§ 7-5 VOTER EDUCATION

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTED LANGUAGE — A language for which a jurisdiction is required to provide voting materials and assistance under the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.) or for which the Secretary of State has determined that it is necessary to provide facsimile ballots at a precinct within the jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14201 of the State Elections Code.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTED LANGUAGE COMMUNITY — A community that speaks an additional supported language.

• a. The City Clerk shall conduct a voter education and outreach campaign before each election conducted pursuant to this subsection, until the conclusion of the second general election conducted in this manner. A campaign conducted pursuant to this chapter shall include public meetings and public service announcements through different media, including media serving additional supported language communities, if available, to familiarize voters with that election method. Materials and information disseminated as part of the campaign shall be provided in all additional supported languages and shall be accessible to individuals with disabilities.

• b. The City Clerk shall, in collaboration with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, develop a plan describing how they will conduct the voter education and outreach campaign required by this Subsection 7-5.2. The plan shall include all of the following information:

  1. How the City Clerk will use media, which may include digital media, newspapers, radio, and television, to inform voters about an upcoming election.

  2. What information will be publicly available on the City Clerk's internet website.

  3. What information will be included in the sample ballot and vote by mail materials.

  4. How the City Clerk will conduct direct outreach to voters, including voters with disabilities.

  5. How the City Clerk will have a community presence to educate voters, including voters with disabilities.

  6. How the City Clerk will educate voters within each additional supported language community.

• c. Before finalizing its plan, the City Clerk shall publish a draft plan and hold, at least 10 days after publication of its plan, at least one regular public meeting to discuss the plan. The City Clerk shall also make a good faith effort to invite each of the following to at least one of those public meetings:

  1. Representatives, advocates, and other stakeholders representing each additional supported language community.

  2. Representatives from the disability community and community organizations and individuals that advocate on behalf of, or provide services to, individuals with disabilities.

• d. All materials provided by the voter education and outreach campaign, including materials provided on the internet website of the elections official, sample ballots and vote by mail materials, and materials provided through direct outreach and community presence, shall be provided in the additional supported languages and shall be accessible to individuals with disabilities.

• e. If multiple jurisdictions within the same county are conducting Ranked Choice Voting elections, the City Clerk may combine or coordinate his or her voter education plans and voter education and outreach campaigns.

• f. The City Clerk may partner or coordinate resources with nongovernmental organizations to conduct its voter education and outreach campaign.