Voter Engagement

The California Voter Foundation works to expand and improve voter engagement and the voting process in California and beyond through research, collaboration with government agencies and nonprofits, and nonpartisan voter education and outreach. The links below highlight CVF's work in the area of voter engagement, and offer additional resources for voter engagement information.

CVF Resources

• Advocacy and Testimony
• The Proposition Song
• Voter Registration Modernization
• Improving California's Vote-by-Mail Process

• Online Voter Lookup Tools: Opportunities and Best Practices (March 2014 conference presentation)

• Election Reforms: What Should We Prioritize for 2013 and Beyond? - presentation by CVF President Kim Alexander at the Future of California Elections conference, January 2013

• California Senate hearing on 10-23-12 on barriers to participation, Kim Alexander's testimony

• "The California Voters' Experience" - a paper examining the state's voting process, from start to finish

• Redistricting Reform/Prop. 11 implementation
• California Voter Participation Survey Report, March 2005

• California Online Voter Guide

• Election House Party Homepage

• How to Make an Online Voter Guide

Additional Resources

• California Civic Engagement Project at UC Davis
• California Secretary of State main page

• Election Performance Index - a state-by-state assessment of election performance presented by the Pew Charitable Trusts

• Directory of California County Election Offices

• The Nonprofit Vote Project - engaging nonprofits in voting and elections

• Organizations Working on Voter Education

• Future of California Elections - a collaboration between election officials, civil rights organizations and election reform advocates to examine and address the unique challenges facing the State of California’s election system.

• Voter Registration Statistics and Statements of the Vote, from the Secretary of State

• Being Online is Still Not Enough - a nationwide, state-by-state assessment of state election web sites researched and co-written by the California Voter Foundation for the Pew Center on the States, December 2011 (news release)

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