Have you heard the following excuses for NOT voting for school board candidates? "I don’t have kids in school anymore" OR "I don’t keep up with school politics anymore" OR "I’ve done my time volunteering and fighting systems in the schools, it’s time for the next group of parents to act"? Let’s debunk those rationales.

It is always important to vote always but it is especially impactful during low turn-out midterm elections.

In President Biden‘s speech, he spoke tough truths that had to be said out loud. This country is under attack from within. And the attack is led by a madman.

An informed voter is an engaged voter. To help you stay informed, we will update this page regularly.

The #DemocratsDeliver hashtag and slogan has been used by the Democratic Party nationally and here in California recently. You’ve probably seen it on social media or in your email. And, why not? It’s short, it’s sweet, and it’s accurate.

The Blue Wave Tides of our Democratic Party are rolling in a positive direction toward possible Democratic control of Congress in the coming November elections. Moving forward, Democrats must be united on all levels to continue this momentum working for the election of our candidates.

If you remember the original 1950s movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, you remember how terrifying it was… And I’ll add, symbolically prophetic.

Hypocrisy seems to be a cornerstone of GOP reasoning these days. Be it the price of gas, the murder of school children, the intrusion of government into our private lives, or a myriad of other issues, GOP candidates are serving as contortionists to justify their platform positions.

Representation matters…Immigrants are often left out of voting because of federal election laws. Representation for us has been very limited or non-existent at all until recently.

There are days in our lives when we know, for better or worse, our lives have been changed – not by our actions but by “others”. Pearl Harbor, the Twin Towers, Sandy Hook…events that shocked us to the core. Our U.S. Supreme Court has also changed lives…“Obergefell”, a decision that changed the lives of our gay population, Brown v Board of Education, that advanced the climb from blatant segregation, and Roe v Wade, that freed women from back alley abortions.

Communicating with voters directly is the best way to get them to support your candidate or position. Placer DCC offers several ways to help get our message out to voters. For all of these, volunteers are needed to deliver the message in any successful Get Out the Vote (GOTV) campaign.

Feeling emboldened, many conservative legislatures across our nation have already introduced or strengthened legislation intended to severely restrict or outright abolish this access to safe care.

I personally believe there is something fundamentally wrong about giving any human being a job for life. Every paid human should be subjected to performance reviews and allowed to stay or move on. Maybe the guaranteed gig has made our Court less Supreme.

Are you trying to figure out what the latest redistricting boundary changes mean for your June 7 Primary Ballot options? By the time you get your sample ballot in mid-May, it will all be clear. Good luck if you go online now, because many of the websites, including the Placer County Office of Elections have not yet been updated to allow you to enter your address to find the new districts.

If you want to preview it for the Congressional, State Senate and State Assembly races, I recommend you check out this link at Cal Matters:

https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/01/california-election-new-districts-lookup/

After you enter your voter residence address, it will show you both your “old” and “new” districts.