UPCOMING CID EVENTS

Will Voters Turn Out in November?: Opportunities and Challenges to Conducting Voter Outreach in 2024

Webinar Series on Voter Turnout and Outreach in California

A new webinar series examining the experience of Californians in their state's election system.

This webinar series will take an in-depth look at new CID research on how voters navigate getting election-related information, respond to outreach messaging, and ultimately decide on the method of casting their ballot. The series also provides further insight into the work of community mobilizing efforts and how they work within the California election system (barriers and opportunities) while seeking to reach voters and potential voters, particularly among historically underrepresented communities. 

At each webinar, CID will release a new research report corresponding with the webinar's topic focus. Webinar sessions will be held Tuesdays in May and June at noon (pacific time) - starting May 14.

Session One:

California’s Ballot Tracking Service: Who is Using it and How Does it Impact Voter Confidence and Behavior?

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. PT

• Voter Messaging in an Inequitable Outreach and Information Landscape: Strategies for the 2024 Election – May 21

• Revisiting California's Election Reforms: How do Community Organizing Efforts Navigate the State's Election System to Reach New Voters - May 28

• California's New Electorate: The Strength of the Latino Black and Asian-American Vote - June 4

• Panel Conversation – Achieving a Representative Democracy: How to Conduct Effective Voter Outreach in 2024 and Beyond - June 11

• Panelists to be announced soon!

The research in this series has been supported by the Evelyn and Walter HAAS Jr. Fund.

ESRA Conference Comes to USC - Call for Papers and Posters 

The 8th annual Election Science, Reform, and Administration Conference is being held at the Price School of Public at the University of Southern California and hosted by Price faculty, Mindy Romero and Christian Gross. ESRA invites participation from scholars in political science, public administration, law, computer science, statistics, and other fields who are working to develop rigorous empirical approaches to the study of how laws, technology, and administrative procedures affect the quality of elections in the United States. The purpose of the conference is to engage both practitioners and scholars alike on pressing topics related to U.S. elections by providing a forum for collaboration and exchange that can stimulate policy evaluation and innovation. Unlike traditional academic conferences, ESRA seeks to facilitate a shared space between academics and election professionals so as to encourage the practical applications of scholarly research in the field. 

For more information about the conference click here. Registration is now closed.

RECENT CID EVENTS

CID SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC JANUARY 29TH

CID hosted a democracy summit at the new USC Washington D.C. Campus (Dupont Circle) building titled, Building an Inclusive Democracy: Why Equitable Voter Turnout Matters in 2024 Elections and Beyond.

The conference, sponsored by Democracy Fund, featured panels of national and local experts who discussed the state of voter turnout in the U.S, and the challenges and opportunities for the 2024 elections and beyond.

CID kicked off the day by holding a press conference to announce the findings from a new nationwide voter turnout study that includes analyses of the representativeness of the U.S. electorate. The study includes a breakdown of the role that voters of color will play in the 2024 elections, including competitive congressional districts.

For a detailed summit agenda, click here.

Recordings available now.

Introductory Remarks and CID Study Findings: https://youtu.be/YFpRG5EBWAo

Panel One: https://youtu.be/leHAWOlek3M

Panel Two: https://youtu.be/0nN0jb_Rfbs

Panel Three: https://youtu.be/ODzG_Ta1Hko

Keynote and Summary: https://youtu.be/jYuWVDkbq70

The State of California’s Changing Electorate

capitol Briefing Series
2023-2024

In partnership with the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Center for Inclusive Democracy conducted a series of legislative briefings at the State Capitol focused on California’s changing electorate.

The series explored issues of voter access and equity in the state, California’s changing demographics and its impact on elections and redistricting, as well as other developments impacting voter turnout and engagement.

Recordings of the six briefings in the series are available online now:

Behind Closed Doors

WEBINAR SERIES ON RACISM AND POLITICS

In December 2022, CID and partners kicked off a new webinar series exploring the entrenchment of racism in U.S. politics and its impact on political power and representation in communities. Titled “Behind Closed Doors,” this moderated sessions serves as a public space for open and challenging conversations examining the nation’s entrenched relationship between racism and politics, a situation recently brought further into the spotlight by the secret recording of a meeting of Los Angeles City Council members making racist remarks.  

All four webinars in the series are available online now:

Behind Closed Doors Part 1: How the Los Angeles City Council Recording is a Case Study in the Exercise of Political Power through Racism in the U.S.

• View the webinar highlights.

Behind Closed Doors Part 2: White Supremacy and the Roots of Anti-Blackness Among Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

• View the webinar highlights

Behind Closed Doors: Redistricting - Does it Really have to be Zero-Sum Politics? How Multi-Racial Coalitions Have Worked Together to Build Political Power for All

• View the webinar highlights

Behind Closed Doors: How Communities Move Forward Toward Dismantling the Relationship Between Political Manipulation and Racism

• View the webinar highlights

VOTER ACCESS AND THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Who goes to the polls – and who gets to vote – may well determine the 2022 midterm elections, particularly in competitive congressional districts. Join one of the Price School’s leading election scholars as she delves into the fine points of voter access with state officials from the midterm’s front lines. Join the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the USC Price Center for Inclusive Democracy one month out from election day for a conversation with Judd Choate, director of elections of Colorado, Jesse Harris Sr., deputy elections director of Georgia and Adam Ambrogi, senior director for voting and elections for the League of Women Voters. The conversation will be moderated by Mindy Romero, director of the USC Price Center for Inclusive Democracy.

Click here for a recording of the webinar

CALIFORNIA'S FORMERLY INCARCERATED: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ACCESSING VOTING RIGHTS

THE BLACK VOTING EXPERIENCE IN CALIFORNIA

The Center for Inclusive Democracy’s latest report, “The Voting Experience of Black Californians: 2020 General Election and Beyond” was released at a webinar on Feb. 28, 2022, an event held in partnership with the California Black Power Network (CBPN). CID provided an overview of key findings from the new report, then CBPN led a panel discussion featuring community leaders and election experts, who discussed the implications of the report’s findings for the 2022 Midterm Elections and beyond.

Click here for the new report.
Click here for audio of webinar.
Click here for CBPN’s presentation slides.
Click here for CBPN’s Q&A responses.
Click here for PANA’s presentation slides.
Click here for CID’s research presentation slides.

SELECT CID PAST EVENTS

CID Webinar Series: “Every Vote Counts: What’s Next After the 2020 Election?”

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