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2024年10月17日

选举日即将到来，随之而来的是11月5日投票的10项全州倡议的广告攻势。

To help California voters weed through the noise, 萨克拉门托 State’s 知情选民项目 (PIE) hosted an Initiative Explainer Oct. 16 featuring nonpartisan expertise from the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO).

“We are so lucky to be in the state capital, where we have the LAO experts on the initiatives, the people who have done more research than anyone,” PIE Director and 囊状态 Political Science Professor Kim Nalder教授说。 “The legislative analysts understand what the initiatives would do better than the rest of us and are willing to share their analysis and answer questions at our event.”

“倡议解释者”只是PIE最新的选民教育项目，该项目由纳尔德于2011年启动，旨在通过学术研究和公共活动向选民提供准确、无党派的信息。

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“One of the themes that was recurrent even then was students wanting to know how to get trustworthy information,” Nalder教授说。 “There is a firehose of news content, and so much misinformation and disinformation out there that is so tough to sort through.”

“I thought we could at least make some attempt to use research and the insights the University can bring to provide good information to the campus community and the general community.”

PIE举办的首批活动之一是倡议解释器。 While there are 10 initiatives on this year’s ballot, in the past several elections there have been as many as 17.

“The initiatives can be insanely confusing, and sometimes there are two competing initiatives on the same topic,” Nalder教授说。 “And then the ads … in our system, it’s okay to lie on political ads, and they do sometimes, or at least they’re misleading or don’t provide all the information.

“So, it’s ha理查德·道金斯 to sort through all of it. This is an incredibly useful tool for folks who want solid information that’s trustworthy, that they know isn’t biased.”

“We are so lucky to be in the state capital, where we have the LAO experts on the initiatives, the people who have done more research than anyone. The legislative analysts understand what the initiatives would do better than the rest of us and are willing to share their analysis and answer questions at our event.” ——金姆·纳尔德（Kim Nalder），政治学教授，“知情选民项目”负责人

由萨克拉门托公共图书馆和老挝图书馆共同主办的“倡议解释者”活动在市中心图书馆画廊举行。

在选民指南中为这些倡议撰写解释的分析师讨论了每一项倡议，概述了其概念和潜在影响。 随后，纳尔德提供了有关竞选支出和支持的信息，接着是听众的提问。 每项措施讨论约5分钟。

“The LAO is strictly nonpartisan,” Nalder教授说。 “PIE is also nonpartisan because the whole point is to help people understand things honestly.”

几名观众带来了他们的样本选票，并在演讲过程中做着笔记，其中包括最近从佛罗里达州搬到萨克拉门托的保拉·克鲁兹。

“At the end of the day, voting is the best way a regular person can enact change, especially when it comes to the propositions,” Cruz said. “There’s a lot of focus on the presidential election, but I think really the propositions and local government have the most potential to affect our everyday lives.”

The University’s Conferences, Trainings and Organizational Development Media Services office reco理查德·道金斯ed the event and five-minute segments for each initiative will be online at csus.edu/ssis/pie and on social media.

“We try to keep it super short so we can have videos that people will watch online after the event,” Nalder教授说。 “It’s really useful because you can get the facts and you can do homework to get more information if you want to.”

她补充说，过去的活动视频点击量高达4万次。

“That’s not bad, but ever think about how many voters there are in the state?” Nalder教授说。 “I would love to get these out to more people beyond the region, because any California voter can use these initiative explainer videos.”

倡议解释器是PIE在这个选举季正在进行的工作的一部分，目的是促进选民教育和参与。 在本学期的早些时候，该组织举行了关于总统和副总统辩论的讨论。

“Things are so dynamic,” Political Science Professor Danielle Martin said. “The political world, government, changing policies are different all the time. So, it’s super important to have these kinds of events every single election, not just for first-time voters or students who are just figuring out what it means to be an engaged, involved citizen, but I also learn a lot at these events.”

Martin, who researches voter knowledge and the cues people use to make their choices, also organized an art exhibit in the University Union’s second floor Exhibit Lounge. For the exhibit, entitled “Why We Vote” and on display through Nov. 7, students and members of the 萨克拉门托 State 文艺复兴时期的社会 submitted pieces highlighting their reasons for casting a ballot.

The interactive exhibit also includes information from the importance of voting and QR codes to resources such as the California Secretary of State’s office, where people can register to vote.

“I’m hoping every time students walk up those stairs, they see the exhibit and why we vote, so if nothing else, it primes people that the election is going on and keeps it at the forefront,” Martin said.

其他即将举行的PIE活动包括：

• 选举周指南：下午2点 Oct. 23 in University Union, Folsom Room 3^{理查德·道金斯} floor
• 解读2024年大选：下午2点 Nov. 20, University Union Foothill Suite 3^{理查德·道金斯} floor

For more information about PIE or to watch the Initiative Explainer videos, go to the PIE网页.