Here's a go-to list of voting guides, including VOTE411, videos of state and local candidate forums and ballot propositions, websites, bridging organizations, resources for voters with disabilities, and more. We'll keep adding to the lineup, so come back again!
Video replays
- Nevada Irrigation District Candidate Forum
- Nevada County Joint Union High School District Cancidate Forum
- Nevada County Board of Education Trustee Area 2 Candidate Forum
- Grass Valley City Council Candidate Forum
Video replays
- Nevada Irrigation District Candidate Forum
- Nevada County Joint Union High School District Cancidate Forum
- Nevada County Board of Education Trustee Area 2 Candidate Forum
- Grass Valley City Council Candidate Forum
- California State Assembly District 1 Candidate Forum
- Full Pros and Cons presentation on the state propositions and ballot measures
- Full Pros and Cons presentation on the state propositions and ballot measures
- Los Pros y Contras del Eleccion General de Noviembre del 2024 en Espanol
Envíe un correo electrónico a randiswisley [at] lwvnevadacounty.org para obtener una copia de esta presentación.
- Prop 2 - Bond to modernize schools
- Prop 3 - Marriage equality
- Prop 4 - Bond for draught and fire mitigation, to improve parks
- Prop 5 - Local bond approval requirements
- Prop 6 - Forced labor
- Prop 32 - Minimum wage
- Prop 33 - Rent control
- Prop 34 - MediCal drug profits
- Prop 35 - Health insurance tax and MediCal reimbursements
- Prog 36 - Criminal penalties
See more detail on who is contributing money to campaigns here.
See more impartial details on some of the more complex propositions here.
See opinions of LWV State League proposition recommendations here.
Voting information
- League of Women Voters of Nevada County
- VOTE411: An online voting guide specific to your address by the League of Women Voters.
- Easy Voter Guide: Essential voting information printable and in five languages.
- Proposition Party in a Box
- Nevada County Elections Office
- Yubanet's Voter Guide
- California Secretary of State
- CalMatters' 2024 Voter Guide
- Ballotopia
- Cal-Access Financial information submitted by state candidates, donors, lobbyists, and others.
- Legislative Analyst’s Office: Has a fiscal analysis of the propositions
Resources for voters with disabilities
- FREED - Information specific to voters with disabilities in this area
- Disability Rights California’s (DRC) Election Day Voting Hotline: 888-569-7955, TTY 800-719-5798. Especially helfpul if someone with a disability is having issues voting or accessing the polls. DRC can often help resolve the issue in real time.
- DRC's “Your Vote Matters” video - a good overview of voting with a disability in California.
- DRC’s video about Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail (RAVBM)
- Secretary of State’s informational PDF about RAVBM
- Voting during a medical emergency
Misinformation and disinformation
- RumorGuard: Fact-checks viral rumors and gives tips to help you build your news literacy and evaluate claims you see online.
- News Literacy Project: Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024: Tracks the topics and tactics of 2024 election misinformation.
- "How False News Can Spread": Video about circular reporting, by TedEd.
- The Brennan Center for Justice: A nonpartisan law and policy institute. Election coverage includes election integrity, voter suppression, influence of big money, gerrymandering and fair representation, misinformation, election subversion.
Bridging the divide
- The Dignity Index: An eight-point scale that scores speech along a continuum from contempt to dignity. It aims to show how language can either divide or unite us, and to promote respectful discourse across the political spectrum.
- Disagree Better Summit
- Braver Angels: Aims to bring Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic.
- Helping Loved Ones Divided by Politics series
- American Public Square: Uses civil discourse to bridge the partisan divide, Engages in fact-based conversations about local, regional and national issues.
- Bridging Divides Initiative: A non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States.
- Living Room Conversations: Connects people within communities and across differences through dialogue to build trust and understanding.
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