[NovemberCharlie]

Proposition 56 would do the following: ...
Prohibit political party leaders from punishing lawmakers for their budget vote.

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How exactly would that be accomplished?

[calcowgirl]

>>>Prohibit political party leaders from punishing lawmakers for their budget vote.

How exactly would that be accomplished?

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Kind of the same way that Prop 58 helps balance the budget! (NOT)

There are several paragraphs in the text of the initiative that address this (none very compelling). Here's one:

d) Allow legislators to vote their consciences on the budget instead of being pressured into voting the party line. A legislator who is threatened by another legislator because of a vote on the budget will be able to file a complaint with the Ethics Committees of the Senate or Assembly, which will investigate the complaint and make public its report and recommendation for appropriate action to the full Senate or the Assembly.

[Grampa Dave]

What that means is when RINOs like the POS Johannsen (sp) crossed over to vote for one Davis's budget disasters, he was basically drummed out of the party and was treated like a leper by the republicans. This prop would somehow "protect" the traitors. They couldn't lose an important committe seat or chairmanship.

This is another reason to vote no on this prop..