July 16, 2024 2024 General Election Voter Guide This is a placeholder for information about voting in the 2024 General Election which will run from October 8 to November 5, 2024. Official voting information for California can be found here: https://vote.ca.gov/ Categories California Voter Access
October 22, 2020 Voter Guide Videos – 2020 Here on this page are links to our 7-episode series titled “Why They Don’t Want You To Vote”. First, all 9 hours or so of content can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSC4wdArarz08bjUgYqykpDr7qvLyUWOY Below, I’ve created links to different points in each video for different topics that we discussed in the series: What’s on the Ballot City Council Members and School... Categories California Voter Access/Videos Comments: 0
October 30, 2018 The Voter Access Project launches California Voter Access with VoteInCalifornia.com and VotaCalifornia.com. With a focus on providing information, resources, and tools to California voters, the Voter Access Project has launched the California Voter Access website, under the domains VoteInCalifornia.com and VotaCalifornia.com. The website is designed to be a nonpartisan landing page for all things related to voting in California. The website features multi-lingual, accessible content related to elections and voting, as well... Categories California Voter Access Comments: 119
October 30, 2018 Video Voter Guide in English and Spanish for California Voters (November 6, 2018 General Election) As a part of our California Voter Access efforts, we’ve launched a video-based non-partisan Voter Guide in English and Spanish (with subtitles in other languages), available at VoteInCalifornia.com/guide and VotaCalifornia.com. Click here to open our video guide website. Also, to help voters make important decisions this election, here are a list of additional resources available online: California... Categories California Voter Access Comments: 0
August 10, 2018 California Voter Access News | August 10, 2018 This is California Voter Access News for August 10, 2018. The program, featuring host Jon Ivy, provides a brief introduction to a few news stories relevant to California elections management. In this episode: The California Secretary of State has released the Public Display version of this November’s Official Voter Information Guide. To start us off, the California Secretary of State... Categories News/Videos Comments: 17
December 31, 2017 California Dramatically Increases the Number of Languages for Election Materials and Assistance Big Changes The California Secretary of State, the agency responsible for administering elections in California, released on Friday, December 29, 2017, a memo to elections officials throughout the state describing new requirements for election materials and assistance in languages other than English. SOS CCROV #17148, Language Minority Determinationshttp://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/pdf/2017/december/17148sr.pdf California has previously provided election materials in nine languages other than English.... Categories Language Access Comments: 12
August 28, 2017 Report on California Language Minority Voting Rights Demographics – Aug 2017 Voter Access has developed a report detailing the low-English-proficient (LEP) eligible-voter demographics for each of the 58 counties in California. Largely based on Census Bureau data sets, the American Community Survey (ACS), and testimony from various outside groups, this report shows where needs for voting assistance in non-English languages may be concentrated throughout the state. For the full report, please... Categories California Voter Access/Language Access/Reports Comments: 0
August 28, 2017 Overview of Election Language Laws and Practices in California Election laws in California provide a great deal of protections to minority language voters. These provisions, however, can be quite complex. It’s important for officials, as well as the public, to understand the relevant statutes and to observe carefully how they are carried out. Demographics Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimations, there are over 2.78 million low-English-proficiency (LEP) eligible voters... Categories Language Access/Reports Comments: 0