FresnoBee.com: Campaigns and Elections http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from FresnoBee.com in California's Central Valley en-us Copyright 2006 FresnoBee.com Campaigns and Elections 60 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:17:28 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy's PubSys jward@fresnobee.com Ballots on fire protection fees will be in mail http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/726435.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/726435.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:59:08 PDT Many Fresno County property owners will be receiving ballots in the mail next week asking them whether they would pay additional money for enhanced services from the Fresno County Fire Protection District. 3 FUSD trustees will run again http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/730659.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/730659.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:49:08 PDT Three trustees said Monday they plan to seek re-election to the Fresno Unified School District board, an election sizing up to be a contentious battle. Candidates can file papers for November election today http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/727820.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/727820.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:03:58 PDT If you're planning to run on the November ballot for a seat on a school board, a city council or an irrigation or hospital district board, today is the first day to file candidacy papers. John McCain visits Fresno http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/687396.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/687396.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:43:58 PDT Republican presidential candidate John McCain proposed Monday at a town hall meeting in Fresno that the U.S. establish a $300 million prize -- representing one dollar for every U.S. resident, he said -- for an automobile battery with the "size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog" commercially available hybrid or electric cars. McCain to visit Fresno Monday http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/679595.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/679595.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:27:38 PDT Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to visit Fresno on Monday for a town hall on the Fresno State campus and a fundraiser luncheon in downtown Fresno. Election returns: Local primary results http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647046.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647046.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:46:18 PDT Here are the final results from the California primary from Tuesday, June 3, 2008: Prop. 99 concerns low in Fresno http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647455.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647455.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:40:29 PDT The passage of Proposition 99, which bars local governments from using eminent-domain power to acquire an owner-occupied house and giving the property to a developer, isn't expected to drastically affect redevelopment projects in Fresno. Fresno council could tilt more conservative http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647456.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647456.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:40:29 PDT The election of three new members this week could lead to a more conservative Fresno City Council next year -- just one vote shy of a majority on the seven-member board. Bullard girl stabs friend in bloody bonding rite http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647443.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647443.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:33:15 PDT Fresno police Wednesday arrested a teenage girl accused of stabbing a friend at Bullard High School in what investigators describe as a "bonding ritual." Voter turnout takes a dismal dive http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647442.html http://www.fresnobee.com/elections/story/647442.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:30:29 PDT By just about every measure, voter turnout in Fresno County for Tuesday's election was dismal. Even after outstanding provisional and absentee ballots are counted, those numbers are expected to remain the lowest in at least the last 16 years.