Speaks to what the liberals and unions who dominated these turn outs feel about it. Sure reads like Satan's foot soldiers instead of fellow citizens, doesn't it?
In a regular election, that can get passed.
If "fiscal conservative" Ahnuld had not INSISTED on taxpayer's footing the bill for ANOTHER "special election" (California has so many special elections, they can probably just abolish regular elections at this point), it probably would have been passed.
When you have an random "special election" for no reason and try to GOTV, the people who show up will be the most hard core partisans on both sides (in California, the Dems far outnumber the GOP in hard-core partisans). In a regular election (Governor, President, etc.) there are plenty of independants apolitical people who show and can be swayed to the GOP side. A measure like partential notification would easily get the support of most independants who just stopped in to vote for the top of the ticket.
Poor Arnie, he just HAD to have a "special election" instead. The REAL elections in November 2004, April 2005, and the early 2006 primary were just too long to wait!
It takes a real "fiscal conservative" to waste millions on a "special election"