A new McHenry Museum exhibit, “California Votes: Exercise Your Right!” features historical items from past elections and valuable information in English and Spanish on the history and process of voting in English and Spanish.
On Friday, the Modesto Art Museum honored volunteers who helped make the exhibit possible.
Modesto Mayor Sue Zwahlen, State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, and field representatives from Rep. John Duarte’s and Assemblyman Juan Alanis’ offices attended to celebrate and presented certificates to the volunteers.
“I am delighted to see this beautiful exhibit,” Zwahlen said. “The way I see it is as motivation for people to vote. If they are not registered to vote, they need to register and study the issues.”
Randy Siefkin, a member of the Modesto Art Museum ’s board of directors and a retired political science instructor at Modesto Junior College , loaned many of the items on display from his personal collection.
When he saw an exhibit in Pleasanton a couple of years ago, he bid to get something like that here — in a bigger space with more local items.