{"id":503741,"date":"2026-10-22T04:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503741\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T04:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:14:25","slug":"calmatters-to-host-election-conversation-in-bakersfield-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503741\/","title":{"rendered":"CalMatters to host election conversation in Bakersfield | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to learn more about the state races and propositions on your ballot while enjoying free food and friendly conversations?<\/p>\n<p>CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide news organization, is hosting a VotingMatters event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul\u2019s Episcopal Church, 2216 17th St. in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>CalMatters staff will walk you through the California propositions and the races (such as governor and insurance commissioner) so you can feel well-informed to vote in the Nov. 3 election.<\/p>\n<p>Pizza and salad will be served. The event is free and open to the public, but CalMatters seeks RSVPs to know how many people to expect. RSVP link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfield.com\/news\/calmatters-to-host-election-conversation-in-bakersfield\/http\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hJ8ee9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CalMatters has also produced a voter guide, available at <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Would you like to learn more about the state races and propositions on your ballot while enjoying free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-503741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}