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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California appeals court on Tuesday upheld the casting aside of one of three ballot measures that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger backs for a special election in November. The Republican governor favors Proposition 77, a voter initiative to change the way the state draws its political map by taking the responsibility out of the hands of the Democratic-controlled legislature. Last month a California Superior Court judge tossed out the measure because the text that voters signed to put the redistricting measure on the ballot differed in 17 places from the language submitted to state officials. Backers...

LOS ANGELES -- Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected governor, California newspaper editors are scratching their heads over the daily challenge of squeezing his 14-letter last name into a headline. Copy editors, given large headlines to work with during the recall election, are likely to have smaller spaces for daily stories on state government. "There were copy editors across the state who were dreading the prospect of Schwarzenegger becoming governor, not because of politics but because of the fit," said John Armstrong, editor of the Contra Costa Times. Editors at the newspaper briefly discussed using Schwarzenegger's three initials, like...

California race too close to call Tue 7 October, 2003 18:50 BST By Adam Tanner and Gina Keating LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- California's unprecedented recall election has entered its last act as voters jammed polling stations to decide unpopular Gov. Gray Davis's political future and decide whether Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger should begin a political career -- at the top. Lines in many places began forming at 7 a.m. PDT (3 p.m. British time) when booths opened for Californians to first decide whether to oust Democrat Davis, a charisma-free technocrat under fire for mishandling the state's economy, then pick from an...

California Democrat Party state spokesman Bob Mulholland said his party is giving Arnold Schwarzenegger just 100 days before a new recall effort may be launched. Mulholland made his threat on Fox News Tuesday night after polls closed and major press outlets declared Arnold Schwarzenegger the winner. On Tuesday, Gray Davis declined to refute reports that he may back a new recall effort against Schwarzenegger. Already press reports indicate that Democrats have $3 million prepared for a new recall effort. Also, Hollywood billionaire Stephen Bing has promised to finance any Democratic-backed recall effort.