Local & School Politics
An elected local group which makes massive policy and budget decisions for our entire school district, including when we get school holidays or updated textbooks.
What is the School Board?
The age at which you can pre-register to vote.
What is 16?
This mandatory civic duty requires adult citizens to randomly show up to a courthouse to listen to a legal case and decide if a defendant is guilty or innocent.
What is Jury Duty?
A highly realistic but entirely fake video or audio recording created using artificial intelligence to make someone look like they said something they didn't.
What is a Deepfake?
This formal process allows local voters to remove an elected official from office before their term has officially ended.
What is a recall election?
In California, every registered voter automatically receives their official ballot delivered directly to this location weeks before an election.
What is their house/mailbox?
If a citizen is deeply unhappy with a law or a school policy, they can gather hundreds of signatures from community members on a document called this.
What is a Petition?
This type of bias happens when an algorithm feeds you news or videos that only match what you already believe, keeping you trapped in a digital bubble.
What is confirmation bias?
This is the current Mayor of our city, who oversees local parks, city transit, and community safety.
Who is Todd Gloria?
True or False: If you miss the online deadline to register to vote in California, you are completely locked out of voting in that upcoming election.
What is False?
If a teen wants to support a politician running for office but isn't old enough to vote yet, they can legally do this free, hands-on activity to help the campaign.
What is Volunteering / Canvassing / Phone banking?
This type of targeted advertising uses personal data and online behavior to tailor specific political messages to tiny, distinct groups of voters.
What is micro targeting?