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It's Election Month in California. I've loved being part of the team iterating on our flagship election service, Voter Game Plan, every election since I got to LAist , and this one is no exception! We re-upped our popular race-specific guides that go all the way down ballot and explain not just who the candidates are but what the offices they're running for actually are. But we've done a lot of work this election to support the type of voter who isn't going to spend hours researching their ballot, and might not care about voting in every race. In service of that, you'll notice that we've made the guides much more skimmable, with district "fast facts" and bulleted takes on the candidate's platform highlights. Brianna Lee also experimented with two new types of guides: 1. A series of issue-based guides that cater to a voter that knows what issues they care about and offers that as a jumping off point for making sense of everything they see on their ballot. We also turned these into a zine that will be distributed at public libraries and on community college campuses. 2. A guide that highlights the 4 races that most affect people's daily lives to help people prioritize their research if they know they don't have the time – or don't care enough – to research every race. (Links to both in the comments) Plus, the digital guide is just so much more dynamic than in the past, thanks to Erin Hauer's great work. I love how the redesigned landing page allows people to thumb through the FAQs and lets us have a little more fun with the language we use to describe everything that is on offer. Check it out at laist.com/vote.
Amazing, so here for the zines!!
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6moHere's the issue-based guide on homelessness: https://laist.com/news/politics/2024-california-election-primary-homelessness-top-issue Here's the guide to the four races that most affect daily life: https://laist.com/news/politics/short-on-time-to-research-your-march-primary-ballot-focus-on-these-4-races And you can see an example of the bulleted approach here: https://laist.com/news/politics/2024-election-california-primary-los-angeles-city-council-district-14