Citizens in Charge

UPDATE: The press conference will now be held at Hotel Bijou. The address is 111 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.

(San Francisco, CA) – Citizens in Charge Foundation, a national voter rights group focused on the ballot initiative and referendum process, will hold a press conference this Friday at the UC Hastings School of Law in San Francisco to release its findings from research into 3 different areas of the citizen initiative process: petition signature fraud, a look at the impact of campaign spending in California’s 2008 election cycle, and polling to determine public support for initiative and referendum in every one of the 50 states.

Citizens in Charge Foundation, together with the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe, is hosting the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy and the U.S. Conference on Initiative & Referendum at UC Hastings School of Law, which begins Friday evening with a reception and continues through the afternoon of Wednesday, August 4. Over 300 scholars, citizen activists, elected officials and others have registered for the event to discuss the future of direct democracy in California, the U.S. and around the globe. The conference is free and open to the public.

WHO: Citizens in Charge Foundation

WHAT: Press Conference for release of reports on petition fraud, initiative campaign
funding, and polling results

WHEN: Friday, July 30, 2010 at 11:00 am

WHERE: UC Hastings College of Law
San Francisco, CA

ABOUT CITIZENS IN CHARGE FOUNDATION:
Citizens in Charge Foundation is the only national transpartisan voter rights group dedicated to protecting and expanding the ballot initiative and referendum process. We believe good government starts with the voter. For more information visit us www.CitizensInChargeFoundation.org.