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  GO VOTE. GO VOTE. GO VOTE. GO VOTE. GO VOTE. And tag your photos #VoteLA2050 for prizes!!!! #VoteLA2050

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  City Clerk June Lagmay officially declared the polls open at the press conference earlier this morning.

  Go vote L.A.!

• Tomorrow is Election Day in L.A.! Don't forget to remind your friends, family members, neighbors, and constituents to go vote! Polls are open from 7am - 8pm. If you're a nonprofit or business, promote election day by sharing this image on your social media and posting this flier in your your lobbies and waiting areas. Click on this link for more election day tips! http://conta.cc/19X2ocZ

  

• Some thoughtful perspective by Jim Newton around this year's Mayor's race: "As the campaign for mayor of Los Angeles has played out over the last two years, the complaints I've heard most often are that none of the candidates has reached for big ideas, that the field has lacked big personalities and that the two finalists are hard to distinguish from each other. There's some truth to each of those, but with the campaign concluding Tuesday, it's also worth noting that all of them also are overstated." Don't forget to go to the polls tomorrow! Polls are open from 7am-8pm. Check the back of your sample ballot or go to www.lavote.net/locator to find your designated polling place.

  

  As the campaign for mayor of Los Angeles has played out over the last two years, the complaints I've heard most often are that none of the candidates has reached for big ideas, that the field has lacked big personalities and that the two finalists are hard to distinguish from each other. There's som...

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• Fyi, I hope that some of you will take advantage of LA Yellow Cab Co.'s "Roll to the Polls" campaign next Tuesday, May 21st for Election Day! Voters interested in a ride to their polling place can simply call Yellow Cab Co. at (800) 808-7293, state their polling location, and provide the dispatcher with the code “LA Vote” when booking their cab. Tell Yellow Cab Co. how much you appreciate this service, and SHARE this info with your networks! Thanks!

  

• L.A. Election Day Resources for Tuesday, May 21st! Please take a look and share this with others if you find it to be helpful!

  

  Election Day for the City of Los Angeles is next Tuesday, May 21st, and we want to make sure that you are well-prepared before you go to the polls, so here are some important links to help you get through the day.

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• The city's 15 council districts have nearly equal populations, but in March, three times as many ballots were cast in some districts as in others. What are some ideas that you have to increase voter participation in elections and boost turnout in low-turnout neighborhoods?

  

  In a city with more than 2 million eligible voters, roughly 400,000 may cast ballots in Tuesday's election. The low turnout is in keeping with historical trends.

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• Some excellent insight by Raphael Sonenshein, Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State L.A about the poll that PBI recently released about the upcoming General Elections on May 21st. "In this, as in so many elections, we have focused so much on the candidates that we may have forgotten that elections are really about the voters -- how various groups’ representation has changed over time and what they want to happen in their city. . . . We often hear negative things about the city and about the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). We should also wonder how people feel in their own neighborhoods, because that’s their day-to-day experience." Click here to read the full report: http://bit.ly/10H3yF2

  

  This year, for the first time, the Pat Brown Institute at CSU Los Angeles went into the polling field.

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• Check out KCET News' money tracker to find out how much money has been raised and spent during this municipal election. Click on "Inside the Race" for more detailed information about who's funding the candidates in each race and how the candidates are spending their money. Please share this information if you find it valuable!

  

  We've got less than a week until L.A.'s mayoral election. To see which of your neighbors are donating to candidates, we've added a map to our campaign finance database. Click on "Inside the Race" for any of the races: http://bit.ly/16A9JSE

• Only 6 more days until Election Day! 3 Easy Ways to Vote: 1. Vote-By-Mail (VBM) Early Voting: if you are holding on to a vote-by-mail (VBM) ballot, mail your ballot into the Election Division office asap. All VBM ballots must be received (not postmarked!) by the Office of the Los Angeles City Clerk - Election Division by the close of voting next Tuesday, May 21 at 8pm. Voters who cannot mail their VBM ballots in time may drop off their ballot at any polling place or at the Election Division office by 8pm on Election Day. 2. In-Person Early Voting: stop by the Election Division office between now and next Monday, May 20 between the hours of 8am-5pm to cast your vote. The Election Division office is located at Piper Technical Center (555 Ramirez Street, Space 375, Los Angeles, CA 90012). 3. Be prepared for Election Day. Visit www.lavote.net/locator to look up your sample ballot and polling place location. Remember, polls open from 7am - 8pm! Please share this info with others!

  

  L.A. City Votes reminds you to GO VOTE L.A. on 5/21!

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• "With one week to go we now can see strong returns from LA City. The Mayor's race shows higher turnout than the Primary with a surge from young people, but fairly stable growth from each ethnic group and neighborhood."

  

  The latest LA City Clerk numbers are showing three strong trends that now speak to HIGHER turnout for the May runoff, just a week away: Ballot Requests are up. The city has issued 737,421 ballots ...

