Editorial: Padilla deserves another term as Secretary of State
He has arguably been California’s best secretary of state since Jerry Brown held the office from 1971-74. When Padilla took office, 17 million of the 24.3 million eligible Californians were registered to vote. That number is expected to grow to close to 20 million by the November election, thanks largely to legislation Padilla sponsored that automatically registers voters when they renew their driver’s licenses. Padilla has championed Californians’ right to vote and offered substantial improvements in the state’s election system. He deserves re-election.
Don’t put California’s elections at risk. Vote Alex Padilla for Secretary of State
More than ever, California needs a secretary of state who will champion objective truth over partisan hyperbole, and will be as committed to enforcing election security as he or she is to expanding the state’s anemic voter rolls. In the crowded field of candidates competing in the June 5 primary, incumbent Alex Padilla is the only serious choice.
Editorial: Chronicle Recommends: Alex Padilla for Secretary of State
As California political offices go, secretary of state is unglamorous enough that Alex Padilla was suspected of seeking it mainly to bide his time until he could run for something more prominent. Four years later, when Padilla is not explaining how he plans to prevent a foreign attack on the next election, the president of the United States is falsely accusing him of allowing 3 million illegal votes in the last one.
New voting process to make its mark in some Bay Area counties in June
Sometime next week, every voter in San Mateo and Napa counties will get a June primary ballot in the mail, whether they asked for it or not. And don’t even think about going to your local polling place on election day. It won’t be there. The two Bay Area counties are among five in the state taking the first steps to implement the Voters Choice Act, a law passed in 2016 that will dramatically change the way Californians cast ballots. Almost every other county is expected to join them in 2020.
After Parkland shooting, California students aren’t just marching, they’re registering to vote
Across the nation, students are more engaged. In response to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., teens across the country organized the March for Our Lives. They didn’t just march, or call for gun safety reforms. They also preregistered to vote — to sustain their movement and take their message all the way to the ballot box in 2018 and beyond.
Trump administration is trying to change the 2020 census
California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla comments on the Trump administrations plan to ask whether someone is a citizen on the census, potentially intimidating people who are not citizens and thus changing the census outcome.