CVF in the News

Sacramento Bee Editorial: Veto AB 840

Editorial Board, Sacramento Bee, September 28, 2017

Excerpt:

California elections officials are proud of the integrity of this state’s elections. Brown ought to help them keep their record of accurate vote counts by vetoing Assembly Bill 840 by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, an East Bay Democrat. The bill zipped through at the end of the legislative session without a no-vote. Legislators must not have been paying attention. 

But Inyo County Clerk Kammi Foote and the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation note that the legislation would dramatically reduce the number of ballots counties must include in their public counts to show the accuracy of software vote counts. 

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Political Road Map: Knowing who is (and isn't) legally registered to vote in California

By John Myers, Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2017

Excerpt:

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from President Trump’s unproven allegations about the security of elections is that he’s managed to blur the difference between voting records and the act of voting.

Or put another way, it’s a distraction from resolving the challenges in keeping voter registration data accurate and up to date.

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California’s Top Elections Official Continues To Balk At Request From Trump’s Voter Panel

By Chris Nichols, Capitol Public Radio, July 20, 2017

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President Trump said on Wednesday that states such as California that won’t agree to share data with his commission on voter fraud must be worried about what the results will show.

“If any state does not want to share this information, one has to wonder what they’re worried about,” Trump said before the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in Washington D.C. “There’s something, there always is.”

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is one of dozens of elections officials across the country who have expressed privacy and security concerns about the request.

Padilla told reporters Wednesday in a conference call that he’ll continue to withhold sensitive voter information, such as Social Security numbers, requested by the panel.

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CVF in the News, 2014 - 2017

By various authors and news organizations, January 31, 2014 to December 27, 2017

Excerpts and links to stories featuring the California Voter Foundation and published between 2014 - 2017 can be accessed on the CVF in the News Archives page.

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CVF in the News, 2003 - 2013

By various authors and news organizations February 9, 2003 to December 26, 2013

Excerpts and links to stories featuring the California Voter Foundation and published between 2003 - 2013 can be accessed on the CVF in the News Archives page.

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CVF in the News, 1996 - 2002

By various authors and news organizations, February 4, 1996 to November 20, 2002

Excerpts and links to stories featuring the California Voter Foundation and published between 1996 - 2002 can be accessed on the CVF in the News Archives page.

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Online Disclosure in the News

An archive of stories about the successful effort to implement online disclosure in California

July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1998

From 1994-1998 CVF worked successfully to implement electronic filing and online disclosure statewide in California. Visit CVF's Archived "Digital Sunlight" news stories to access archived articles and references documenting this important reform that enables California voters to follow the money and more easily learn who's funding political camapigns. 

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