Posts Tagged: ballot propositions

Voters head to polls, braving bad weather and final flurry of ads

Illustration of a get-out-the-vote message with the American flag. (Photo: Felipe Sanchez, via Shutterstock)

by JOHN HOWARD posted 11.08.2022

California voters — those who hadn’t already voted by mail, anyway — headed to the polls Tuesday on a rainy, blustery election day marked by close attention to key Congressional races and high-stakes ballot propositions, while California’s statewide contenders almost got lost in the shuffle.

Amid pandemic, California ballot measures facing tough sell

Photo illustration of a voter's reminder for the Nov. 3, 2020 general election. (Image: Prostock-studio, via Shutterstock)

by RICH EHISEN posted 07.28.2020

Qualifying a proposition for the ballot – much less convincing millions of voters to support it – is always a Herculean task. In the best of times, it requires a near limitless supply of money, talent and luck. Nobody right now thinks we are in the best of times. Many months now into the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people instead feel trapped inside a George Orwell novel.

Watchdog eyes 2014 activities

State Capitol, Sacramento. (Photo: David Monniaux)

by JOHN HOWARD posted 01.05.2015

California’s political watchdog, facing 2014’s high-stakes statewide elections in which a relatively small number of donors put in more than $158 million to influence voters on ballot propositions, closed hundreds of cases with settlements – the most in its 40 years of existence.