Talk:California Proposition 11, Creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (2008)

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FEC?

I took this sentence out, "It was recently cleared by the FEC in a 5-0 vote that the legislature could raise funds to fight or support the measure in increments of $20,000 from individuals which means the fight will get expensive."

Does anyone have a newspaper or other citation? This is very interesting but I couldn't find anything about it in a brief search on internet.Calgal 01:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Length of list of supporters

Per Ballotpedia guidelines, keep the lists of supporters/opponents shorter.Calgal 14:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Your right about the list having being long on the front page. However, I think you mistakenly removed the direct link to committees webpage list of prop 11 supporters. I re-added it. The in house designed page linked to was like 1/50th of what the actual listed supporters are and the direct link is the best source as it is updated more often and therefore easier to maintain and reconcile the differences. As Im sure your aware the purpose of the guidelines is so that the long list does not take up the whole page of the article not that the list is truncated to a shorter list when people view it. thanks -Hitman6999 16:29, 7 October 2008 (UTC)