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WHAT'S NEW FOR VOTERS
The state of California wants to make it easier to vote. Now, every registered voter in California will receive a ballot in the mail about a month before Election Day. You can choose to return the ballot by mail, drop it off, or instead vote in person. Read page 11 for more details.
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• About the November 5, 2024 General Election
In this "general" election, voters will:
• Choose a President, a U.S. Senator, and Representatives in U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature. • Vote "YES" or "NO" on 10 proposed state laws for California. • Vote for other candidates and proposed laws depending on where you live.
Every registered voter will get a Voter Information Guide in the mail that lists everything they can vote on.
You do not have to vote on everything. Your votes still count even if you choose to skip some things on your ballot.
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS GUIDE
About this General Election 2-5 Ways to Vote 11
State Propositions ...5-10 Voting is Easy as 1-2-3 12
2 ©2024 Easy Voter Guide California General Election • November 5, 2024 President and Vice President
In this election, the country will elect a President and a Vice President for a four-year term. The candidates for President and Vice President will run together as a pair. You can vote for one pair.
THE PRESIDENT THE VICE PRESIDENT
• Oversees most federal departments • Takes over if something happens to • Approves or rejects new laws the President
• Presents a budget each year • Runs meetings of the U.S. Senate to Congress • Attends important events for the President • Is in charge of foreign policy and • Has other duties chosen by the President the armed forces
How We Elect the President
You can think of the election for President as 51 separate elections (one for each state and Washington, D.C.).
To win a state, a candidate must win the majority of the people's votes - which is called the popular vote.
In most states, the winner of the state's popular vote takes all of that state's electoral votes.
Each state has a certain number of electoral votes, based on how many people live in the state. States with the most people have the most electoral votes.
The total number of electoral votes from all the states is 538. To become President, a candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes. In December, after the General Election, the "Electoral College" officially counts the electoral votes (even though we already know who the winner is). The winner will take office in January 2025.
Your vote for President really matters because just a few people's votes can decide if a candidate wins all of a state's electoral votes. Elections for President have been very close, and each state makes a big difference.
Electoral Votes by State
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4 ©2024 Easy Voter Guide California General Election • November 5, 2024 Voting for Candidates & Proposed Laws
Voting for Candidates
The way we choose our President is different from the way we choose other candidates in California.
HOW WE ELECT HOW WE ELECT
The President • U.S. Senator • U.S. Representative
• California State Senator
• California State Assembly Member
Each of California's six political parties has a
candidate running for president. The parties The two candidates who got are: American Independent, Democratic, Green, the most votes in the March Libertarian, Peace & Freedom, and Republican. primary election are running These candidates were chosen from each against each other. political party. That process usually occurs during It is possible that these two candidates could be the March primary election. from the same political party.
Voting for Proposed Laws (Propositions)
California voters will also make decisions on 10 proposed state laws (propositions):
• Prop 2 - Bonds for Public School & Community • Prop 6 - Ends Forced Labor of People in Jails & Prisons College Facilities • Prop 32 - Raises the Minimum Wage
• Prop 3 - Guarantees Marriage Equality • Prop 33 - Local Governments and Rent Control • Prop 4 - Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire • Prop 34 - Restricts Spending of Profits from Selling Prevention, and Climate Programs Prescription Drugs
• Prop 5 - Decreases Vote Requirement for Local • Prop 35 - Permanent Tax to Support Medi-Cal Housing & Infrastructure Bonds
• Prop 36 - Increase Penalties for Theft and Drug Crimes TRACK MY After returning your ballot, check WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to find out BALLOT where your ballot is in the process and when it has been accepted.
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 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were placed on the ballot by the State Legislature. The other Propositions have been placed on the ballot by people who collected enough signatures. • 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.
There are 10 state propositions in this election. You do not have to vote on everything.
Learn about propositions that are important to you and make your choice, YES or NO.
California General Election • November 5, 2024 ©2024 Easy Voter Guide 5 State Propositions
2 Bonds for Public School & Community College Facilities Legislative Statute The way it is now: One of the ways the state government supports schools is by providing money to help build and repair buildings. This money usually comes from bonds which are sold to raise money and then are repaid over time.
