Registration, Voting and Census
1. REGISTRATION AND VCA
Are you ready to vote in the 2020 Primary?
New Voting Choices: What's the Voter's Choice Act (VCA)?
2. MAKING YOUR BALLOT DECISIONS
The place to start is Voter's Edge
Other Non Partisan Ballot Information
Partisan Sources of Ballot Information
If you are personally aligned with a particular party or point of view, these lists of endorsements may be helpful.
Newspaper Endorsements and Editorials -- Reading opinion pieces on both sides of a ballot proposition can be helpful in finding your own view. Newspapers also provide thoughtful written material in support of particular candidates for elected office.
2. CENSUS 2020
Census 2020: What do you need to know?
Are you ready to vote in the 2020 Primary?
- Check or update your voter registration online: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov
- Are you registered as a "No Party Preference" voter? Which political parties let you vote in their primary? Not all do. Check your registration status and determine IF you want to change it and, if so, HOW to. Read more »
New Voting Choices: What's the Voter's Choice Act (VCA)?
2. MAKING YOUR BALLOT DECISIONS
The place to start is Voter's Edge
- Voter's Edge -- the League of Women Voters' voter education website, which includes information about races, candidates, and propositions/measures at all levels of government -- federal, state, and local
Other Non Partisan Ballot Information
- Ballotpedia: the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections
- League of Women Voters of Palo Alto (LWVPA) Pros/Cons presentation: a video of League experts describing the pros and cons of the 2018 ballot propositions, available within weeks of election
- The Palo Alto City Council Forum: a video recording of the event hosted by LWVPA, available within weeks of election
- The Palo Alto School Board Forum: a video recording of the event hosted by LWVPA, available within weeks of election
Partisan Sources of Ballot Information
If you are personally aligned with a particular party or point of view, these lists of endorsements may be helpful.
- California Democratic Party List of Endorsements
- California Republican Party List of Endorsements
- California Libertarian Party Voting Guide, when available
Newspaper Endorsements and Editorials -- Reading opinion pieces on both sides of a ballot proposition can be helpful in finding your own view. Newspapers also provide thoughtful written material in support of particular candidates for elected office.
- Palo Alto Weekly
- Palo Alto Daily Post
- San Jose Mercury News
- Sacramento Bee
- LA Times
- Orange County Register
2. CENSUS 2020
Census 2020: What do you need to know?
Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Resources
See LWVPA's innovative ideas for
getting registered voters to VOTE!
Active Policy Reflection (APR)
If you are a Palo Alto League member, are you interested in joining in an exciting new Voter Education effort aimed at helping people make up their minds on ballot measures, what we call a "deep dive" into pros and cons?
This goes beyond the usual passive reading of the pro/con arguments. Instead, it walks participants through a process of active reflection about them. The process also involves group discussion, not to force groupthink but to help deep-dive participants make up their own minds.
Our team goal is to schedule and carry out these events between the publication of the LWVPA Voters Guide and the actual voting days in March and November. Open these slides to see an overview. If interested, contact Dan Zalles and danroyzal@gmail.com.
Final slide:
This goes beyond the usual passive reading of the pro/con arguments. Instead, it walks participants through a process of active reflection about them. The process also involves group discussion, not to force groupthink but to help deep-dive participants make up their own minds.
Our team goal is to schedule and carry out these events between the publication of the LWVPA Voters Guide and the actual voting days in March and November. Open these slides to see an overview. If interested, contact Dan Zalles and danroyzal@gmail.com.
Final slide:
