How The Official California Voter Guide Gets Made

Bay Curious

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Colin Nichols gets the official California voter guide in the mail like folks in 11 million other households. It got him wondering, who puts it together? And why does one guy -- Gary Wesley -- write so many of the arguments? This question won our February voting round. Additional Reading: 11 Million Households, 10 Languages -- That's Right, It's the Official Calif. Voter Guide: https://www.kqed.org/news/11842131 Bay Curious Prop Fest: https://www.kqed.org/propfest KQED's Voter Guide: https://www.kqed.org/voterguide Reported by Chloe Veltman. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong, Michelle Wiley and Don Clyde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From K-QED. It's an election year in case you hadn't noticed and that means we're all
0:07.6	being bombarded with messages about all the propositions on the ballot this November.
0:13.3	Level the playing field for women and people of color in California.
0:16.7	Relax, on shot.
0:17.8	You can afford to pay your fair share.
0:19.3	The apocalypse is now.
0:20.4	Don't go backwards, California.
0:21.9	Vote yes. No. I'm 21. Yes. No. No. No. Vote yes. No on 21. Yes.
0:24.0	No. Pro 21. Vote no on Proposition 16. Don't divide us.
0:30.0	It's a lot. And that's why the California Secretary of State's office publishes an
0:34.8	official voter information guide. It's meant to help us voters make informed decisions.
0:39.3	Bay curious listener Colin Nichols wanted to know more about it.
0:43.6	Who gets to write the arguments for and against the ballot measures in the state's
0:47.2	official voter information guide?
0:49.1	How are they picked?
0:50.5	And why does Gary Wesley write so many of them?
0:53.0	Hi everyone, I'm Katrina Schwartz in for Olivia Allen Price.
1:02.0	It's been all elections all the time at
1:04.8	Bay Curious these past few weeks. Check out our Profest series explaining all 12 of
1:09.6	the statewide propositions on the ballot this year if you haven't already.
1:13.6	And to top it all off, this week,
1:15.7	we're getting into the nuts and bolts of the official California
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