California Forward
Predicted population trends will result in more eligible Latinos and Asian Americans in California, but if voter turnout percentages remain at low levels, the groups will remain under-represented in the political process.
read moreLeaders from across the political spectrum and across California will take part in public discussions about how to restore California’s role as the model for other states to follow in the areas of education, jobs and public engagement.
read moreCalifornia earned a rating bump because of its latest budget, while citizen-led reforms won major victory in U.S. Supreme Court.
read moreStatement on Monday’s ruling in favor of independent redistricting commissions in Arizona case
read moreThe Supreme Court affirmed the power of Arizona’s independent commission to draw congressional boundaries, a decision that protects California’s own citizens redistricting reform.
read moreWatch author of election modernization law talk about reforms that helped boost Colorado’s voter turnout, ideas that prompted a new proposed reform bill supported by California’s elections chief.
read moreCounty clerk from California made the 7,000-mile trek to the disputed region and de facto independent state of Nagorno-Karabakh to observe recent elections and found them to be free and fair–along with a population informed and excited about participating.
read moreSurvey shows most voters and non-voters open to reforms designed to boost turnout, like sending every registered Californian a vote-by-mail ballot and automatically registering people who utilize DMV.
read moreLatest special election in district with political makeup similar to the entire state shows how California’s top-two primary is an incentive for less partisan politics.
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