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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 →
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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.
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.
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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
- Official Voter Guide: Justices — each Supreme Court justice’s statement of qualifications, and the full Court of Appeal list
- Second District Justices — biographies from the California Courts
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Prop 40, the Billionaire Tax, Explained
Prop. 40 would institute a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires to raise tens of billions in temporary revenue to address the loss of federal funding and other threats to health, nutrition, and education services…
— California Budget & Policy Center, August 2026
The Budget Center is nonpartisan and takes no position on ballot measures. It lays out the case and the concerns, including how Props 41 and 42 could block Prop 40 even if it passes.
Billionaire Tax Explained: What Proposition 40 Would Mean for California →
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Three Groups on the 14 Propositions
Ballots went out October 5. If you want a quick look at the 14 statewide propositions, we put three groups’ recommendations side by side: Indivisible California StateStrong, the League of Women Voters, and the California Democratic Party.
For what each measure does, without recommendations, see the CalMatters voter guide.