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The passage of Proposition 8 received widespread media coverage over the amendment's effect on the concurrent 2008 presidential and congressional elections, as well as the pre-election effects Proposition 8 had on California's reputation as a historically LGBT-friendly state and the same-sex marriage debate that had started after same-sex ...
Allowing voting registration on Election Day. Proposition 71 (2004) Passed: On the use of stem cells in scientific research. Proposition 73 (2005) Defeated: Parental notification before abortion. Proposition 83 (2006) Passed: Various restrictions of civil liberties for paroled sex offenders (Jessica's Law). Proposition 85 (2006) Defeated ...
1 – State Legislature amended proposition after a number was already designated; amended version became Proposition 1A. 1A – Passed – California High Speed Rail Bond. S.B. 1856. 2 – Passed – Treatment of Farm Animals. Statute. 3 – Passed – Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. Statute.
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November), rather than during any statewide election. The two initiative propositions below qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June 2012 presidential primaries) prior to ...
In 2012, state lawmakers passed a bill to adopt Election Day voter registration with the law taking effect in 2016. [16] [17] In 2015, California became the second state to pass automatic voter registration with initial implementation expected in the second half of 2016. [18]
Proposition 36 on California's November ballot asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, an initiative passed in 2014 that turned some felonies to misdemeanors. What exactly is Prop. 47?
Proposition 8 (or The Victims' Bill of Rights [1] [2]), a law enacted by California voters on 8 June 1982 by the initiative process, restricted the rights of convicts and those suspected of crimes and extended the rights of victims. To do so, it amended the California Constitution and ordinary statutes.
California Senate Bill 202, passed in 2011, mandated that initiatives and optional referendums can appear only on the November general election ballot, a statute that was controversial at the time, being seen as a self-serving, single-party initiative; [3] the November general election rule for initiatives and optional referendums has ...