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Future of California Elections share insights with bipartisan elections commission
 150 150 Doug Chapin
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Following the meeting, FOCE summarized the wide range of materials presented at the listening session in a report to the Commission that included excerpts and recommendations in each of these five areas.

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Voters to decide fate of California’s landmark public records law
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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The passage of SCA 3 means California’s voters will be tasked with deciding next June whether to approve the measure as a constitutional amendment.

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Is your absentee ballot being counted? Californians have new ways to find out
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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If you voted by mail in last year’s presidential election (and the majority of Californians did), do you know if your ballot was actually counted?

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San Francisco proves a smarter government is better for the citizens
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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The City can now brag that the San Francisco Police Department is the first in the state to use technology to improve public safety with JusticeMobile, a mobile application.

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Assembly and Senate bills look to chisel away at digital divide
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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SB740 and AB1299 tackle that digital divide head-on. The two bills each come at the issue from different angles; SB740, sponsored by Senator Padilla, deals with rural broadband infrastructure, while Assemblyman Steven Bradford’s AB1299 is about expanding digital literacy.

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California bills tackle digital divide head-on
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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The two bills each come at the issue from different angles

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