Ballot Initiatives & Access
Signature gathering, petition operations, California fieldwork and direct democracy.
Ballot Initiatives & Petition Operations
Direct democracy requires accuracy, discipline and conversations with voters who may be hearing about an issue for the first time.
From a petition to the ballot
Signature gathering and voter-facing ballot-access work, including petition operations in San Francisco and other California locations. The work encompasses explaining measures accurately, engaging voters, keeping field records organized, and meeting the practical demands of a signature drive.
Christine's March 2026 California field archive includes petition and circulation materials. To protect voter privacy, completed petition sheets and signatures are not published.
ACCESS
Public conversations · Signature collection · Field operations · Direct democracy
California fieldwork · March 2026
Ballot access work, on the ground.
The California field archive documents the practical side of direct democracy: circulator materials, daily tracking, voter conversations and the work of bringing a measure to the electorate. The photographs below are drawn from the March 2026 California trip and related organizing archive.
Because many of the original California images show completed petition sheets with names and signatures, those images are intentionally excluded from the public gallery.