Contra Costa County Grand Jury • 2022-2023 • Agency Response
Response to: Grand Jury Report Summaries 2022-2023

Response to Report 2303 The Clerk-Recorder-Elections' staff appreciates the Grand Jury's well-researched,*

Published: August 30, 2023 4 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 8 findings

F1
The elections division outreach efforts using CBOs in the months before the 2020 general election had a measurable impact on voter participation in those areas where resources were deployed.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The grand jury recommends that the elections division continue to seek out and apply for grant funding for voter outreach efforts including mailers, community meetings and telephone outreach.
F2
For those cities targeted by the elections division's CBO outreach program, voter participation was 15% above the overall county increase from 2018 to 2020.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The grand jury recommends that the elections division establish a means to quantify (measure) the impact of outreach efforts on voter registration and participation and make those results available to the public after each major election via its website.
F3
The elections division reaches out to the public using online "how to" videos on their website, including videos describing the many ways to cast your vote, how elections are certified, and how you can research candidates and measures.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The grand jury recommends that the fees for providing candidate statements in the voter guide be eliminated to promote candidate transparency.
F4
The elections division provides a candidate guide for potential candidates that describes the process of running for an elected office within the county.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
The grand jury recommends that the elections division add a video to its website describing the physical and cyber security measures it employs to safeguard facilities, ballots, and election data.
F5
A candidate is not required to submit a candidate statement for the voter guide.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
The elections division levies a fee for the candidate statement in the voter guide, to offset printing and distribution costs.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
The fee for a candidate statement ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, depending on the number of voter guides printed with that candidate's information.
No recommendations for this finding
F8
The elections division has implemented safeguards to prevent physical and cyber security breaches as well as unauthorized, fraudulent, and duplicate ballots.
No recommendations for this finding

* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.