ELECTIONS

Californians can now register to vote online with the Secretary of State.

You can register to vote at any time but must register one month before the next election. (For example, voters who registered up until Monday, October 22, 2012, were able to vote in the November 6, 2012 General Election.)

Register to Vote Online Now

Congratulations to our new civic leaders and thanks to all who took their time, talent and treasure to run for public office in 2012.

Marilyn Ezzy-Ashcraft and Tony Daysog are Alameda's newly elected Alameda City Council members. Stewart Chen, D.C., as the third-place finisher, was appointed to fill the vacancy left after former Vice-mayor Rob Bonta's win over Abel Guillen in the Assembly District 18 race. (This is according to the Alameda City Charter.)

New to the Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees is our own Barbara Kahn, a former "brown bagger," who wants to implement our proposal for an AUSD Sunshine Ordinance. Incumbents Trish Spencer and Neil Tam return to the AUSD board.

Mike McCormick and Jordan Battani have been reelected to the City of Alameda Healthcare District (hospital) Board, which is now in the process of filling the vacancy left when hospital board member Stewart Chen, DC, resigned to take Rob Bonta's former seat on the City Council.

We hope that Jeff Cambra and Tracy Jensen, who left the League board to run for office, will resume their active participation in our League.

The LWV of Alameda is pleased that so many of its members have participated in civic elections and looks forward to seeing the League principles of open and transparent governance implemented from the dais.

--Kate Quick, LWVA President

Have you moved recently? Changed your marital status? Turned 18?

You can now register to vote online.

Click here for a flyer with details about all four of the LWVA's Fall 2012 Election Forums.

To contact your local elected and appointed officials , open or download our Know Your Representatives brochure.

The information in this brochure offers the contact information for many local, state, and national officials and was updated in June 2013.

(Please contact us at league@alameda.ca.lwvnet.org with any corrections or suggestions.)

Smart Voter: Key in your address and zip code to see the contests on your ballot. Then click away and find information on candidates and ballot measures -- from the League and other nonpartisan sources. Archives of past elections available with election results. Go to Smart Voter

See more information on elections in California: preparing to vote, voting (in person, by mail, if you've moved), voting rights, take a friend to vote, results of past elections, etc.

The Easy Voter Guide Project is dedicated to the idea that all people should have access to nonpartisan information about the why, how and what of voting and other forms of civic involvement. Check it out...

Are you registered to vote? Do you want to change your party, your address, or your name?

See information from the Office of the California Secretary of State about registering to vote in California. Learn about voter registration deadlines, requirements, how to register, political parties, registration drives, living and voting overseas, etc.

You can Register to Vote Online Here