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Hi Folks,
I'm writing to share a few updates and news developments we are keeping an eye on at the California Voter Foundation.
Last month, I testified before the California State Senate and Constitutional Amendments Committee about vote-by-mail ballot rejection and ballot curing. My slide deck and testimony are available on CVF's web site and reflect over a decade's worth of CVF's work on reforms to reduce ballot rejection.
Hi Folks,
Today the California State Senate and Constitutional Amendments Committee will be holding an informational hearing on the topic of ballot curing.
I will be testifying on behalf of the California Voter Foundation and have made my testimony available on CVF's web site. My slide presentation will be added after the hearing to CVF's Advocacy and Testimony page, along with a link to the livestream recording.
Dear Friends,
For this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to make a meaningful impact on California’s democracy by supporting the California Voter Foundation (CVF).
In this, our 30th year, CVF has been monitoring several competitive California races in the November 2024 election. This project is giving the public and media a clear picture of how close the margin is in undecided contests and how many ballots remain.
The Close Count Transparency Project is the brainchild of Kim Alexander, who has guided CVF through three decades of changes in elections in California. The project has been featured in stories just this past month in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CalMatters, Spectrum News and KQED among others.
Hi Folks,
Over the Thanksgiving break, we continued monitoring ballot processing and updated our Close Count Tracker with new numbers in close contests as more votes were added to results.
Hi Folks,
We are now three weeks past Election Day and two California U.S. House races along with one state legislative contest remain too close to call. We've created some charts below showing how CD 13 and CD 45 results have tightened and changed since Election Night to help illustrate how incredibly close these two contests are.
Hi Folks,
We are two weeks past Election Day and several California U.S. House and legislative contests and one state ballot proposition remain too close to call.
In Southern California's Congressional District 45, Republican incumbent Michelle Steele has seen her lead over Democratic challenger Derek Tran shrink from a high of 5.1 percent the morning after Election Day to 0.01 percent on Saturday; on Monday, Tran took the lead by 102 votes. His lead has grown a bit since then but is still incredibly narrow, with just 314 votes currently separating the two candidates and an estimated 72,000 ballots remaining to process in the counties that are home to this district as of the vote count this morning.
There are still two U.S. House seats in California that remain "too close to call". In Southern California's CD 45, Republican incumbent Michelle Steele has seen her lead over Democratic challenger Derek Tran shrink from a high of 5.1 percent the morning after Election Day to 0.02 percent as of Friday. This amounts to just 58 ballots separating the two candidates, with an estimated 151,000 ballots remaining to process in the counties that are home to this district.
Hi Folks,
Many California congressional and legislative races remain too close to call. CVF's Close Count Transparency Project is tracking a number of close U.S. House and legislative races which you can view in the CVF tracker.
Hi Folks,
Many California congressional and legislative races remain too close to call. CVF's Close Count Transparency Project is tracking eleven congressional races, the outcome of which will help decide which party controls the House of Representatives next year. Six close legislative races are included in the CVF tracker as well.
Hi Folks,
Many California congressional and legislative races remain too close to call. CVF's new Close Count Transparency Project launched earlier this week and we are tracking eleven congressional races, the outcome of which will help decide which party controls the House of Representatives next year. Six close legislative races have been added to the CVF tracker as well. Since Wednesday, some margins narrowed, some widened, and another congressional race, CD 40, was called by the Associated Press.
