(KMJ) – The California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) is responding to
concerns from voters across the state who may be receiving solicitation mailings erroneously
indicating that residents of households are not registered to vote.
The letters are from the Voter Participation Center, a non-profit organization whose published
mission is to “register and mobilize the rising American electorate.” Some of the mailings are
addressed to current registered voters at the address and others are addressed to non-existent
residents or to variations of names associated with the residence.
The Voter Participation Center indicated to the Secretary of State that more than 4.6 million of
the letters were mailed statewide. While some of the letters may have been sent to eligible, but
not-registered citizens, the surge in calls to Registrars has indicated clear discrepancies in the
data causing confusion and concern for Californians just months before the Presidential
Election.
Registrars begin mailing Sample Ballots for the election early next month. Any voter receiving a
Sample Ballot can be assured that they are listed as active on the voter file. Only voters who
have a change in address or name need to re-register prior to the October 24, 2016 voter registration deadline.
