California's five June propositions are assigned official numbers
From Ballotpedia
February 1, 2010
SACRAMENTO, California: On Friday, January 29, Debra Bowen, California's Secretary of State, announced that her office has assigned official ballot proposition numbers to the five propositions qualified for the June 8, 2010 ballot.[1] The five numbers on the ballot go from Proposition 13-Proposition 17, and include three proposed constitutional amendments and two proposed state statutes.
| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Prop 13, Seismic Retrofitting | Taxes | Seismic retrofitting should not add to property's tax assessed value |
| LRCA | Prop 14, Top Two Primaries | Elections | Top two primary vote getters move to general regardless of party affiliation |
| LRSS | Prop 15, Public Funding of Elections | Elections | Public funding of politician's campaigns |
| CICA | Proposition 16 | Elections | New two-thirds vote requirement for local public electricity providers |
| CISS | Proposition 17 | Regulation | Discount for those who have had continuous auto insurance coverage |
The next step in the process of preparing the propositions for the June election is for supporters and opponents to craft and submit ballot arguments by February 9 for what will become the state's official June 8 voter guide.
Some details on the ballot argument process:
- Ballot arguments cannot exceed 500 words
- Rebuttals to ballot arguments cannot exceed 250 words.
- Submissions of ballot arguments are to be typed and double-spaced.
- The deadline to submit ballot arguments is February 9 by 5:00 p.m.
- The deadline to submit rebuttals to the ballot arguments is February 18 by 5:00 p.m.
- Arguments that are selected for the Official Voter Information Guide will be on public display between February 23 and March 15
- If multiple arguments are submitted for one proposition:
- State law gives first priority to arguments written by legislators in the case of a legislative measure.
- State law gives first priority to arguments written by the proponents of an initiative in the case of an initiative measure.
- Subsequent priority is given by law to "bona fide citizen associations" and then to individuals.
- No more than three signers are allowed to appear with an argument or rebuttal to an argument.
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