The People’s Governor & election reform
CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last night vetoed two bills on write-in votes and ballot initiatives. One would have provided for counting of write-ins when voters filled out the name field but did not check the write-in box. Another would have restricted who may collect signatures for a ballot measure.
Still on Schwarzenegger’s desk is the AB 1294 local options bill. It would legalize the single transferable vote for use in general law municipalities.
The word is that he also vetoed two others: one letting new citizens register on election day if their naturalization wasn’t complete by the registration deadline, another letting absentee voters drop ballots off at any polling station.
If you’re into the dynamic underbelly of American election administration, Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News would be a great addition to your newsreader.
Breaking: Gov. Arnold vetoes another election reform bill : The Democratic Piece on 21 Oct 2007 at 12:51 am #
[...] party-line Republican, Schwarzenegger would not want the president to be elected popularly, new citizens to participate in elections, obvious write-in votes to count or absentee ballots to be …. After all, the first would undo the small-state affirmative action built into our electoral [...]