The next statewide election is the November 5, 2024 General Election
- Easy Voter Guide - Our Easy Voter Guide helps the election make sense. English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese language versions are currently available at easyvoterguide.org.
- Visit LWVCEF for voting and election info
PAST ELECTION INFO
March 5, 2024 Primary Election Materials
- Pros & Cons - The shareable PDF version is available to be shared with the public.
- Pros & Cons In-Depth - The
PDF is available for download and is for internal use only. - Pros & Cons video - The video explainer is available on YouTube. You can also find the slide deck.
- Writing Pros & Cons for Your Local League
- Writing Pros and Cons on Local Ballot Measures (PDF)
- Video
- Slideck / PowerPoint
- Local Pros and Cons - Google Drive Folder
November 8, 2022 General Election Materials
- California General Election Outreach Toolkit - Plain Language Messaging & Graphics for the November 8, 2022 General Election. The toolkit is packed with social media messaging and graphics that will help you cover key voting topics with accurate, plain-language content. The toolkit also includes many voter resources, including links to the Easy Voter Guide, social media content, accessible alt text, hashtags and handles, and links and hotlines where voters can get help.
- Easy Voter Guide - Our Easy Voter Guide helps the election make sense. English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese language versions are currently available at easyvoterguide.org.
- Pros & Cons - The shareable PDF version is available to be shared with the public. The Spanish version is also available for download. The In-Depths for Pros & Cons are for LWV use only.
- Voter's Choice Act Toolkit - In this toolkit, you will find resources and lessons learned from previous years to help you craft messaging, guide your elections office, and work with other community groups to ensure VCA implementation works for each voter in your county.
Pros & Cons
Writing Pros & Cons Training Webinar
We held a webinar on June 21, 2024 to train League members on writing Pros & Cons. You can access materials from this webinar below:
Candidate Forums
Information & materials for conducting candidate forums
- Watch our Virtual Candidate Forum Webinar (1/14/2021)
- Virtual Candidate Forum: Summary of Things to Consider, Options, Suggestions and Resources
- Virtual Candidate Forum: Sample Candidate Communications
- Virtual Candidate Forum Webinar: PowerPoint
- Virtual Candidate Forum Webinar: Follow Up Questions, Answers, and Additional Handouts
- Voter Service Handbook (2018)
- Candidate Participation Policy - How to use the LWVCEF Candidate Participation Policy for Statewide Debates or Forums
- Guidelines for co-sponsorship of candidate forums
- Guidelines to writing unbiased questions
- Recommendations in considering different format options for multi-candidate forums
- Civil Discourse in Candidate Forums
- Candidate Forum Guidelines (.doc)
- Checklist for Day of Forum (.doc)
- Checklist for Moderators (.doc)
- Candidate Forum Step-Grid 6 candiddates
- Candidate Forum Blank Grid
- Sample Letters to Candidates (.docx)
- Sample Intro of Moderator (.docx)
- Tips on Moderating Candidate Forums (webinar 12/19)
- Sample Moderator Training from LWV Oakland, added 2020
Ballot Measure Presentations
Speaker tips and other information on how to present ballot measures
- How to Evaluate Ballot Propositions (.doc)
- Sample Presentation Script (.doc)
- Speaker Tips (.doc)
- LWV Santa Clara Moderator Training (February 2014) (on YouTube)
- Write Local Pros & Cons
