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  • Be a Neighborhood Vote Protector in Ventura County

    Buen Vecino, a Ventura County community group and one of our partners in 805 EPIC, is recruiting Neighborhood Vote Protectors.

    Volunteers observe polling places, document and report incidents, and help make sure voters can cast their ballots without fear or intimidation. You’ll take a brief online training first.

    Already signed up with a national poll monitoring group? Thank you. This one keeps the help local.

    Sign up to be a Neighborhood Vote Protector →

    More 805 EPIC trainings: 805 EPIC Election Protection Trainings

  • Voter Information Flyer in English and Spanish

    A one-page voter information flyer in English and Spanish from 805 EPIC, the tri-county election protection coalition IOV belongs to. It covers checking your ballot status, where to vote, three ways to return your ballot, and your rights at the polls. Print it and pass it on.

    Información electoral importante en inglés y español.

    Download the flyer (PDF) / Descargue el volante →

    805 EPIC important voter information flyer in English and Spanish: ballot status, where to vote, 3 ways to vote, know your rights

  • Ezra Levin, Building Beyond the Blue Wave

    The best way to take down a would-be king is democratically.

    — Ezra Levin, October 5, 2026

    Ezra on the lesson of Hungary’s election for our midterms: a margin too big to steal, and a mandate too big to ignore.

    Watch or read it on Ezra’s Substack →

    Join us for No Kings Weekend, October 17 and 18.

  • California Choices Ballot Endorsement Chart

    Who’s for and against each of the 14 propositions? California Choices puts the endorsements of nonprofits, political parties, unions and newspapers in one chart. Click a proposition number at the top of a column to learn more about that measure.

    See the endorsement chart →

    California Choices is a nonpartisan project of Next 10. The endorsements are those groups’ positions, not ours.

    Also see our California Proposition Positions, November 2026.

  • Watch Rep. Salud Carbajal’s Election Protection Town Hall

    Missed Rep. Salud Carbajal’s October 1 town hall on election protection at Kent Hall? Here’s the full recording (about an hour), courtesy of the City of Ojai.

  • Judges on Your November Ballot

    Down near the end of your ballot, you’ll vote yes or no on keeping each justice. These offices are nonpartisan. A justice who gets more yes votes than no votes keeps the job.

    California Supreme Court

    • Kelli M. Evans — Associate Justice since 2023. Before that: Alameda County Superior Court judge, California Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, State Bar of California, and ACLU of Northern California.
    • Joshua P. Groban — Associate Justice since 2018. Before that: private practice, senior adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown, and lecturer at UCLA School of Law.

    Court of Appeal, Second District

    Ventura County is in the Second District, so you vote on all 19 Second District justices on the ballot, not just the ones who sit here. Division 6 sits in Ventura:

    • Tari L. Cody — Presiding Justice. Ventura County Superior Court judge from 2000 to 2023, then Associate Justice on Division 6.
    • Kenneth R. Yegan — Associate Justice

    The other 17 sit in Los Angeles:

    • Division 1 — Michelle C. Kim, Gregory J. Weingart
    • Division 2 — Steve Goorvitch, Anne Richardson
    • Division 3 — Rashida A. Adams (Presiding), Mark Hanasono
    • Division 4 — Helen Zukin (Presiding), Audra M. Mori, Nicholas Daum, Armen Tamzarian
    • Division 5 — Brian M. Hoffstadt (Presiding)
    • Division 7 — Gonzalo C. Martinez (Presiding), Natalie Stone
    • Division 8 — John Wiley, Matthew A. Scherb, Victor G. Viramontes

    Do Your Research