Elections Archives

What’s on Your 2022 California Ballot

Carmen Balber October 18, 2022

Thanks to the historic agreement to update California’s medical malpractice cap in May, the measure that was Consumer Watchdog’s election priority this year – the...

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Accountability

$7 Signatures Block Citizen Access to Ballot Initiative Process, E-Signatures Can Restore It, Says New Report

Carmen Balber September 25, 2020

Los Angeles, CA – The cost to qualify an initiative measure for the November 2020 ballot averaged a record-high $7.22 per valid signature, a prohibitive cost...

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Privacy

Consumer Watchdog says Facebook Needs Serious Reforms to its Election Practices

Evan Thomas King March 29, 2018

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Privacy

Consumer Watchdog Calls for More Oversight of Facebook Election Activities

Evan Thomas King March 29, 2018

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Privacy

Consumer Groups to Zuckerberg: Stop Electioneering; Let Jimmy Carter Monitor Facebook

John M. Simpson March 28, 2018

SANTA MONICA, CA — A coalition of privacy and consumer groups today warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the integrity of elections, in this country...

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