What Prop 2 would do if it passes: Prop 2 would allow the state to sell People for People against YES NO
$10 billion in new bonds to help build and repair schools, including: Prop 2 say: Prop 2 say:
• $8.5 billion for K-12 schools. • Prop 2 will allow • Prop 2 makes • $1.5 billion for community colleges. the state to taxpayers pay make California's bond interest for
Some of the K-12 money can be used for building pre-K classrooms, schools and many years. gyms, or kitchens. The state will pay for up to 5% more of the costs community • The bonds will
for school districts that are smaller, have more low income students, colleges safer. and have more difficulty raising money through selling bonds. go to wasteful • Prop 2 will help construction
Effect on the state budget: The state would spend about $500 million pay for badly projects instead per year for the next 35 years to repay the bonds. The effect on local needed repairs of classroom governments would depend on the choices that school districts and and security instruction. community colleges make about repairs and new buildings. improvements. 3 Guarantees Marriage Equality Legislative Constitutional Amendment The way it is now: The California Constitution says that only marriage between a man and a woman is legal.
In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it is unconstitutional to outlaw same-sex marriages anywhere in the United States, and that same-sex couples must be treated the same as opposite-sex couples. California now allows same sex marriages to be performed.
What Prop 3 would do if it passes: Prop 3 would YES People for NO People against take out the unconstitutional part of the California Prop 3 say: Prop 3 say:
Constitution that limits marriage to a "man and • Prop 3 protects the • There is no need to a woman," and put in words that say the right right of people to get change California's to marry is a fundamental right. This will allow married regardless of Constitution because marriage no matter what someone's gender, sexual gender or race. same-sex marriage is orientation, or race is. already legal.
• The California
Effect on the state budget: Prop 3 would have Constitution should • Prop 3 removes all rules no change in income or costs for state and local affirm marriage equality for marriage, opening the governments other than the costs needed to place which is the law of the door to child marriages, the measure on the ballot. United States. incest, and polygamy.
WHAT IS A BOND?
Bonds are a way for governments to borrow money. The government sells bonds to get money now and pays them back with interest over many years. 6 ©2024 Easy Voter Guide California General Election • November 5, 2024 State Propositions
Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Legislative Statute
Climate Programs
The way it is now: The state pays for activities to conserve natural resources and to protect people from damage caused by climate change. The activities can be projects to increase the amount of safe drinking water or protect against wildfire or flooding. Sometimes cities and counties or other organizations also work to protect natural resources. The state may provide grants and loans to them to do the work. Bonds may be sold to raise money for the activities and then are repaid over time.
What Prop 4 would do if it passes: The state would sell $10 billion in YES People for NO People against new bonds to fund: Prop 4 say: Prop 4 say:
• $3.8 billion for water projects. • Prop 4 will help • Bonds are the protect our most expensive
• $2.7 billion for wildfire and coastline protection.
communities, way to fund
• $1.2 billion toward fish and wildlife. health, and the economy. spering and
Other programs that would receive money are parks, agriculture and energy, and helping people deal with extreme heat. At least 40% of • This bond will should not the bond money must fund activities to help communities that are provide money be used.
Low-income or ones that are more likely to suffer from problems for water, to • Prop 4 provides caused by climate change. prevent wildfire, funding for and to protect unproven
Effect on the state budget: Prop 4 would increase state costs about us from climate technologies with
$400 million annually for 40 years to repay the bond plus interest. change. no real evidence
Activities that protect natural resources could reduce state and local of success.
costs of dealing with damage from natural disasters.
5 Decreases Vote Requirement for Local Housing
Legislative Constitutional Amendment
& Infrastructure Bonds
The way it is now: Cities, counties and special districts can borrow money by issuing bonds and then repay it by increasing property taxes. The bond money can be used for projects such as building roads, fire stations and water treatment plants. It can also be used to help pay for housing for people with low-incomes, people with disabilities, and those at risk of homelessness. Current law requires 66.7% of voters to vote "yes" to pass a local bond measure that will increase property taxes to repay the bonds.
What Prop 5 would do if it passes: Prop 5 would lower the YES People for NO People against voting requirement so that some types of local bond measures Prop 5 say: Prop 5 say:
could pass with 55% of the vote. This lower voting requirement • Prop 5 gives local • Prop 5 changes applies to housing program bonds for low-income families, communities more the California seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and other groups. tools to make housing Constitution which For example, bond funding can be used for programs that help affordable with has protected low-income people with down payments for housing. It could programs to help everyone from also be used to improve infrastructure for police, flood and fire first time buyers and high debt caused protection, libraries, public health, and public transit. to build and repair by bond issues. affordable housing. • Prop 5 pushes the
Effect on the state budget: This measure has little effect on the state budget but will impact local budgets. Prop 5 could increase • Prop 5 will allow local cost of building local borrowing to fund affordable housing, supportive housing, voters to address and maintaining community needs infrastructure onto
and public infrastructure. The amount of increased borrowing would depend on decisions by local governments and voters. such as housing and local governments Borrowed funds would be repaid with higher property taxes. safe streets. and their taxpayers.
