Every party, including every third party, in California opposed Proposition 14, but that did not stop it from passing tonight. With 54.7% of the votes reporting statewide, the measure has 56.5% voting for it.…
Posts published in “Proposition 14”
http://ca.lp.org/article_399.shtml:
Proposition 13: VOTE YES
Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the reassessment of property values due to seismic retrofitting work
Proposition 14: VOTE NO
Initiative establishing “Open Primaries” (also called “Top Two Balloting”)
Proposition 15: VOTE NO
Initiative creating a public campaign finance system for Secretary of State elections
Proposition 16: No Position Taken
Constitutional Amendment requiring a two-thirds majority to establish public electricity providers
Proposition 17: VOTE YES
Initiative allowing auto insurance companies to charge based on continuity of insurance coverage…
Every so often, a proposition comes up that seems to be the cure to the ills that plague our state but in reality is nothing but a replacement for the tough reforms that have to be made.…
Contact:
Christina Tobin
(415) 599-5222
[email protected]
Ralph Nader
(202) 387-8034
Ralph Nader to Speak against Proposition 14 on Ron Owen’s KGO Show at 9:30 a.m. on Monday…
John Nichols in The Nation:
California voters will decide [this] Tuesday [June 8] whether they want real choices in their elections or the limited options afforded them by the two major parties.…
By Richard Winger in the San Francisco Bay Guardian:
Proposition 14, a June 8 ballot measure, would mandate that all candidates for Congress and state office appear on the same June ballot, and that all voters use that ballot.…
Brian Doherty at Reason Online:
On June 8, Californians will get to vote on Proposition 14, which would eliminate the current party primary system in favor of one open primary in which anyone could vote for anyone regardless of party registration, the candidates could list or not list a party affiliation as they wished, and whoever the top 2 votegetters are, of whatever party, would go on to the general election.…