[txnativegop]

Is it me, or does California have entirely too many ballot propositions? I am under the impression that a ballot initiative is an amendment to the California State Constitution.

Of course, the courts in the state often rule the propositions passed by the people to be unconstitutional.

If propositions are constitutional amendments, how can they be ruled unconstitutional? Never figured that out.

[Reeses]

Dan Walters: California activist reporter tries to fix opinion via article and title

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

John and Ken on KFI have been hot on this issue for the last few days. 1A is a fake! Don't vote for it - it is an extension of the biggest state tax hike in history!

[a fool in paradise]

When someone proposes an initiative ballot measure, the attorney general gives it an official title and summary. There's always been much political angst, as well as legal wrangling, over the wording of controversial issues.

It's why I oppose multilingual ballots. Too much opportunity to have "different" ballot verbiage to describe a ballot measure.

[Amerigomag]

McClatchy's editors are typical liberals; assuming its audience is too ignorant to understand facts.

Although Walters uses the word measure eleven times in the article, in ten instances he's wrong. The correct term is referendum.

The electorate, through a signature gathering process, submits initiatives to the voters for their consideration. The legislture, through a supermajority vote, submits referendms to the electorate for their consideration. Both proposals carry the weight of a constitutional amendment if approved by a simple majority of the voters.

This simple majority rules process is frequently abused by the legislature to circumvent the super majority (2/3s) requirement for tax increases.

[calcowgirl]

The ballot should read: New MEGA TAXES and SHAM BOGUS spending limit.