Issues that matter to you and what action the League is taking. County Introduces Paperless Sample Ballots

Registered voters can subscribe for E-Sample Ballot by visiting http://www.lavote.net. The subscription process is fast and secure, and only requires a few clicks (check out our video). After the subscription is confirmed, the voter receives a link to their Official Sample Ballot and other important election information via email, at least 30 days prior to every election. Subscribers will automatically receive their election information via email, every election and will no longer have to be mailed a hard copy of their Official Sample Ballot to their home address. Voters can unsubscribe at any time.

The internet is increasingly becoming a widely used resource for accessing information about elections. According to a report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project as many as 54 percent of U.S. adults accessed election information online during the 2010 elections. "The way voters communicate and gather information is rapidly changing," said Dean Logan, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. "Our E-Sample Ballot subscription has the potential to engage new generations and new demographics of voters that are now online, as well as make election information more portable for the growing population of smart phone users." Logan concluded.

The service also has the potential to generate significant savings for Los Angeles County. Estimates produced by the RR/CC indicate that the County currently spends $3.5 million in printing and mailing Sample Ballots to more than four million voters every election. These costs will decrease incrementally as more voters opt into having their election materials delivered electronically.

As part of its outreach efforts to voters, the RR/CC sent an email invitation to subscribe to E-Sample Ballot to more than 530,000 registered voters this weekend. A link to apply online is available at http://www.lavote.net.

Breaking News! Yesterday afternoon, the League and its partners surpassed the 25,000 signature goal on the petition asking the White House to appoint new FEC commissioners! Join the League in its fight against the Superpacs. Fight back against the big money pouring into political campaigns this year.

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2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of women's right to vote in California. 2012 marks the 100 year anniversary of when California women actually went to the polls.

2012 is the also the year of another presidential election, the first year California's "Top Two Primary" system will be implemented, and is the year of the City of Los Angeles's redistricting process.

100 years of Girls Scouts U.S.A. -100 years of California women voting!

Opportunities for students and graduates to participate in the work of LWVLA. Responses and requests for further information can be sent to: Zhita Rea, internships@lwvlosangeles.org.