For Planning Purposes
May 23, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY
Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Uber to Announce New Voter Education Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Uber will announce a new public-private partnership to provide important election information to millions of Uber users in California in time for the June 5 Statewide Direct Primary Election.
Secretary Padilla will be joined by Tom Maguire, West General Manager from Uber, at a press conference on May 24, at the Uber headquarters in San Francisco. The partnership will utilize Uber's app/platform statewide to inform both riders and drivers about important election information. Uber launched the first phase of the partnership on Monday, May 21, by including a message and link to RegisterToVote.ca.gov encouraging all users to register before the midnight voter registration deadline.
*Media planning to attend must RSVP to sos.press@sos.ca.gov no later than 4PM today.
- What:
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California Secretary of State and Uber Partnership
- Who:
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
Tom Maguire, Uber West General Manager - When:
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Thursday, May 24 2018
9:30 a.m. - Where:
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Uber Headquarters
1455 Market St., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA
**Please check-in with building security when you arrive on the ground floor. They will escort you to the 4th Floor. - Contacts:
- Secretary Padilla: Jesse Melgar, (916) 653-6575
Uber: Stephanie Sedlak, Stephanie.sedlak@uber.com, (707) 695-2750
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