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Government

Oct. 30, 2012

What November means for California justice

This election, at the state and federal levels, could have big consequences affecting access to justice.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner, Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

Scott M. Malzahn

Waymaker LLP

Phone: (424) 652-7800

Email: smalzahn@waymakerlaw.com

Scholars estimate that approximately 63 percent of eligible voters in this country cast a ballot in the presidential election four years ago. That percentage was the highest turnout rate since 1968 when Richard Nixon seized control of the White House and permanently disrupted the New Deal coalition that had dominated presidential politics for 36 years. It also was still disappointingly low.

The truth is that far too few Americans vote in elections, even presidential ones. Althoug...

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