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Secretary of State, vendor outline Cal Access replacement system, target public launch November 2026
Summary
Secretary of State staff and prime vendor CGI briefed the Fair Political Practices Commission on the Cal Access Replacement System (CARS), describing stakeholder engagement, a phased development schedule and a public go‑live target of Nov. 26, 2026.
The California Secretary of State’s office and prime vendor CGI told the Fair Political Practices Commission on April 10 that the Cal Access Replacement System (CARS) is under active development and is scheduled for public rollout on Nov. 26, 2026.
The presentation explained why the project is being undertaken and how the Secretary of State (SOS), the California Department of Technology (CDT), independent verification and validation consultants, and the vendor are working together to build a cloud-based system to replace the legacy Cal Access application.
The project team said the objective is to move the state’s campaign and lobbying filings from a mix of paper and legacy online forms to a single, data-driven, online platform that validates entries, improves public access, and reduces manual processing. “Cal Access is the public’s window into the filings that are received by the secretary of state,” said Kiara Rasmussen, Political Reform Division assistant chief, California Secretary of State. Rasmussen said the team is…
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