A judge rejected a public records lawsuit brought by two voting rights organizations hoping to pressure the county to hand over voting data.
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Everything Berkeley residents need to know about the 2022 election
How to register and vote, what’s on the ballot, voters’ rights, and other Nov. 8 election essentials.
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A decade after contentious redistricting, Berkeley begins new process with new rules
An independent commission will now decide district boundaries. New rules mean City Council members can be drawn out of their districts.
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To make sure everyone is counted in the census, volunteers canvass Berkeley homeless encampments
Community volunteers and census workers say the U.S. Census Bureau’s count has a host of planning issues.
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Around 100,000 ballots still uncounted in Alameda and Contra Costa counties
Those votes will determine whether Dan Kalb or Jovanka Beckles will compete against Buffy Wicks in the Assembly District 15 election.
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Update: Kalb and Beckles continue to battle for second in AD15 primary race
Jovanka Beckles is now in second place, as of Saturday evening.
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June 5 primary: What’s on your ballot in Berkeley?
Here’s where to find information on more than 20 ballot items before heading to the polls Tuesday.
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West Berkeley measure gap narrows to 26 votes
The latest Berkeley vote tallies, updated with some of the vote by mail and provisional ballots, have further narrowed the gap on Measure T, which would revise some of the zoning in West Berkeley. Overnight, opponents to Measure T had a 123 vote lead. That’s now down to 26 votes. Measure S remains close, but […]
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Remaining Berkeley votes could change close contests
Update, 11:45 a.m.: According to election law, the remaining votes must be counted and reported within 31 days of the election, so by Dec. 7. Councilman Gordon Wozniak, writing in our Comments section, says it will likely take about one week: “It takes about a week to count all the absentee ballots that arrived on […]
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Where to watch election results in Berkeley
With the nation focused on the outcome of the presidential election Tuesday night, we’ve compiled this list of where you can join friends, neighbors and fellow community members to experience the results together. Let us know in the comments below if we missed a great event at your favorite spot. We definitely want to hear […]
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Still undecided about the election? Let us help
Over the last several months, Berkeleyside has run many dozens of articles on Berkeley’s mayoral election, council seat races, the school board contest, the rival rent board slates and most of the 10 city measures on the ballot tomorrow. On top of that, our collaboration with MapLight on Voter’s Edge Berkeley provides a handy one-stop […]