If you live in California, and you're not registered to vote by mail, please do ...

habith · on April 1, 2015

I'd like to add that registering to vote is the first step.

Researching the propositions (and candidates for that matter) that get put on the ballot yourself (LAO[1], SOS[2], Ballotpedia[3] and Google) and ignoring media coverage/ads can make a huge difference.

The Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) is particularly useful. Their analysis of prop 1[4] combined with Ballotpedia's[5] summary was very informative.

[1]: http://www.lao.ca.gov/

[2]: http://www.sos.ca.gov/

[3]: http://ballotpedia.org/

[4]: http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2014/prop-1-110414.aspx

[5]: http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Water_Bond_...