How Can California Overcome Its Voter Disillusionment?

California’s voting system has been overhauled with mail-in ballots and same-day registration, yet turnout remains notably low. Why does our richly diverse state fail to translate into representative turnout, and what alchemy might revive it? Explore California’s practical strategies for local, state, and federal elections and uncover what works—and what doesn’t. Learn from the state’s election history since 1960 and see how these insights could improve voter participation across the country.

Join California Humanities and the J.B. McClatchy Foundation for a free public panel and reception at the Sacramento Public Library Galleria on Thursday, October 3.

Schedule:

5:30 pm–6 pm: Drinks and hors d'oeuvres

6 pm–7:15 pm: Panel

7:15 pm–8 pm: Reception

Speakers to be announced. For more information, please write to Kirsten Vega at [email protected].

Through California On The Ballot, California Humanities invites the people of California and beyond to reflect and talk about the past, present, and future of electoral engagement in California.

California Humanities is the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.To sign up for upcoming events, visit www.calhum.org.

Library Galleria. Photo courtesy of the Sacramento Public Library.

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