Election Section
Election Stories in Back Issues of the Planet
Are you confused about the upcoming election? Below you'll be able to find all the articles about the November 2012 election that have appeared to date in the Planet, in reverse chronological order, except that the editorial endorsements are at the top so they’re easier to find. We’ve pretty much abandoned the idea of publishing election-related articles in this separate section every week because there are just too many of them, but here’s where to search if you’re looking for something about the election in back issues.
Editorials:
Berkeley Heats Up For the Fall Election Season 08-29-2012ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Yes on Berkeley Measures U, V, N, O. No on Berkeley Measure M. 09-28-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Measure T is a Trojan Horse 09-21-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Sitting Down Should not be Banned in Berkeley 09-14-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Berkeley Mayor and City Council 09-05-2012
Berkeley's Measure U: $1 million for sunshine? That’s a stretch! And it would still be a bargain! By Richard Knee 09-28-2012
Measure R: The Name of the Game is POWER by Former Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean 09-28-2012
No on Berkeley Measure T By Sam Greyson 09-28-2012
Is Three-Term Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates Vulnerable? By Ted Friedman 09-28-2012
Ranked Choice Voting Comes to Berkeley: How It Works, How to Do It By Lydia Gans 09-28-2012
Press Release: Cal Berkeley Democrats Endorse 2012 Local Candidates Worthington, Anderson, and Progressive Rent Board Candidates From Sofie Karasek 09-28-2012
Press Release: Berkeley No on S Campaign Grabs Three Democratic Club Endorsements "Clean Sweep" of 3 Berkeley Democratic Clubs Marks Growing No on S Momentum
By Christopher Cook, No on S coalition 09-28-2012
Berkeley Mayor and Council Candidates Debate on Sundays From Nigel Guest 09-28-2012
CENA Candidates' Night is Monday 09-28-2012
Berkeley For All Candidates' Forum
McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley, Thursday 09-28-2012
Measure S is a Hate Crime By Carol Denney 09-21-2012
New: Grey Panthers Host Berkeley Mayor Candidates in Forum By Helen Rippier Wheeler 09-26-2012
New: Vote No on Alameda County Measure A1 (Opinion) By Laura Baker,East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society 09-26-2012
Press Release: Bookmark and Share Curb-Sit and Kiss-In Protest Against Anti-Sitting Law-- Re-Creation Of Barack And Michelle Obama's First Kiss While Sitting On The Sidewalk By B Sofer 09-26-2012
Press Release: Celebratory “Sitting Olympics” To Highlight Measure S Concerns
Berkeley celebs headline Sept. 30 “Starry Plough Olympiad 2012” From Christopher Cook 09-26-2012
Election Information 09-21-2012
MapLight's Voter's Edge: A Graphic Guide to Election Information 09-24-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE:Campaign 2012: Playing the Israel Card By Bob Burnett 09-21-2012
But of Course, It Could Never Happen in Berkeley--or Could It? By Osha Neumann 09-14-2012
Letter to Berkeley Mayor and City Council Regarding Brown Act Violations in Placing Measure S on the November Ballot By Michael T. Risher, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California 09-13-2012
Romney Follows His Own Rules By Bruce Joffee 09-14-2012
"The Fight for Berkeley's Soul" Sunday Downtown By Ted Friedman 09-17-2012
Walk will Reveal Problems of Berkeley’s Aquatic Park By Toni Mester 09-14-2012
Press Release: Berkeley Standing Up Coalition Kicks Off Campaign to Defeat “Sit-Lie” Measure S From Christopher Cook 09-16-2012
Community Campaign Center Opening 09-14-2012
Election Information 09-14-2012
Press Release: BCA Endorsement Meeting Results From Linda Godzi 09-16-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Welcome to Romneyland By Bob Burnett 09-14-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: Making it Harder For Some to Vote: Restrictive Voting Laws By Ralph E. Stone 09-14-2012
Odd Bodkins: The Terrorist (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 09-08-2012
Whatever Happened To "Republican Women for Choice"? By Ron Lowe 09-08-2012
An Open Letter to Jacquelyn McCormick and Adolpho Cabral; By Norma J F Harrison 09-08-2012
Where in the World is West Berkeley? (News Analysis) By Toni Mester 09-07-2012
New: Unfunded Liabilities And The New Berkeley Police Contract (News Analysis) By Shannon Brown 09-08-2012
Planning Commission Special Workshop On MUP Community Benefits to Be Held on Wednesday From WEBAIC 09-07-2012
Election Update 09-07-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE:Obama vs. Romney: The Popularity Contest By Bob Burnett 09-07-2012
Odd Bodkins: Fred for Prez (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 08-28-2012
Romney's Vision for the Future: An Uninhabitable Earth By Jack Bragen 08-29-2012
Press Release: Bates and Berkeley Council Violated Brown Act in Measure S Process, Says ACLU in Letter From Bob Offer-Westort, Berkeley Standing Up for the Right to Sit Down; Michael T. Risher, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California: 415 621 2493 09-06-2012
There's Something About Tom Bates (News Analysis) By Ted Friedman 09-01-2012
Got Free Speech in Berkeley’s Constitution Square? (First Person) By Carol Denney 08-29-2012
New: Berkeley Election News in Other Media 09-04-2012
Profiles of the Candidates for Berkeley Office in the November Election From the Berkeley City Clerk 08-28-2012
Election Information: 2012 Berkeley Ballot Measures 08-29-2012
Berkeley's General Election Calendar From the Berkeley City Clerk 08-29-2012
Jacquelyn McCormick for Mayor (Opinion) By Martha Nicoloff 08-29-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Mitt Romney: The Great White Hope 08-31-2012
AGAINST FORGETTING: Voter Suppression: The "Schurick Doctrine" and the Unravelling of American Democracy By Ruth Rosen 08-29-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: The GOP and the John Galt Factor By Ralph E. Stone 08-29-2012
