League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
and The California Channel Join Forces to Help Californians Decide
Who Will Run Our State

Interviews with California Candidates Help Voters
Make Decisions

Sacramento, CA—Voters across California now
have an opportunity to learn more about the candidates whose names will appear
on the November 4 ballot. Interviews of candidates for most major statewide elected
offices are now being aired on The California Channel, online at www.calchannel.com and on YouTube.

These interviews are provided to the public by
Cable’s Free Airtime Project, a nonpartisan collaborative effort between the League of Women Voters of California Education
Fund, The California Channel and your local cable provider. All candidates
were invited to participate in the interviews.

Check
out our playlist of video interviews: http://bit.ly/FreeAirTimeProjectInterviews.

You will hear from candidates vying for:

–California State
Superintendent of Public Instruction

–California State
Controller’s Office

–Insurance
Commissioner

–State Board of Equalization

–Supreme
Court Justices

–Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

Learn more about the candidates by visiting Voter’s Edge.

Additionally, the only debate between the
gubernatorial candidates can be found on The California Channel website.

“We are proud
to continue our partnership with The California Channel on the Free Air
Time Project,” said Helen Hutchison, President of the League of Women Voters of
California Education Fund. “The Free Air Time Project is an extremely valuable
public service. Californians get an
intimate look at the candidates for statewide office with answers from the
candidates themselves, not ads and sound-bites.  We consider the Free Air
Time one of the League’s most valuable tools for providing nonpartisan
information to California voters in this election”.

“These interviews are in invaluable educational
resource as voters learn about the people and issues that shape our great state,”
said John Hancock, President of The California Channel. “We hope that as the
election draws near, voters turn to The California Channel for these unedited
interviews, and that they vote with the power that knowledge gives on November
4^th”.

Find out when the interviews will be aired on The
California Channel’s local cable stations, please check the television
schedule.

Get more information
on the candidates and to get your entire ballot.

About the California Channel

The California Channel is an independent,
non-profit public affairs cable network governed by California’s cable
television industry, and modeled after the national C-SPAN service. The
channel’s primary mission is to provide Californians direct access to
“gavel-to-gavel” proceedings of the California Legislature, and other
forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided – all without
editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of
viewpoints.

To view streaming and archived video, or to learn
on what station the California Channel is carried on your local cable system,
visit www.calchannel.com.

About the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund

The League of Women Voters of
California Education Fund conducts our voter service and civic education
activities. It is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonpartisan non-profit educational
organization, which:

• Builds participation in the democratic process.
• Studies key community issues at all government
  levels in an unbiased manner.
• Enables people to seek positive solutions to
  public policy issues through education and conflict management.

Visit
www.CAvotes.org for more information.

Interviews
and photos available upon request.

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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and The California Channel Join Forces to Help Californians Decide Who Will Run Our State

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