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This is extracted for classroom use from the CalMatters explainer on voting issues. Social media and technology platforms are hotspots for spreading false claims, yet there are no government regulations on how they address them. Building on what they did in 2020, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter are all boosting more reliable information around candidates and voting in […]

This is extracted for classroom use from the CalMatters explainer on voting issues. The comprehensive CalMatters Voter Guide has a detailed FAQ for voters. Here are some key points on election integrity: 

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost all expect that Democrats will lose their very thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, it may be closer than expected. If so, what happens in a few California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost universally expect that Democrats will lose their paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, if it’s closer than expected, what happens in a handful of California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats should make gains […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost universally expect that Democrats will lose their paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, if it’s closer than expected, what happens in a handful of California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats should make gains […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary, urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out. Just 17, the teen couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to send people out there to […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary. He was urging Latinos and other voters to vote. He was 17 at that time. He couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to send people […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary. He was urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out. Just 17 at that time, the teen couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for use in classrooms. A gift or a curse?  For Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Her competitor, Dave Jones, a fellow Democrat, went to court to block Ashby from using that […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for use in classrooms. A gift or a curse?  For Democrat Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Dave Jones is also a Democrat. He is running against Ashby. He went […]