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  The KPCC voter guide is back: Enter your address, see your ballot, learn about the candidates and take your choices to the polls. http://kp.cc/YClRZO

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  May 21st is election day for City of LA residents, and LA2050 wants to see how you get out the vote! Share a picture of your voting experience with us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using #VoteLA2050 . It could be a picture of your "I Voted" sticker, your mail-in ballot, your polling place, get creative! Just be sure to tag your photo with #VoteLA2050 . On May 22nd we will randomly select FOUR photos to win a PRIZE: - TOP PRIZE (x1): You and a guest will receive an invitation to the My LA2050 Happy Hour on May 30th. - RUNNERS UP (x3): You will win an LA2050 tote bag and two tickets to LACMA's new exhibit: James Turrell retrospective. #VoteLA2050

• Join the LAJCC (Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce) and other young professionals tomorrow evening for a one-on-one discussion with Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and a representative from Eric Garcetti's campaign. Learn about their respective visions for the City of Angels and network with other young professionals at the same time. Details: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 @ 7 pm – 9 pm Location: The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA Click here for more info and to RSVP: http://greuelgarcettitalk-es2005.eventbrite.com/

  

• For those of you unable to attend tonight's Mayoral Candidate Forum in Watts hosted by LA Voice PICO, tune in to tonight's final televised debate between the mayoral candidates beginning at 7pm on KCAL Channel 9.

  

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• Fyi, LA Voice PICO will be holding a Candidates Forum next Monday, May 13 at The Macedonia Baptist Church of Los Angeles in Watts (1751 East 114th St. Los Angeles, CA 90059). Check out their facebook event page for more details!

• The Pat Brown Institute at Cal State L.A. is teaming up with the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Education Fund and ABC7 to host a live Mayoral Debate between Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel from 7-8pm. The debate is at capacity, but it will be broadcast live on KABC Channel 7. Photo credit: Pat Brown Institute.

  

• The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report about the changing electorate, which draws on data from the November 2012 Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement. Read highlights of the report here or download the full report at http://1.usa.gov/18ZM6zv.

  

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• Read the latest edition of Nonprofit VOTE's Nonprofit Voter for info about their upcoming webinar, how to order a "Register to Vote" poster, and new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on the 2012 election.

  

  The Nonprofit Voter provides monthly updates on election news and resources for nonprofits. Be the first to hear about what's new with nonprofits and elections by connecting with us online. In this Issue… Order a Free

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• Join community members from the South Los Angeles Alliance of Neighborhood Councils THIS SATURDAY, MAY 11 from 10am-12:30pm for a CANDIDATES FORUM with Mayoral Candidates Eric Garcetti & Wendy Greuel, and City Attorney Candidates Mike Feuer & Carmen Trutanich at Angeles Mesa Elementary School (2611 W. 52nd Street, Los Angeles). Sponsored by: CANNDUNC, Empowerment Congress West Area, Harbor Gateway, Park Mesa, UNNC, Watts Neighborhood Council & Community Health Councils, Inc.

  

• Confused about what the differences are between the 3 Medical Marijuana measures on the May 21st ballot? Visit KCET's Ballot Briefs for more info about Propositions D, E, and F, and decide which proposition you support!

  

  The future of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles will be decided by the voters come May 21. The crux of the argument comes down to proliferation of pot clinics, not tax increases, as the two frontrunners stand on the opposite isle of the access to medicinal pot debate.

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• Learn more about Proposition C, which is on the May 21st ballot for the L.A. City Elections.

  

  On May 21, voters will be saying yes or not to Prop C. If passed, it would instruct local lawmakers to support legislation calling for a reversal to the Supreme Court's decision to allow unrestricted political expenditures by unions, corporations and special interest groups. Need more info? Ballot Brief spells it all out here: http://bit.ly/16UIsui

• Miss yesterday's on-air debate between L.A. Mayoral Candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel? Read the take-aways here or watch the debate in its entirety on Zocalo Public Square's webpage.

  

  With two weeks before the runoff election for mayor of Los Angeles, candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel sought to distinguish their positions and records from each other in a debate co-presented by Zócalo and KCRW at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

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California Common Cause is privileged to be able to play an active role in this year’s national, nonpartisan Election Protection efforts to ensure that all eligible voters have the right to cast their ballots on Election Day (November 6).  Election Protection, a coalition of more than 100 local, state and national partners coordinated by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is the nation’s most ambitious nonpartisan effort to prevent Election Day disenfranchisement.

Together with law firms and organizations across the country, on November 6, the School will be hosting an Election Protection hotline – a toll-free, nonpartisan resource to answer voter questions during the election on Tuesday, November 6.

Volunteering with the Election Protection Program and Sign-Up Instructions

On Election Day (Tuesday, November 6), the UCLA School of Law’s clinical lab will be turned into a local Call Center, joining the law firms of Reed Smith and Munger, Tolles & Olson and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in servicing the southern California area.

Voters in southern California who encounter a problem at the polls and call the Election Protection hotline number will be routed to one of our Call Centers.  If you wish to volunteer, you must attend one of the Election Protection trainings. See here: www.866ourvote.org

Sign-Up instructions – Mandatory Training and Call Center Volunteer Shifts

To sign up for another training:  Go to the Election Protection website, http://www.866ourvote.org/, click on “Volunteer,” and follow the registration instructions, which then will allow you to sign-up for a training in your designated geographic area.

There are many other opportunities in the field for those who wish to volunteer at the polls on Election Day. If you are interested in volunteering in the field, go to the Election Protection website, http://www.866ourvote.org/, click on “Volunteer,” and follow the registration instructions, which then will allow you to sign up for a mandatory training and for one or more volunteer shifts.

For more information about Election Protection, see http://www.866ourvote.org/.