EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for October 3, 2022
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for October 3, 2022! Mail ballots will be mailed starting next Monday, October 8, 2022 for the General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (~37 days away). Check your voter registration and register to vote if you’re eligible to vote.
Voting Plan
- Read-up on What you need to know to vote in California's 2022 General Election and How to vote in jail or if you have a record.
- Check your voter registration and register to vote if you’re eligible to vote.
- Plan to vote. The General Election will be Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Mail ballots will be mailed to all voters starting October 8th. Ballots can be dropped off at any postal offices or Ballot Drop Box Locations starting from October 10th to November 7th, including Escondido Public Library, North Inland Live Well Center at Mission Ave, Major Market at Center Parkway, Oakmont of Escondido Hills. Check your voting registration or Where’s My Ballot to track your ballot.
- Early in-person voting will start at the following Vote Center Locations from October 29th to November 7, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Election Day, November 8th, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. In Escondido: Westfield North County Community Room from October 29th to November 8th and Central Elementary School Family Resource Room, Park Avenue Community Center Oak Room, Reidy Creek Elementary School, Rincon Middle School, Rock Springs Elementary School, Oak Hill Elementary School, Orange Glen High School, Rose Elementary School, and Del Lago Academy from November 5th to November 8th.
- Explore San Diego Registrar Election Information and Escondido Election 2022 (scroll down to “Candidate Information by District” and “Ballot Measures” section).
- Note that the Escondido Municipal Election will include the following candidates (so far): Paul "Mac" McNamara and Dane White for Mayor, Consuelo Martinez and Mike Johnson-Palomares for City Council District 1, and Joe Garcia and Jeff Griffith for City Council District 2 (both districts recently re-districted). City ballot measures include: ¾ cent sales tax (Measure E), term limits (Measure F) & treasure compensation (Measure G).
- And at the state-level, there will be 7 state ballot measures including Proposition 1 to codify a right to an abortion and contraceptives.
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Read-up on Fighting the New “Literacy Tests” Making It Harder to Vote and ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 such as the amended H.R.5314, H.R.4/S.4, H.R.1/S.1 and S.2747. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.5314, H.R.1 & H.R.4 which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate. See Support S. 4 to Restore Federal Protections Against Voter Suppression.
- In-Related News: read-up on Campaigning against pandemic-safety and diversity efforts, conservative parents seek power on school boards.
Criminal Justice Reforms
- Read-up on Local activists vow to keep fighting after Newsom vetoes jail deaths bill and With San Diego jail deaths at record pace, Newsom vetoes bill to make jails safer.
- Read-up on San Diego Race Will Decide New Leadership For California’s Deadliest Jail System and Sheriff candidates talk jail deaths, homelessness in Lincoln Park forum.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support legislation to prevent jail deaths, such as the Saving Lives in Custody Act to “providing inmates with additional health services, mental health support, and increased accountability in an effort to reduce deaths in custody”, in the next legislative year. Assemblymember Waldron & Senator Jones had voted no on AB-2343 (Saving Lives in Custody Act).
- In-Related News: read-up on Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws.
Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter. And feel free to forward our newsletter to interested parties! If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.
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