For Planning Purposes
January 21, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY
Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Visit San Pedro High School
SAN PEDRO, CA – Secretary Padilla will be visiting San Pedro High School in San Pedro on Wednesday, January 22.
Over the next two weeks, Secretary Padilla will visit high schools across California to discuss the importance of voting and the role young people can play in shaping the future through civic participation. Secretary of State staff will be onsite to help students register and pre-register to vote.
In preparation for the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary, Secretary Padilla will be encouraging all eligible 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote. Once pre-registered, their registration will automatically activate when they turn 18. Secretary Padilla will also be highlighting the importance of ensuring a complete and accurate count of all Californians for the 2020 Census.
In 2018, Secretary Padilla launched a High School Civic Engagement Portal, HighSchool.sos.ca.gov. High school students can learn more about pre-registration, find out how to be a student poll worker, get resources to host a Student Mock Election on their campus, and learn how to organize voter registration drives on their campuses.
*Media interested in attending should RSVP to sos.press@sos.ca.gov
- Who:
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
- When:
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:20 a.m. - Where:
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San Pedro High School - Auditorium
1001 W 15th Street
San Pedro, CA 90731 - Contact:
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Secretary of State Alex Padilla
Roberto Negrete, (213) 332-2299Los Angeles Unified School District
Shannon Haber, Shannon.haber@lausd.net
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