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Ends Forced Labor of People in Jails & Prisons Legislative Constitutional Amendment The way it is now: The California Constitution prohibits "involuntary servitude" except as punishment for a crime.
Involuntary servitude is when a person is forced to work. Currently 16 states, including California, permit the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. In the last few years, voters in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont removed involuntary servitude language from their state constitutions.
What Prop 6 would do if it passes: People for People against YES NO
• Amend the California Constitution to prohibit involuntary Prop 6 say: Prop 6 say:
servitude for any reason. • Prop 6 restores • No argument • Prohibit the California Department of Corrections and human dignity by against Prop 6 ending forced labor, was submitted.
Rehabilitation (CDCR) from disciplining people in prison who refuse a work assignment. which constitutes
slavery and violates
• Allow the CDCR to reduce prison time for people who human rights. voluntarily accept work assignments.
• Prop 6 improves
Effect on the state budget: The effect of Prop 6 on state and public safety local costs are uncertain. It will depend on how rules about work by focusing on for people in state prison and county jail change. Any effect is rehabilitation of unlikely to be more than tens of millions of dollars annually. incarcerated people. 32 Raises the Minimum Wage Initiative
The way it is now: In California, the statewide minimum wage is $16 per hour. This wage goes up each year to match the cost of living. State law sets a higher minimum wage for some industries. For example, fast food workers are paid $20 per hour. Some California cities set their own minimum wage laws which can be higher than $16 per hour.
What Prop 32 would do if it passes: Prop 32 would raise YES People for No People against the minimum wage to $18 an hour for all employers by Prop 32 say: Prop 32 say:
2026. The wage would be adjusted for the cost of living • Raising the minimum • Raising the minimum each year after 2026. The new law would not lower what wage will improve the wage will hurt is being paid to people who already earn more than standard of living for businesses, raise $18 per hour. millions of workers prices, and cause
and promote economic job losses.
Effect on the state budget: Higher wages for state and fairness.
Local government employees will increase government • Governments may costs. The money the state collects from taxes will likely • People will make have to cut services decrease because some businesses will make less money. more money so they and raise taxes if If wages are higher, fewer people will qualify for health can afford housing they pay more care and food programs, like Medi-Cal and CalFresh, and food which makes for wages. which could save the state hundreds of millions of everyone better off. dollars to over $1 billion a year.
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35 Local Governments and Rent Control Initiative
The way it is now: Some cities have "rent control" laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents each year. State law prevents rent control on single-family homes and housing built after early 1995. It also prevents local governments from telling landlords what they can charge when a renter first moves in. Courts have said that landlords must be allowed to increase rents enough to be able to make some money each year.
What Prop 33 would do if it passes: Prop 33 would remove the law that YES People for NO People against prohibits rent control on single-family homes and housing built after Prop 33 say: Prop 33 say:
early 1995. This means that local governments would be more free • Prop 33 will • Prop 33 will to create their own rent control rules and could apply them to single- allow local increase costs to family houses. Local rent control laws would still have to allow landlords governments to build housing, to make some profit each year. Prop 33 would also stop the state from protect renters causing developers passing any laws to limit local governments from having rent control. and keep them to build less and housed while making California's
Effect on the state budget: This measure has little effect on the more affordable housing crisis state budget but will impact local budgets. The impact would housing is built worse.
depend on how many cities and counties pass rent control laws and what landlords do. The measure would likely decrease the money • Prop 33 will • Prop 33 will local governments get from property taxes. This decrease could be allow local drive up costs in the tens of millions of dollars each year. Cities or counties will communities to for renters and also need to spend money to enforce rent control laws. These costs vote on whether home buyers. will likely be paid by landlords. and how they
control rents.
