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6/13/22 Monday Meals: Primary Election Results
Jon Bean and liz suk covered preliminary election results for the June 7th Primary. They discussed the implications for several seats and which seats might need to go to the November General Election to be decided.

From the Doors to the Ballot Box
Thank you to our Election Day volunteers and our outreach team for their daily work at the doors and over the phone to educate and mobilize voters to the ballot box. This spring, we held conversations with 1,120 new or unlikely voters in Oakland. As mail-in-ballots...

6/6/22 Monday Meals: Civics 101 GOTV
Find out what is at stake this election, and learn about the role of the public officials who we have the power to elect – District Attorney, Sheriff, Coroner, Board of Supervisors and others. Their choices, policies, and budgets impact us daily.
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Supporting Democracy Dollars Is a Powerful Way Funders Can Protect Local Elections
So what can be done to reduce the influence of big money and shift power back to the people? The Fair Elections Oakland coalition, composed of grassroots power-building organizations and long-time democracy reform experts, feels it has found an answer in “Democracy Dollars.”….a model of public financing of elections that has been piloted in Seattle since 2017.

SLUDGE: Oakland Community Groups Launch Campaign to Fight Big Money in Elections
“We’ll see more grassroots candidates run more viable campaigns and see an increased turnout of low-propensity voters, those who have been left out will have a voice in Oakland,” suk said. “If it passes in Oakland, it can build a movement toward real campaign finance reform.”

High-Dollar Donors, Special Interests Continue To Dominate Oakland’s Local Elections
MapLight Releases New Analysis: “Campaign Cash: The Outsized Role of Money in Oakland Elections” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 2, 2022CONTACT: Irene Rojas-Carroll, [email protected] OAKLAND, CA – High-dollar donors and special-interest groups continue...
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