OC Action
(This is a machine translation from the Vietnamese original article)
GARDEN GROVE, California – The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative (CHNSC) is organizing phone calls and voter education campaigns to create a voice for the Vietnamese community in the November 5 election.
We are deeply disappointed in Governor Newsom’s decision to veto SB 299 (Limón), a crucial solution that would have established Secure Automatic Voter Registration (SAVR), enfranchised millions of eligible residents, and position California as a clear leader in expanding democracy while other states are overtly suppressing voters. The Governor has missed a tremendous opportunity to address the racist legacy of voter registration in his home state.
Over the last two years, 140 organizations across California joined the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition and have steadfastly advocated for SB 299. We hoped the Governor would heed the call of community organizers, working-class, Black, Latinx, Asian American, Pacific Islander, young people–ultimately, millions of Californians seeking a voice and a vote in our state’s democratic process.
By vetoing SB 299, Governor Newsom is maintaining an unnecessary barrier to the ballot for 4.7 million eligible but unregistered voters. This veto perpetuates California’s egregious and racially segregated voter participation gap. Under the current voter registration system, over half of Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) users decline to register, partly due to users’ confusion, language barriers, or haste–rather than disinterest in voting. Voter registration was created to deter certain communities from participation, and it clearly continues to do so when California’s electorate is not representative of our state demographically.
Ultimately, the Governor chose not to invest in the Californians most impacted by systemic racism. By the intention and leadership of the author, delayed implementation of SB 299 to 2030 would not have impacted the 2024-2025 budget cycle and allowed for additional resources to be identified and secured for the measure’s success. SB 299 intended to use the existing pre-registration infrastructure established for 16 and 17-year-olds when receiving their driver’s licenses to pre-approve registration for millions of other Californians currently left out of our democracy, all while protecting non-citizens from being erroneously registered.
Our people-powered effort will continue fighting from every corner of the state to ensure that all communities and all eligible voters have access and opportunity to participate in our democracy.
Get ready to make our voices heard this November 5th 
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Title: Research Analyst II
FLSA: Exempt, Full Time
Pay range or rate: Commensurate with experience
Division: Research
Supervisor: Research Director
Revised: January 2024
Under the supervision of OC Action’s Research Director, the Research Analyst II will conduct data collection and analysis supporting the aligned research agenda of Orange County’s largest integrated voter engagement table. The Research Analyst II will help develop focus groups designed to assess voter attitudes and test messages, both as part of key electoral and legislative campaigns to engage with and learn from Latinx, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, and Filipinx community members in Orange County. The Research Analyst II will also support other research projects, including public opinion polling and post-election, strategic, and policy analyses.
Both in-person and remote attendance.
Sitting, typing, speaking, listening, standing, and driving.
Tolerance for distractions and interruptions.
Please email a cover letter, resume and 2 professional references (past supervisors including email address and phone number) to: info@ocaction.org. Please ensure that the email subject has the job title: Research Analyst II.
No phone calls please.
Application deadline: Open until filled.
OC Action is committed to a long-term progressive transformation of the Orange County electorate and will continue to move towards the change that our people deserve.
OC Action is an innovative partnership of community-based organizations committed to increasing the quality, scale and effectiveness of civic participation in communities of color and among low-income populations. Partner organizations are: Resilience OC, Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Orange County Congregation Community, Orange County Labor Federation, Orange County Environmental Justice, AHRI for Justice, and the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative.
Last week, we mobilized alongside 100 voting rights advocates and community members from the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition to meet with legislators and demand an end to racism in California’s voting systems. Passing SB 299 would automatically register 4.7 million eligible voters, the majority from Black, Latinx, and Asian American communities. It is time we reclaim our democracy!
The fight for SB 299 is not over. We need your help to tell Assemblymember Gail Pellerin to stop blocking California’s progress towards voter equity and racial justice.
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta spoke during our press conference and met with Asm. Pellerin. She said, “Simply put, voter registration laws are racist.” SB 299 is the next step to end racism in California’s voting systems.