[EL] Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation

[Sean Parnell]

Remember, transparency is for the government to keep an eye on the people,
not for the people to keep an eye on government. Or so it often seems. This
seems to fit right in with that idea.

 

 

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management LLC

Alexandria, Virginia

571-289-1374

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

 

 

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Levine
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:55 AM
To: ' [EL] ' <law-election at UCI.EDU>
Subject: [EL] Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation

 

Could this qualify as the stupidest initiative ever proposed? The only
purposed I could imagine would be so legislators could vote against
contributors and never have it known. But I guess someone thinks this is
"reform" worth achieving. And the proponent probably believes in
"transparency."

Larry

 



 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 


January 27, 2016


CONTACT: Sam Mahood


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Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation


Legislature. Secret Ballots. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

 

SACRAMENTO - Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the proponent of a
new initiative was cleared to begin collecting petition signatures today.  

 

The Attorney General prepares the legal title and summary that is required
to appear on initiative petitions. When the official language is complete,
the Attorney General forwards it to the proponent and to the Secretary of
State, and the initiative may be circulated for signatures. The Secretary of
State then provides calendar deadlines to the proponent and to county
elections officials. The Attorney General's official title and summary for
the measure is as follows:

 

LEGISLATURE. SECRET BALLOTS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Requires
members of State Legislature to vote by secret ballot in all legislative
decision-making. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of
Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Potential increase
in state legislative costs, which would be funded within the existing
constitutional budget limit for the Legislature. (15-0112.)

 

The Secretary of State's tracking number for this measure is 1771 and the
Attorney General's tracking number is 15-0112.

 

The proponent of the measure, Subhendu Das, must collect the signatures of
585,407 registered voters (eight percent of the total votes cast for
Governor in the November 2014 general election) in order to qualify it for
the November 2016 ballot. The proponent has 180 days to circulate petitions
for the measure, meaning the signatures must be submitted to county
elections officials by July 25, 2016.  The proponent can be reached at
subhendu.has at excite.com <mailto:subhendu.has at excite.com> .  

 

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