A Conversation with California Secretary of State...
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Describes starting a pre-web public access bill that moves committee analyses and voting records from paywalled dial‑in to a public network, pilots an open-source barcode registration that cuts data‑entry errors and staff costs in counties, runs a high‑school mock election reaching 250,000 students in 2008, pushes disclosure of top volunteer or paid circulator and largest backers on initiative petitions, warns that law still requires a wet signature for smartphone registration and that California needs to fix a two‑thirds budget rule.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:23How Debra got interested in open government
- 2:04Californias dysfunctionality
- 2:16We dont educate them
- 2:26Have an educated citizenry
- 2:38Raising citizen engagement
- 3:09Democracy is not instinctive
- 4:58Problemcentered education
- 5:15Mock election
- 6:23Mock election mechanics
- 6:46Open source voting
- 7:49Code scanning skills
- 8:40Nondisclosure agreements
- 9:51Californias budget crisis
- 10:27Free up money
- 10:51Marginal
- 11:32Constitutional Convention
- 13:41Role of the Media
- 14:54Its Your Point
- 15:18Audience Questions
- 15:51The Evening News
- 16:15Civic Culture
- 16:55Engagement
- 17:13Media Literacy
- 17:33Signatures
- 18:40Payments
- 19:06Multifactor Authentication
- 19:56Where would you see the state
- 20:11What are the challenges