America Votes on November 5!
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California Secretary of State website here.
Need more information on this year's ballot initiatives and important issues?
Both the Sacramento Public Library and the McGeorge School of Law are hosting free public events to help Sacramentans understand items on the ballot.
Sacramento Public Library
Initiative Explainer
Central Library, 815 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
October 16: Central Library, 815 I Street, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Initiative Explainer with Sacramento State and the Legislative Analyst's Office.
Project For an Informed Electorate at Sacramento State is joining with the Legislative Analyst's Office and the Sacramento Public Library for a comprehensive non-partisan initiative explainer.
For each initiative, an expert from the Legislative Analysts Office will explain the measure, then the Project for an Informed Electorate will go through the endorsements, campaign expenditures and audience questions. Be well-prepared to cast an informed vote on all of the propositions! More information is available here.
McGeorge School of Law
California Initiative Forum 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
5:30 p.m. - 07:30 p.m.
The California Initiative Forum will be presented on October 22, 5:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall on the McGeorge Campus. The October 22 presentation will also be livestreamed.
The Forum will feature objective and neutral analyses of all 10 Statewide Ballot Propositions that voters will be asked to consider on the November 5, 2024 General Election Ballots. Students in Professor Mary-Beth Moylan’s California Initiative Seminar have analyzed the propositions and will provide both written and oral reports to the community in these two public forums. Students have also studied several ballot propositions that qualified for the November election but were removed as a result of a judicial order or legislative compromise. Those reports will also be included in the presentations.
An educated electorate is critical to a functioning democracy. In California, where we have the power of direct democracy enshrined in our State Constitution, the need for voters to understand the issues is even stronger. The California Initiative Forum presents an opportunity for all California Voters to educate themselves about the changes that are proposed through the initiative process and any unintended consequences that might flow from a yes or no vote on the propositions. More information is available here.
October 24: the California Initiative Forum will be offered again at the
Kennedy Learning Center from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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