Welcome! The Easy Voter Guide Project helps new voters and busy voters in California learn about the voting process and what will be on the ballot.
Use these FREE nonpartisan tools. You will find it can be easy to participate.
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In this page:
Voting is as easy as 1-2-3
The Easy Voter Guide for the June 6, 2006 primary election
Political Party Statements
Multi-lingual Voter Assistance
Print
Voting is as easy as 1-2-3 is a four-page handout with simple descriptions and pictures that explain each step of the voting process. It is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. To download a printable PDF copy in Chinese, click here. To view or download a printable PDF in other languages, click here.
Audio
To listen to an audio recording of Voting is as easy as 1-2-3 in Cantonese, click here.
To listen to an audio recording of Voting is as easy as 1-2-3 in Mandarin, click here.
Next Election: June 6, 2006
The Easy Voter Guide for the June 6, 2006 primary election is now available. Click here to print a free 16-page PDF copy in Chinese. The guide is also available in html format in English, with links to helpful sites that provide additional information on statewide candidate races and propositions.
Starting early May, organizations across the state will be distributing FREE copies of the Easy Voter Guide for the June 6, 2006 Special Election. To see which organizations will distribute the Easy Voter Guide in Chinese, click here.
When new voters fill out a voter registration card, they are asked if they want to choose a political party or "decline to state." To help you decide, we have collected short statements from each of California’s seven qualified political parties.
To download a printable PDF copy in Chinese, click here.
Multi-lingual voter education resources are available from the California Secretary of State’s Office.