Democracy for All: What's Next for Building Equity in California's Elections?

The FoCE Conference is operated by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and brings together elections officials, election reform advocates, researchers, organizers, and other stakeholders to discuss key topics in voting and elections, build relationships, and together begin to imagine a future for our elections that better serves all voters.

This conference brings together leading thinkers and advocates across the spectrum of elections stakeholders to discuss, inspire, innovate, and envision elections and a democracy that is more inclusive of all Californians.

LWVC, as part of of nonpartisan voting rights coalition, urged Governor Newsom and state legislators to support a proposed $85 million budget for voter education and outreach.

"Despite recent legislative changes designed to remove impediments to voting in California, and a historically high voter turnout in the November 2020 election, disparities in participation among youth and voters of color persisted, and in some cases grew.... The goals of California’s election reforms, to achieve a more representative democracy, cannot be realized unless there is widespread public awareness of new opportunities to participate in democracy. Our nonpartisan voting rights coalition urges the Governor and lawmakers to commit to earmarking at least $85 million annually for three successive budget years to educate Californians for the 2022 and 2024 election cycles."

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