blog post Automatic Voter Registration Is No Panacea By Mark Baldassare May 6, 2015 There’s no question that automatic voter registration would swell California’s voter rolls. But would it significantly increase turnout?
blog post Testimony: Four Important Questions about Voting in California By Eric McGhee Mar 30, 2015 Low voter registration is about more than administrative hurdles. Many of the people who do not register are expressing a deeper disengagement from politics and public life.
blog post The Special Election and the Top-Two Primary By Eric McGhee Mar 19, 2015 The "top-two” primary rules have changed the contest for a Bay Area state senate seat.
blog post Improving the Vote-by-Mail System By Eric McGhee Sep 9, 2014 For the first time in eight years, there is no incumbent running for California secretary of state. This offers a great opportunity to step back and consider where California’s elections are, and where they ought to go next.
blog post Six Takeaways from the June Primary By Mark Baldassare Jul 14, 2014 For those of us involved in polling and election analysis at PPIC, the just-released California Secretary of State’s (SOS) Statement of the Vote offers a treasure trove of data about how our democracy is working.
blog post The Power of the Primary Voter By Eric McGhee May 8, 2014 Voters are starting to think seriously about whether or not to vote on June 3—in fact, many voters have received their vote-by-mail ballots already. And because of a recent change to California’s primary system, this decision about voting will be more important than ever.
blog post Panel Focuses on Increasing Voter Participation By David Lesher Jan 24, 2014 PPIC hosted a panel of leading experts on voter participation in Sacramento yesterday to talk about several important voter reforms underway. Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, and California Common Cause Director Kathay Feng responded to a new report from PPIC.
Report Expanding California’s Electorate: Will Recent Reforms Increase Voter Turnout? By Eric McGhee Jan 22, 2014 To address declines in voter turnout, California has adopted same-day registration—so voters can register and cast ballots on the same day—and implemented online registration. A proposal to relax the deadline for returning mail ballots is also being considered. These changes are not likely to significantly increase turnout, but two of them either decrease or add few administrative costs. This research was supported with funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.
press release Post-Election Survey: Proposition 8 Results Expose Deep Rifts Over Same-Sex Marriage Dec 3, 2008
