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Election Info and Results from Past Elections (California and National)      Elections page (contains current election info.)
February 2008 Election/Primary | 2006 Midterm Election | 2004 Presidential Election | 2003 Recall Election | 2000 Presidential Election | Elections before 2000

election counter looking for clear punched holes in a ballot

2008 Election Returns:  National     State     Alameda County

National Election Statistics from 1920 to Present:  Election Statistics

Political Junkie: From NPR, Ken Rudin's election trivia in a true historial perspective.

California Propositions (1911 to present):  California Propositions Database

February 2008 Election/Primary - California

  • Election Results for Feb. 5, 2008:     California  |  Alameda County  |  Calif. Exit Polls--Dem.  | Calif. Exit Polls--Rep. | Propositions

    2006 Midterm Election
  • Election Results for Mid-Term Nov. 2006:  Nation-Wide  |  California  |  Alameda County

    2004 Presidential Election
  • Election Results for Nov. 2004:   President (Popular and Electoral)  |  California  |  Alameda County

    2003 Recall Election - California :
    • 2003 - Recall in California
    From the Institute of Governmental Studies Library at UC Berkeley, a great portal on the 2003 Governor Recall Election

    California Smart Voter (League of Women Voters of California)
    http://www.smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/state/
    Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of California, this site will lead you to what will be on your local ballot.  Simply enter your address under "My Ballot," select the election date you want to look up, and you will have links to all candidates, measures, and initiatives, both state-wide and local that you would be voting.

    FindLaw Legal News: Special Coverage: California Recall Election
            http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/recall/index.html

    United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's Decision in Keeping the October 7 Election in Place  (Current Ruling)
    Available at the reference desk for photocopying.  For viewing the decision online, please do NOT PRINT the entire ruling.  The link that follows comes from Findlaw.      http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/elections/svrepvshlly92303opn.pdf

    United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit's Decision in Delaying the Election (EARLIER RULING)
    Available at the reference desk for photocopying.  For viewing the decision online, please do NOT PRINT the entire ruling.  The link that follows leads to news and all court cases involving the California Recall, courtesy of Findlaw.  Click on the link, "Order and Injunction" to read the ruling, itself:  http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/elections/svrepvshlly91503ord.pdf

    Voting Methods in Recall Election
        http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20030815/capt.methods.jpg
    A map that shows which counties have which voting methods available.  Includes the California counties that still have the punch card ballot voting procedure.

    		 Special Recall Election Voter Guide

    Governor Recall Websites and Candidates
    From an archived version of a conservative web site called California Recall.com, a complete list of all 135 candidates who ran, with credentials and links to campaign web sites.  Note: some of the links now go to self-promotional sites from the former candidates

    Campaign Contributors for Governor Candidates
    So who funded Arnold's campaign?  Who supported Davis?  Was Arianna Huffington's campaign the one that had the most small contributions as she claimed?  Find out from The Institute in Money on State Politics

    Debates:
    (Note: some available only in audio or video)

    September 3, 2003: Bustamante, Camejo, Huffington, McClintock, Uberroth and interview with Gray Davis

    September 9, 2003: Bustamante, Camejo, Huffington

    September 17, 2003: Bustamante, Camejo, Huffington, McClintock

    September 24, 2003: Bustamante, Camejo, Huffington, McClintock, Schwarzenegger (transcript)

    September 24 Debate Video

    October 4, 2003: Bustamante, Camejo, McClintock and Interview with Sharon Davis

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    2000 Election & Controversy
  • 2000 Election Library Guide - The Library has a library research guide devoted to the 2000 election

    Elections before 2000

  • For information on election before 2000, search databases such as EbscoHost, Lexis-Nexis ProQuest Diversity news sources. For information on the 1996 election, try University of Michigan's Government Documents in the News 1996, Online NewsHour Election Night '96, FrontLine: The Choice '96, and The MoJo Wire--Race for the White House.
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