1. Civic Education in 2010 Discussion with County Registrars
CACEO New Law Conference
December 10, 2009

2. 2010 = Tough Year for Voters Overwhelming Number of Choices
Gov. race; long ballot of state & local offices
More propositions than usual in November, most on complex topics
Poorly Prepared
Don’t understand state/local fiscal issues
High distrust in government (which discourages learning)

3. Nonpartisan Help for Voters
Groups collaborating: Next 10, CVF, LWVCEF, California Forward, others
Focus on fiscal and reform issues
Creating tools voter educators and voters can access early in 2010
Background information with context across the propositions

4. CA Choices Reform Clearinghouse
(February 2010)
From Next 10 and Stanford’s Bill Lane Center
“One stop shop” about CA governance reforms to help people understand the issues & options
Organized to help policy enthusiasts, general voters and community educators
Nonpartisan reform descriptions, pros/cons, polling data, expert blog, links to reports, etc.

5. EVG Fast Facts
From the LWVCEF Easy Voter Guide Project: Multi-lingual user-friendly primers
First topics: budget & taxes, ballot measures, state elected offices, political parties
Combines community-tested language with expert review
Can download at in January

6. Discussion with Counties
Interest in and capacity for outreach
Who has outreach staff?
Outreach committees?
Links for voters on website?
Want more tools about how to vote?
Want to help voters make more informed choices?

7. For more information ssclark@ckgroup.org www.easyvoter.org (January)
(February)