Crazy Cali ballots.

Crazy California.

As I pressed the eight glowing red dots in my Pennsy electronic voting machine, I was nostolgic. I missed the chaos of a good, old fashioned California vote.

In California, any proposition can be put on the ballot for vote by the people so long as enough signatures can be acquired in its support. In other words, if I wanted to propose that a new law be made stating "All blondes can only wear pink on Tuesday in the County of Orange", and found 50,000 people to agree with me, that would go on the ballot for popular vote.

This year, there are nine of these props. I will list them, and then address them in seperate posts so as not to make the readers insane.

Prop. 1 A-E, is about roads and traffic... a truly Cali issue.
Prop. 83, wants to strap GPS systems on sex offenders.
Prop. 84, requests $5 billion to clean the water supply.
Prop. 85, a Constitutional Amendment that would create a mandatory 48-hour waiting period and require parental notification prior to performance of an abortion involving a minor.
Prop. 86, imposes an additional 13 cent tax on cigarettes and tobacco products, bringing the total tax to $2.60.
Prop. 87, would impose a tax on oil companies to fund research for alternative energy resources.
Prop. 88, would raise property taxes by $50 for school funding.
Prop. 89, a campaign finance reform that would limit contributions by corporations and create a tighter system for reporting and tracing campaign contribution.
Prop. 90, a Constitutional Amendment addressing eminant domain, the propsal would bar the state and local governments from acquiring or demolishing private property to promote the other private development projects.

They certainly ran the gauntlet with this ballot. I am anxious to see how it turns out.