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Pennsylvania hands Joe Biden the presidency
A Saturday morning update from Pennsylvania election officials tipped the scale to the point of no return, making former Vice President Joe Biden the next president-elect. The race was...Read More
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claims, Biden urges ‘calm’ as his lead grows
All eyes are on Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona Thursday afternoon as former Vice President Joe Biden inches closer to an Electoral College win in the race against President...Read More
Philhour’s lead grows slightly in tight District 1 supervisor race
Marjan Philhour is holding onto a thin lead in the ranked-choice San Francisco District 1 supervisor race, but the difference is still too close to call. Philhour leads opponent...Read More
Livermore vice mayor holds substantial lead in city’s mayoral race
Livermore Vice Mayor Bob Woerner appears to have won the race for mayor, Tuesday’s unofficial election results show. Woerner and Mony Nop, a former police officer, faced off in...Read More
All four incumbents hold onto BART Board director seats
All four BART Board directors running for reelection won bids to retain their seats, with embattled Director Debora Allen cruising to victory with a wide margin. According to the...Read More
California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee...
With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 on the table, measures on California’s ballot had potential to be nearly...Read More
Presidential race too close to call despite premature Trump victory claim
In a race without a clear winner, the bid for the presidency hinges on a handful of battlegrounds.Read More
Contra Costa County election results offer few surprises
The Contra Costa County congressional district races landed pretty much where expected with incumbents retaining seats handily. Measure X, a 1/2 cent sales tax, is failing to meet the...Read More
San Francisco voters say ‘yes’ to ballot propositions
San Francisco voters were asked to consider 13 propositions for the Nov. 3 election.Read More
Officials say Election Day voting ‘smooth sailing’ across Bay Area counties
Elections officials say so far, so good at the polls Tuesday, as Election Day 2020 has launched smoothly in the Bay Area’s nine counties. By 11 a.m., counties reported...Read More
Millions of Bay Area ballots cast before Election Day polls open
Tuesday is Election Day! Polls in California officially opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. Bay Area voters are already off to a big start with...Read More
Sonoma County offers 30 early voting locations
Thirty in-person voting locations in Sonoma County will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday through Monday, and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Election...Read More
Oakland’s independent Redistricting Commission holds first meeting
Oakland’s inaugural Redistricting Commission will meet for the first time Wednesday evening to start the process for changing the City Council and school board districts, city officials said. Redistricting...Read More
State streamlines process to sign up poll workers with online portal
The California Secretary of State’s Office announced the launch of a portal Friday that allows state residents to sign up to work as a poll worker in their county...Read More
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as VP on 2020 ticket
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has selected U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, to be his running mate...Read More
El Cerrito extends deadline for City Council nominations
The deadline for filing nomination documents for the El Cerrito City Council in November’s election has been extended to Wednesday because of a lack of incumbents filing for re-election,...Read More
SF measure to drop municipal voting age makes it to November ballot
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to place a measure on the November ballot that allows city youth aged 16 and 17 to vote in municipal...Read More
Senator draws scrutiny in attack on opponent, complicity with police
Spontaneous uprising across the nation in the wake of George Floyd’s murder have spurred new calls from the public for accountability from elected officials, specifically surrounding police officer association...Read More
Facebook defends political ad policy despite calls to regulate spread of lies
Facebook leaders responded Tuesday to a planned protest at their San Francisco building over their political ads policy. The protest had been planned at least a day in advance...Read More