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California Secretary of State

• General Elections and Voter Information
• Official Voter Information Guide
• Official Voter Information Guide Supplement
• Initiative Update

League of Women Voters of California

• Nonpartisan election information
• Smart Voter guide from national LWV organization

UCB Institute of Governmental Studies Library

Check out the links under "Hot Topic" at the IGS Library

Other Online Resources

• Wikipedia article on U.S. primary elections
• Speak Out California – progressive organization’s voter guide
• RealClearPolitics – conservative news aggregator

A little light reading:

• KFC708 .A94 [Reference]
  John M. Allswang, California Initiatives and Referendums, 1912-1990: A Survey and Guide to Research
• KFC708 .A945 [Stacks]
  John M. Allswang, The Initiative and Referendum in California, 1898-1998
• KFC708.G67 [Stacks]
  Tracy M. Gordon, The Local Initiative in California
• KFC708 .S48 [Stacks]
  Jim Shultz, The Initiative Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from California's Ballot Wars
• KFC710 .A2 1996 [Stacks]
  California State Legislature, Senate Local Government Committee, Your Guide to Direct Democracy: Local Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Campaigns