Redistricting plan thrown off state ballot

[CAcyclist]

The Republicans' little Trojan horse ploy failed,failed,failed!

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/22/MNGHADS1T91.DTL

Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to take away the Legislature's power to draw the state's political boundaries was ordered off the November ballot Thursday by a Sacramento judge who ruled that its 900,000 signatures were collected illegally.

Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian said backers of Proposition 77 improperly gave one version of the measure to the state attorney general for preparation of the official title and summary and then used a slightly different version to collect signatures around the state.

[catzies]

1. It wasn't the only "bait & switch" prop on the ballot - Prop. 73, the

"parental notification" initiative on the ballot inserted devious language somewhere along the line that actually defines where life begins in an attempt to do an end-run around Roe v Wade eventually.

It was a bad amendment that actually got worse.

[CAcyclist]

3. Hopefully, that Can Be Publicized

But its not the same thing as circulating one initiative and putting a different one on the ballot.

I always wondered why the Republicans would rely on a panel of nonpartisan judges - I suspect the reworded initiative laid the door open for Republicans to control the process - like having the governor appoint all the judges himself.

[Sequoia]

2. Ha, ha!

Way down in the polls too, people are waking up from their slumber I hope.

[Peace Patriot]

4. Not slumber. Disenfranchisement.

Schwarz 34% approval rating. That's not slumber.
Bush 42% approval rating. That's not slumber.
63% of Americans disapprove of torture UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. That's not slumber.
58% of Americans disapproved of the Iraq war BEFORE the invasion. That's not slumber.
60% of Americans don't trust Bush on Social Security. That's not slumber.
90% of Americans disapprove of Bush budget deficit. That's not slumber.
Name the issue. 60% to 70% of Americans disapprove of Bush Cartel policy. That's not slumber.

That's disenfranchisement.

Different problem than slumber, requiring a different solution. Yeah, some slumber--no question about it. But most don't. That's the puzzle. Can't get will of the majority enforced. No "consent of the governed."

[GoBruins]

5. obtained illegally?

Gee, why am I not suprised?