[EL] Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation

[Dan Meek]

Subhendu Das, the filer of the Secret Ballots for the Legislature 
proposed initiative, is not a known advocate of campaign finance reform 
or transparency.  There is no basis for blaming this proposed initiative 
on proponents of transparency.

Its result would be destruction of democracy.  No one would know how any 
legislator voted, so no legislator could be held accountable for her 
votes.  It is the opposite of transparency.

California received a large number of proposed initiatives in late 2015, 
as the date approached for a 10-fold increase in the filing fee (from 
$200 to $2,000).

Dan Meek

	503-293-9021 	dan at meek.net <mailto:dan at meek.net>	855-280-0488 fax




On 1/28/2016 9:41 AM, BZall at aol.com wrote:
> If you're really asking that question, here's another entry:
> http://www.californiaisnotforsale.com/mission/
> Barnaby Zall
> Of Counsel
> Weinberg, Jacobs & Tolani, LLP
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> In a message dated 1/28/2016 10:57:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> larrylevine at earthlink.net writes:
>
>     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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>         **
>
>         *AP16:020*
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>
>           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>           January 27, 2016
>
>
>           CONTACT: Sam Mahood
>
>
>           (916) 653-6575
>
>
>           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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