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Thirteen statewide ballot propositions were on the 2002 ballot in California. Six statewide propositions were on the March ballot. Of these, five were approved and one was defeated. Seven propositions appeared on the November ballot. Of these, five were approved and two were defeated.

On the ballot

March 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Proposition 40	Bonds	Issues $2.6 billion for environmental and park projects	a
BI	Proposition 41	Bonds	Issues $200 million in bonds to provide counties with money to purchase new voting equipment	a
LRCA	Proposition 42	Transportation	Requires the state gas sales tax to be allocated for transportation purposes	a
LRCA	Proposition 43	Elections	Amends the constitution to state that "a voter who casts a vote in an election in accordance with the laws of this state shall have that vote counted."	a
LRSS	Proposition 44	Healthcare	Revokes chiropractic licenses for 10 years if a chiropractor is convicted a second time or on multiple counts of insurance fraud and other offenses	a
CICA	Proposition 45	Term limits	Provides for a local legislative option process in which voters of a state House or Senate district could petition the Secretary of State to allow their term-limited Representative or Senator to serve an extra four years. The local legislative option could be used one time per lawmaker	d

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Proposition 46	Bonds	Issues $2.1 billion in bonds for housing projects, including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing	a
BI	Proposition 47	Bonds	Authorizes the issuance of $13.05 billion in bonds for construction and renovation of public school facilities	a
LRCA	Proposition 48	Judiciary	Amends the California Constitution to remove any reference to "municipal courts," which had been eliminated in 1998	a
CISS	Proposition 49	Education	Increases grants for before and after school programs and making every public school, including charter schools, eligible for grants	a
CISS	Proposition 50	Bonds	Issues $3.4 billion in general obligation bonds for water projects including the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, regional water management, and safe drinking water	a
CISS	Proposition 51	Transportation	Authorizes the state to reallocate 30% of tax revenue from the sale of motor vehicles from the general fund to the Traffic congestion Relief and Safe School Bus Trust Fund authorizing the state to reallocate 30% of tax revenue from the sale of motor vehicles from the general fund to the Traffic congestion Relief and Safe School Bus Trust Fund	d
CISS	Proposition 52	Elections	Allows eligible voters to register to vote on election day with valid identification, increasing the criminal penalty for committing voter fraud, and creating a fund to implement the measure	d

Getting measures on the ballot

Legislative referrals

The California State Legislature may refer constitutional amendments to the ballot with a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber.

The legislature can refer statutes and bond issues with a simple majority vote, but the governor's signature is also required.

In California, changes to voter-approved ballot initiatives need to be referred to voters for approval or rejection unless the changes further the initiative's purpose.

Initiatives

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

The number of valid signatures for citizen-initiated measures in California are based on the votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election, which are held every four years. Initiated constitutional amendments require 8% of that total while initiated state statutes and veto referendums require 5%. The requirements for each type in 2002 were as follows:

• Initiated constitutional amendment (ICA): 670,816
• Initiated state statute (ISS): 419,260
• Veto referendum (VR): 419,260

Historical facts

As of the end of 2002, a cumulative total of 280 initiatives (counting citizen-initiated constitutional amendments and citizen-initiated state statutes and not counting veto referenda) had appeared on California ballots since the first initiatives in 1912.

See also

• 2002 ballot measures
• List of California ballot measures
• Laws governing ballot measures in California
• History of Initiative and Referendum in California
• Laws governing I&R in California

External links

• California Secretary of State
• California State Legislature
• Official Voter Guide to the March 5 ballot propositions
• Official Voter Guide to the November 5 ballot propositions
• March 5, 2002 ballot proposition voter guide (PDF)
• November 5, 2002 ballot proposition voter guide (PDF)
• Organizational and newspaper endorsements of the March 5, 2002 ballot propositions
• LAO analysis of the March 5, 2002 ballot propositions
• LAO analysis of the November 5, 2002 ballot propositions
• Spending on 2002 California ballot measures