California Grassroots Initiative Reform Act (2010)
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A California Grassroots Initiative Reform Act may be on the November 2, 2010 ballot in California.
On September 20, 2009, Aaron Starr filed a request with the Office of the California Attorney General for an official ballot title on an act that he is calling the "Grassroots Initiative Reform Act". Once the attorney general's office has provided that title, supporters will be able to start collecting signatures on this initiated state statute.
The goal of the proposed act is to to amend the California Constitution in ways that re-structure the laws governing the initiative process in California.
Proposed changes
If this measure succeeds, it will:
- Allow the California Legislative Analyst's Office to assist initiative proponents with drafting the language of proposed propositions.
- Require additional campaign finance reporting.
- Increase the number of days allowed for collecting signatures from 150 days to 365 days.
- Make it easier to challenge laws passed by the California State Legislature through the veto referendum process.
- Require that laws that are the subject of a veto referendum signature-gathering process be stayed.
- Simplify the state's petition form
- Make petitions available online.
- Require initiative sponsors to report their signature counts on an ongoing basis to the government.
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