Assemblymember Lowenthal Proposes a New “California Social Media Users Bill of Rights”
Groundbreaking Resolution Developed in Partnership with California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (CITED) Urges Protections for Children and Voters
Local Political Parties Debate Which Voting Process Best
“A national investigation of vote by mail from 2000 to 2012 found 491 cases of mail vote fraud, which might sound like a lot until you realize that over that time period billions of votes were cast by mail successfully,” said Jonathan Meta Stein with Common Cause.
New Frontier: How Gig Economy Titans Are Lobbying Their Customers
If you’ve ever downloaded the Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Postmates or Doordash apps or registered for their services, the companies possess your phone number, email and credit card info — not to mention your food preferences and travels.
Contact information alone is a goldmine for any election campaign, said Sean McMorris, a policy consultant for transparency watchdog Common Cause. In any other context, “a small nonprofit or the average Joe” behind a campaign would have to shell out thousands of dollars for such a list.
Palm Springs Man Receives Absentee Ballot Request from Ohio, Questions Voter Fraud
“There are systems in place to make sure that people don’t vote twice. If they’re given the opportunity to, they should absolutely not take it because they’ll be committing a felony,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director for California Common Cause.
Close to 70K Voters Request Election Materials in Alternate Language for Presidential General Election
“Sending a Vote by Mail ballot to every voter is a critical step for voter access in 2020, but it means that millions of California voters will lose that moment when a poll worker asks them what language they would like their ballot in. Mailers like L.A. County’s help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause. “Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share...
L.A. County Receives Nearly 70,000 Requests for Non-English Language Ballots
“Mailers like L.A. County’s help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible,” he said. “Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share language access information.”
Nearly 70,000 LA County Voters Request Vote by Mail Ballots in Different Language
"Sending a Vote by Mail ballot to every voter is a critical step for voter access in 2020, but it means that millions of California voters will lose that moment when a poll worker asks them what language they would like their ballot in," said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause."Mailers like L.A. County's help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible," he said. "Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share...
Keys for getting first-time and limited-English speaking voters to participate in the election
Targeted outreach efforts are crucial for reaching first-time, low-propensity and limited-English speaking voters, write Jonathan Mehta Stein of California Common Cause and Francisco Pedraza, a UC Riverside professor.
Pedro Toledo, Petaluma health care official, named to state redistricting panel
Common Cause executive director Jonathan Mehta Stein complimented the board’s first eight members for “building a commission that looked a lot like California,” including ethnic minorities, LGBTQ members and people with disabilities. But Stein also noted that Latinos were underrepresented in the pool of applicants “from the very beginning.” “We absolutely could still do better,” he said.
Attempts to increase young and minority voters is complicated during a pandemic
“There’s a real hunger for more information, simply conveyed, and conveyed in [their] language,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause.
Will Trump be enough to get Asian Americans and Latinx to vote?
“Asian American and Latinx are voting at half the rate of the (general) electorate,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive director of California Common Cause to AsAmNews. He pointed to a voter turn out rate of both groups in the low 20s during the California March primary.
