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/

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: Voter Guide Videos Playlist

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 Board Trustees
  • State Assembly and State Senate
  • Congress and the President
  • Propositions and Measures
    • What’s a Proposition? What’s a Measure? What’s a Bond?
    • Proposition 14
    • Proposition 15
    • Proposition 16
    • Proposition 17 (short explanation)
    • Proposition 18 (short explanation)
    • Proposition 19 (short explanation)
    • Proposition 20
    • Proposition 21
    • Proposition 22
    • Proposition 23
    • Proposition 24 (short explanation)
    • Proposition 25 – Crimes, Jails, Prisons, and Bail
• The Supreme Court
• Tracking Your Ballot and Late Voter Registration
• Voter Demographics and Turnout
  • Lodi, California, Turnout and Participation
  • San Joaquin County and the State of California, Turnout and Participation
  • Congressional District CA-9, Turnout and Participation
• The Census
• Online Voter Registration

Voter Access Project Updates

The Voter Access Project launches California Voter Access with VoteInCalifornia.com and VotaCalifornia.com, focusing on providing information, resources, and tools to California voters.

The website is designed to be a nonpartisan hub for all things related to voting in California, featuring multilingual, accessible content, online voter registration, and voter status lookup resources.

To help voters prepare for upcoming elections, the site features a video-driven Voter Guide available at VoteInCalifornia.com/guide.

Resources:

• California Secretary of State, Official Voter Information Guide
• Voter’s Edge California, Online Voter Guide
• California Easy Voter Guide

California Voter Access News

August 10, 2018

• The California Secretary of State released the Public Display version of the Official Voter Information Guide.
• The Registrar of Voters in San Bernardino County resigned after conflicts with the county’s management team.
• The California Secretary of State was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over alleged voting rights violations.

Language Access Improvements

California dramatically increases the number of languages for election materials and assistance. New languages include:

• Arabic
• Armenian
• Bengali
• Hmong
• Ilocano
• Persian
• Punjabi
• Syriac

Every polling place must provide a Voter Bill of Rights in relevant languages and, where needed, bilingual pollworkers.

Conclusion

There are substantial protections under California law for language minority voters, but there is always room for improvement.

For detailed analysis, visit the relevant sections of California Election Code, covering voter registration, the voter bill of rights, and requirements for bilingual voting assistance.