California ballot news
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| Huge voter turn-out predicted
According to the Los Angeles Times, "An intense, last-minute surge of voter interest has election officials across California scrambling to keep up with a record number of voter registrations and applications to cast ballots by mail." ...more
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| On June 3, school bonds, League of Cities win big
Proposition 98 crashed, rival Proposition 99 soared, and everything came up roses for Jeff Denham. School superintendents are beaming all over the state. Some believe that a stern puritanical tide has swept through previously laid back Mendocino. In Porterville, God is now legally trusted. Californians can take a deep breath and prepare for the November onslaught, with abortion, marriage and clean energy all on the same ballot.
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| Gay marriage ban qualifies for November ballot
Debra Rowen, the California Secretary of State, announced on June 2 that the Limit on Marriage Initiative has qualified for the November ballot. The initiative, if it passes, will undo a May 2008 ruling of the California Supreme Court invalidating an earlier gay marriage ban, California Proposition 22 (2000)....more
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| Parental notification for abortion makes ballot
Supporters of the California Parental Notification Act were notified on May 30 that their initiative had qualified for the November 2008 ballot.
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| California SOS institutes up-to-the-minute-information on signature validation
Debra Rowen, the California Secretary of State, has instituted a new disclosure practice on the "Initiatives Update" website maintained by her office, namely, for any initiative on which signatures are undergoing the validation process, a website reader can click to see a spreadsheet of how many signatures have been validated, per county. Seven initiatives are pending validation for the November ballot--the Limit on Marriage Initiative, Voters First Initiative, the Abortion Waiting Period & Parental Notification Initiative, the Clean, Renewable Energy Initiative, Nonviolent Offenders Initiative, and Marsy's Law.
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| "Safe Neighborhood Act" supporters turn in signatures
Supporters of the Safe Neighborhood Act turned in over 750,000 signatures on April 25 to qualify the measure for the November 2008 ballot.[1],[2] The signatures will now be checked for validity. The measure is a "get tough on crime" bill that would require about $350 million a year to fully fund.
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| June 3 school bond issues total over $1.2 billion
On June 3, voters in fifteen school districts will vote on bond issues totalling over $1.2 billion. See California 2008 local ballot measures for details.
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