34 Restricts Spending of Profits from Selling Prescription Drugs Initiative The way it is now: Medi-Cal is a program that provides health-care coverage for people with low income. A federal discount drug program requires drug makers to provide reduced-price drugs to healthcare providers who treat low-income people. These providers are allowed to charge people with private insurance higher prices than people with Medi-Cal. The goal is to give healthcare providers extra money to serve low-income people. The money earned may be used for any purpose that the provider chooses.
What Prop 34 would do if it passes: Prop 34 creates People for People against YES NO
new rules about how certain health-care providers Prop 34 say: Prop 34 say:
can spend money earned from the discount drug • Prop 34 will make • Prop 34 is an program. The rules apply to providers that spend sure that money attack by wealthy more than $100 million over 10 years on things from the discounted landlords against that are not related to direct patient care and that drug program is used one healthcare operate housing units with at least 500 serious safety for direct patient provider that supports violations. If these providers do not spend at least healthcare, not for rent control. 98% of the money on direct patient care, they could other purposes. lose their licenses and be banned from receiving • Federal law permits • Prop 34 will make the the profits from
government contracts and grants.
drug discount program drug company
permanent so that discounts to be
Effect on the state budget: Costs might be in the
millions of dollars to identify and punish providers discount drugs will used to support any always be available for non-profit mission of
who violate the law. The state will likely pay for
those costs by fining those providers. Medi-Cal patients. healthcare providers.
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35 Permanent Tax to Support Medi-Cal Initiative
The way it is now: California's Medi-Cal program provides health services to over 15 million low-income people.
Services are provided through "managed care organizations" (MCOs) such as Kaiser or Anthem Blue Cross. The federal government pays for 50-70% of the Medi-Cal program. California pays for the rest. For the past 20 years, a temporary tax paid by the MCOs has been used to help pay for California's share of Medi-Cal. This tax will expire at the end of 2026 unless the California Legislature and federal government approve it again.
What Prop 35 would do if it passes: Prop 35 would change YES People for NO People against the temporary tax that helps fund Medi-Cal to a permanent Prop 35 say: Prop 35 say:
tax on MCOs. It will also create new rules for how the tax • Prop 35 will support • No argument money can be spent. The tax money would be required to health services that against Prop 35 support Medi-Cal and other health programs and would not help low-income people. was submitted. be available to put into the general California state budget. • Increased funding will Effect on the state budget: In a few years, funding for allow higher payments MediCal and other health programs would increase by to healthcare workers about $2 to $5 billion per year. State costs will increase and improve access to by $1 billion to $2 billion annually to cover some existing doctors and other health Medi-Cal services not included in Prop 35. services for people with low income.
36 Increase Penalties for Theft and Drug Crimes Initiative The way it is now: Felonies are considered severe crimes. Less severe crimes are misdemeanors. In 2014 voters passed a law that turned nonviolent crimes like drug possession and shoplifting into misdemeanors unless someone has prior convictions for serious crimes. Money saved from fewer people in prison is used for mental health and drug treatment, programs to keep kids in school, and victim services.
What Prop 36 would do if it passes: Prop 36 turns some misdemeanors TED Peop 36 say: NO People against into felonies, can lengthen sentences, and requires some sentences be Prop 36 say served in prison instead of jail. For example: • Prop 36 • Prop 36 would • Someone with 2 past theft convictions who shoplifts could get a would make make California 3-year felony sentence. communities
safer and hold stopping crime
A person who gives or sells an illegal drug to someone who suffers repeat thieves prevention and
a major injury from using it could receive a longer sentence. This accountable. drua treatment includes drugs like psychedelic mushrooms.
• Prop 36 will
If someone with past drug convictions holds drugs like fentanyl make thieves • Prop 36 would or cocaine, they could be charged with a felony. They could be required to receive treatment, and have charges dismissed when and drug cost taxpayers dealers serve billions to
complete. If treatment is not completed or they are not eligible tougher felony imprison more
for treatment, they could be sent to jail or prison. people without sentences.
Effect on the state budget: There will be increased state and local costs reducing crime. for prisons, jails, and mental health and drug treatment. State costs for mental health and drug treatment, programs to keep kids in school, and victim services will be reduced.
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Every registered voter in California will receive a ballot in the mail about a month before the election.
There are 3 ways to vote. You can choose to mail back your ballot, or drop it off, or you can vote in person at a Voting Location.
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Drop off your ballot at any Voting Location or secure Ballot Dropbox in your county.
For details and locations check caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov.
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