Kim Alexander, Founder and President California Voter Foundation. The California Voter Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working through research, oversight, outreach and demonstration projects to improve the election process so that it better serves the needs and interests of voters. (Full Audio)
CVF in the News
KFBK News Radio,
November 1, 2024
Stocktonia,
November 1, 2024
Exceprt:
If you want to vote in person before Election Day, you may wish you lived somewhere besides San Joaquin County.
That’s because you have only one in-person option — weekdays at the county registrar’s office in downtown Stockton.
Nearby counties give voters more places where they can cast a ballot.
Contra Costa opens five voting centers, starting Friday. Stanislaus County opened six this week, with more coming this weekend. Sacramento voters have their choice of 16.
To cast a ballot early in San Joaquin County, a voter must go to the registrar’s office at 44 N. San Joaquin St. during its normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. That means this Friday or Monday — not Saturday or Sunday.
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KQED,
October 30, 2024
Did you make a mistake filling out your ballot? Need a refresher on how ranked choice voting works? Wondering how to find your polling place? Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, and KQED’s Scott Shafer join us to take all of your voting questions ahead of the Nov. 5 election. (Full Audio)
KQED,
October 14, 2024
Excerpt:
Election Day — your last day to vote — is on Tuesday, Nov. 5. And if you’re a registered California voter, your ballot should be arriving in your mailbox very soon, if it hasn’t already.
But what if you make a mistake on your ballot as you’re filling it out? Or are you just not sure how to fill it out in the first place?
Keep reading to learn how to fill out your ballot, how important your signature is and your options if you need to start again with a fresh ballot.
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What if I just don’t know my ‘correct’ signature I’m registered to vote with?
If you’re really worried about the signature on your envelope not matching the signature you’re registered to vote with, there are two good solutions.
KQED,
October 11, 2024
Excerpt:
It may be hard to believe, but the 2024 general election is just a few weeks away. And if you’ve registered to vote, your ballot should be landing in your mailbox very soon if it hasn’t arrived already.
But even for seasoned voters, this year’s California ballot might contain a few surprises that could leave you looking twice — or even wondering if there’s a misprint on your ballot.
“There are a number of tricky landmines on the ballot that you need to navigate as you’re working your way through,” said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. And when it comes to the not-so-intuitive aspects of voting, Alexander said the message her organization is “always trying to get across is: it’s not you. It’s the elections process, which is unnecessarily mysterious.”
2024 VOTER GUIDE: CALIFORNIA, BAY AREA AND NATIONAL GENERAL ELECTION
KQED,
October 7, 2024
As California vote-by-mail boxes start to arrive in voters’ mailboxes, KQED asked Kim Alexander about key issues in this election, including mis- and disinformation, preparing to vote and election security.
CapRadio,
October 1, 2024
Excerpt:
We’re rounding the corner to Election Day and soon ballots will arrive in the mail. But even though we do this every two years, it doesn’t hurt to have a refresher on what we’ll be voting on, outside of candidates - from propositions to bonds. Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez spoke with Kim Alexander, the President and Founder of the California Voter Foundation, as well as Dr. Mindy Romero, the Director and Founder of the USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, for an Election Literacy 101. (Full Audio)
KQED,
September 16, 2024
Excerpt:
According to the U.S. Census, California has the second-lowest rate of people living alone in the entire country. This means Californians are far more likely to live with people such as parents, grandparents, partners and roommates than most Americans.
But for all the benefits that sharing your home can bring, this might not always be a smooth living situation when it comes to politics — especially during election season.
Americans and their view of politics have been increasingly polarized over the years — to the point where many people have stopped talking to friends and family members about politics and even sought estrangement.
Last month, in a viral post on X (formerly Twitter), the founder of a “divorce registry” company wrote that the question “Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?” was one she’d been hearing “a lot.”
Redding Searchlight,
September 10, 2024
Excerpt:
Ignoring the advice of its attorney, the Shasta County Elections commission voted 3-1 on Monday to send a recommendation to supervisors to limit the number of absentee ballots in elections and to return to one-day voting.
Before the vote, County Counsel Joseph Larmour told commissioners to table the issue.
“It would be my recommendation that this be taken at a different time and continued. The document as written is internally inconsistent and as a legal matter wouldn’t withstand a challenge. So, if we could edit this, then I could recommend that the board adopt it, but I couldn’t in its current format,” Larmour said.
The recommendation also was questioned by Shasta County Registrar of Voters Thomas Toller, who told the Record Searchlight before the meeting that it did not comply with state law.
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PolitiFact,
August 27, 2024
Excerpt:
Voter ID remains a contentious topic in U.S. elections, and a new California bill related to the practice has become the target of misinformation.
"SB 1174 was just passed in California, and it opens the door for illegal immigrants to vote by eliminating the requirement for voter ID at polling places," read a screenshot of an X post shared on Instagram.
The Instagram post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.) We also saw a Facebook post that said the bill would "ban voter ID statewide."
These claims are misleading and lack context about California’s current voter ID laws.