.org/docs/default-source/committees/judicial-elections-evaluation/2018-candidates-table.pdf
https://votersedge.org/ca/en/ballot/election/69-bd1f81/address/null/zip/90068/contests/contest/16404?&date=2018-06-05

It took me a couple of hours to figure out the judges. Good luck!

[Upthevibe]

14. These are great! Thank you chowder66...n/t

[chowder66]

18. My pleasure! nt

[oasis]

9. Xavier Beccera for atty gen. for sure. He's a sharp as they come.

Beccerra was on the short list for Hillary's VP. He later was lifted out of his Rep. District to serve as atty general. He a Trump fighter all the way.

[Upthevibe]

15. ABSOLUTELY agree, oasis. He's a keeper as far as I'm concerned...n/t

[left-of-center2012]

11. Ballotpedia - California elections, 2018

"This page is an overview of the 2018 California elections, including your sample ballot, a list of the offices up for election covered by Ballotpedia, links to election results, state election dates and deadlines, and an FAQ section."


https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2018

[Upthevibe]

16. Thank you, left-of-center2012! This is great....n/t

[Upthevibe]

17. It's in the mail!

Thanks guys...