California Voter Foundation President Kim Alexander is celebrating 25 years since the organization was 'relaunched' in 1994 - she sat down with the CW podcast to talk about the history of CVF and what their top concerns are a quarter century after the kickoff. (In short: a paper trail for votes cast.) The Foundation is backing three pieces of legislation that are currently parked on the governor's desk: AB 681/Gonzalez, a bill to require county registrars to notify voters of their registered party preference and Presidential election voting choices in advance of the March 2020 Presidential Primary; SB 72/Umberg, a bill to require counties to provide voters with the ability to register or change their party preference on Election Day at all polling places statewide; and SB 523/McGuire - a bill to require counties to notify voters whose signatures are missing from vote-by-mail envelopes and provide them with the ability to submit a valid signature so their ballot is counted and not rejected. Will Governor Newsom sign or veto these bills before we post this podcast? This and many other questions answered on this week's edition of the Capitol Weekly Podcast.
California Voter Foundation President Kim Alexander is celebrating 25 years since the organization was 'relaunched' in 1994 - she sat down with the CW podcast to talk about the history of CVF and what their top concerns are a quarter century after the kickoff. (In short: a paper trail for votes cast.) The Foundation is backing three pieces of legislation that are currently parked on the governor's desk: AB 681/Gonzalez, a bill to require county registrars to notify voters of their registered party preference and Presidential election voting choices in advance of the March 2020 Presidential Primary; SB 72/Umberg, a bill to require counties to provide voters with the ability to register or change their party preference on Election Day at all polling places statewide; and SB 523/McGuire - a bill to require counties to notify voters whose signatures are missing from vote-by-mail envelopes and provide them with the ability to submit a valid signature so their ballot is counted and not rejected. Will Governor Newsom sign or veto these bills before we post this podcast? This and many other questions answered on this week's edition of the Capitol Weekly Podcast.