NationStates Jolt Archive

So I've been here just over a year, and I've already voted at least four times--Californians like their politics--and we've got another election in November. California does up these really detailed voter's guides, which are terrific if you're a responsible voter, and I am, but damn. I got my statewide voter initiative guide earlier this week, and it was 166 pages long. 166 pages! And that's just the statewide stuff. I've got city-wide Supervisor elections--which will be IRV this year--school board, and city wide initiatives as well. It's fucking crazy, and the worst part is that most people won't even take more than a glance at the voter's guides.

It's democracy on steroids, goddamn it, and I'm looking forward to the ride. Who's with me?

P.S. Once I start getting into the guide, maybe we can use this thread to discuss the propositions, etc.

Having only left the Golden State for brief stints in enviromental protection equipment, I had no idea that those things weren't sent out to everybody in every state. Of course, until I worked for a polling call center I didn't know that all states didn't have initiatives.

I haven't got my voter crap yet. I know I registered, but I guess I should check....just in case.

The California initiative system provides some interesting portraits. On the same ballot we legalized medical marijuana and got rid of afirmative action. It's a big state.

After I moved from California to Ohio, I called the county board of elections a week before an election to ask if they had sent me a copy of the voter guide. They didn't know what I was talking about. I can still get the argument for, rebuttal, argument against, and rebuttal for the one statewide issue by downloading it from the secretary of state's website. Nothing else, but at least that means we match you guys on the amount of information about judicial candidates