Civic Education in 2010
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Civic Education in 2010
Discussion with County Registrars
CACEO New Law ConferenceDecember 10, 2009
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2010 = Tough Year for Voters
Overwhelming Number of Choices• Gov. race; long ballot of state & local offices• More propositions than usual in November,
most on complex topics
Poorly Prepared• Don’t understand state/local fiscal issues • High distrust in government (which
discourages learning)
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Nonpartisan Help for Voters
• Groups collaborating: Next 10, CVF, LWVCEF, California Forward, others
• Focus on fiscal and reform issues
• Creating tools voter educators and voters can access early in 2010
• Background information with context across the propositions
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CA Choices Reform Clearinghouse
• www.CaliforniaChoices.org (February 2010)• From Next 10 and Stanford’s Bill Lane Center• “One stop shop” about CA governance reforms
to help people understand the issues & options• Organized to help policy enthusiasts, general
voters and community educators• Nonpartisan reform descriptions, pros/cons,
polling data, expert blog, links to reports, etc.
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EVG Fast Facts
• From the LWVCEF Easy Voter Guide Project: Multi-lingual user-friendly primers
• First topics: budget & taxes, ballot measures, state elected offices, political parties
• Combines community-tested language with expert review
• Can download at www.easyvoter.org in January
Discussion with Counties
Interest in and capacity for outreach
• Who has outreach staff?
• Outreach committees?
• Links for voters on website?
• Want more tools about how to vote?
• Want to help voters make more informed choices?