About JoinCalifornia.com

The One Voter Project began with ElectionVolunteer.com, created by Alex Vassar in 2003 during the campaigns leading up to California's Recall of Governor Davis. The site began as a list of both local (Santa Clara County) Recall candidates and major candidates whose campaigns had local offices. During the 2004 Primary Election cycle, ElectionVolunteer.com organized early lists of candidates to help connect the budding campaigns with local volunteers.

Since the 2004 elections, the website has expanded into several online resources in the One Voter Project. JoinCalifornia.com, started in 2005, provides more than one hundred years worth of political history for California candidates, districts, and parties. The JoinCalifornia database currently contains almost thirteen thousand candidates in every federal and state election back to 1898. Together, the purpose of the One Voter Project websites is to educate the public about the political landscape around them, to create and interest in the politics, and help facilitate citizen involvement in the political process. Democracies work best when their citizens are informed and involved.

Alexander Vassar

Alex Vassar first became involved in local politics while studying Political Science at San Jose State University. His early activities included volunteering as a tutor for Project SHINE and working as Volunteer Coordinator for Steve Poizner's 2004 Assembly campaign. After the election, he created one of the most in-depth websites about California's 160-year political history (http://www.joincalifornia.com).

Alex has since worked as for a member of the San Jose City Council and is currently a Legislative Aide/Fellow for State Senator Bob Dutton.

To contact Alex Vassar, email: alex@onevoter.org

 

Shane Meyers

Shane Meyers is a native Californian who provides the encoding and programming backbone to the Election Volunteer site. An Electrical Engineering graduate of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Meyers joined the Election Volunteer / JoinCalifornia team in early 2005 and helped facilitate the transition from a local website to a statewide resource.

Shane has been honored for his work on the ElectionVolunteer and JoinCalifornia websites with a Congressional Commendation from several Bay Area members of the California Delegation;

"Mr. Meyers deserves recognition today for the great interest he has shown in improving the lines of communication between the public and their representatives at both the state and federal levels... His efforts toward improving community political awareness are to be commended."
- Congressman Sam Farr (D-17)

To contact Shane Meyers, email: shane@onevoter.org