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Voter Guide in 5 Languages
November 2020 Easy
Voter Guide is Online!
EVG
offers basic voting info & our trusted, community reviewed, easy-to-read
summaries of the 12 ballot measures voters will need to decide on for the Nov
Election.
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Easy Voter Guide in 5 languages
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Last day to register to vote in this election.
If you are registered to vote you will
get a ballot mailed to you about a month before Election Day
Check your registration to make sure it’s
up to date. If your signature has changed over time, then re-register to update
your signature at VOTER STATUS.
NOVEMBER 3, 2020 ELECTION DAY
Your voting location is open from 7:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
MISSED THE OCTOBER 19 VOTER REGISTRATION
DEADLINE?
NO PROBLEM! YOU CAN STILL VOTE IN THIS
ELECTION!
If you missed the deadline, go to any
Voting Location.
You can register and vote on the same day
– all the way up through Election Day.
1. Find your assigned Polling Place
2. Go to that Voting Location to make sure
you get a ballot with all your local contests.
3. Same-day register and vote from home.
4. If you need to register after October 19 and want to vote from home, contact
your County
Elections Office to find out how to register and get a vote by mail ballot
through Election Day.
State Propositions
Propositions are proposed laws presented
to the public to vote on. Propositions can make new laws, change existing laws,
and sometimes they change California’s Constitution. They can be placed on the
ballot by people who collect
enough voter signatures or by state
lawmakers (the California Legislature).
A proposition passes and becomes law
if it receives more than 50 percent YES
votes.
Propositions 14 through 24 are
“initiatives.”
For an initiative:
A YES vote means that you support the way
the proposition would change things.
A NO vote means that you want to leave
things the way they are now.
Proposition 25 is a “referendum,” which
asks voters to decide on a law that was already passed.
For a referendum:
A YES vote means that you support the law
and want to keep it.
A NO vote means you do not want the law
to go into effect.
There are 12 state propositions in this
election.
The way it is now:
What Prop would do if it passes:
Effect on the state budget:
People For Prop say:
People Against Prop say:
14 Stem Cell Research
15 Taxes on Commercial Property
16 Allow Public Agencies to Consider
Diversity
17 Voting Rights for People Who Have
Completed Their Prison Term
18 Voting Rights for 17-Year-Olds
19 Changes in Property Tax Rules
20 Changes to Criminal Penalties and
Parole
21 Local Governments and Rent Control
22 Rideshare and Delivery Drivers
23 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
24 Changes to Consumer Privacy Laws
25 Yes or No on Getting Rid of Bail
Readability Consensus
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 9
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old
(Eighth and Ninth graders)
