Secretary Padilla Joins Press Conference Reacting to SCOTUS Census 2020 Ruling; Trump Administration Prints 2020 Census Form Without Citizenship Question
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Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Xavier Becerra held a press conference in Sacramento to react to the US Supreme Court's ruling blocking the Trump Administration’s attempt to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Read Secretary Padilla's official statement in response to the United States Supreme Court ruling
here.
LATEST UPDATE:
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, the Trump Administration has announced their decision to print the 2020 Census forms without the citizenship question.
"Democracy has won. This is a victory for everyone who has taken a stand against the Trump Administration's attacks on our values and our democratic institutions," said Secretary Padilla.
Read Secretary Padilla's full statement in response to the Trump Administration's decision
here.
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Butte and Tuolumne Counties Adopt Voter's Choice Act for 2020 Elections; Covering More Than Half of California's Voters
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Butte County
and
Tuolumne County
have become the 13
th
and 14
th
counties, respectively, to adopt the
Voter's Choice Act
. Under this modern election model, every registered voter in these counties will automatically receive their ballot by mail and have options for how to return their ballot; by mail, to any ballot drop box in the county, or at any vote center in the county convenient to them.
"Counties across California—from Gold Country to the Central Valley and down the Southern California coast—are modernizing elections with voters in mind,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. “The Voter’s Choice Act is reshaping how we administer elections, driven by community input that provides the flexibility working voters need. I am excited to partner with Butte County and Tuolumne County to provide expanded early voting opportunities and an improved elections experience for all voters.”
The 14 counties implementing the Voter’s Choice Act for 2020 are: Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tuolumne. These counties are home to 51.09 percent of the state’s voters.
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Secretary Padilla Joins NALEO Plenary Discussion of the
2020 Census and Citizenship Question
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Secretary Padilla, a co-chair of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund’s National Latino Census Commission, participated in a plenary discussion to address the citizenship question and the 2020 Census.
The plenary highlighted the importance of a full and accurate count of Latinos in Census 2020, and how 2020 is shaping up to be a perfect storm that will determine Latino political progress and representation for the foreseeable future.
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Election and Census Funding Included in the
Governor's State Budget
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Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 2019-2020 state budget:
“California is making a major—and timely—investment into our democracy. I thank Governor Newsom and the legislature for providing funding to upgrade and replace aging voting systems, expand census outreach, and help counties transition to more modern elections under the Voter’s Choice Act. While gridlock in Washington has left the 2020 census underfunded and election administrators without the resources they need, California has once again stepped up. This investment will pay dividends for our democracy.”
“In 2020, Californians can cast their ballots with confidence knowing that the equipment being used for our election has been tested and certified to the highest security standards in the nation. Additional funding for the census outreach will help us reach our goal of a complete count in California—securing our political representation in congress and our fair share of federal funding for our roads, schools, healthcare services, and communities.”
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Business Programs Presents Eureka's Successful Implementation to NASS Conference
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At the National Association of Secretaries of State Conference (NASS) Summer 2019 Conference Business Programs Division Chief Betsy Bogart presented on the successful implementation of Eureka—the agency’s artificial intelligence chat bot.
Eureka has helped answer more than 64,000 questions related to California business filings in over a year! If you have questions about business filings, visit Eureka at:
http://bizfile.sos.ca.gov
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Secretary Padilla Receives
Campeón
Award
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The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) honored Secretary Padilla with the
Campeón
Award for promoting and enhancing the right to vote and for making California the number one state that honors and upholds America’s democracy. This is only the second time that SVREP has bestowed an award to an elected official, leader or activist in its 45-year history.
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First Report of Corporations with Women on Boards Released
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Secretary Padilla issued the first report on corporations’ compliance with Senate Bill 826 (2018). This bill requires all publicly-held domestic or foreign (out-of-state) corporations whose principal executive offices are located in California to have at least one female director on their boards by December 31, 2019, either by filling an open seat or by adding a seat. The Secretary of State's office is tasked to review and issue reports regarding the corporations' compliance with the bill’s provisions.
“California is once again leading the nation,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. “Building more representative corporate leadership is an important step in creating an equitable economy. The data we collect will be informative as we support the goals of making a more inclusive California.”
The Secretary of State’s office also launched a new webpage -
womenonboards.sos.ca.gov
- with reports on the corporations that have indicated compliance with SB 826 and the universe of identified companies that will have to comply with this law.
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Secretary Padilla Speaks at Santa Monica College Commencement Ceremony
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In a commencement speech, Secretary Padilla congratulated the largest graduating class in Santa Monica College's history. 9,110 degrees and certificates were awarded to 5,905 students. Two of the youngest graduates were 17 and the oldest, Saul Isler, is 85.
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California Complete Count Committee Updates
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The California Complete Count Committee held its first quarterly meeting to discuss California’s outreach and communications efforts for the 2020 Census. Chaired by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the Committee is an advisory panel of community leaders who represent diverse populations from across the state. At the meeting, the Committee received updates from the California Complete Count - Census 2020 office and the U.S. Census Bureau, and discussed strategies to increase participation for the 2020 Census.
Following this meeting, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Mayor Darrell Steinberg joined local partners, community leaders and advocates in Sacramento for the Census 2020 Regional Convening and Implementation Plan Workshop. This is the fourth of a series of regional workshops in California to coordinate the implementation of the 2020 Census strategy.
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