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Yesterday’s State Ballot and California’s Political Future
Four Indian gambling compacts were approved by California voters. Everything else lost—including the initiative that would have kept leaders of the Assembly and Senate from being termed out of office. What will that mean for health insurance, the budget and other unresolved issues? On Reporter’s Notebook, the latest on Independents who wanted to vote Democratic in LA County.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenFour Indian gambling compacts were approved by California voters. Everything else lost—including the initiative that would have kept leaders of the Assembly and Senate from being termed out of office. What will that mean for health insurance, the budget and other unresolved issues? On Reporter’s Notebook, the latest on Independents who wanted to vote Democratic in LA County.
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2 storiesPicking Up the Pieces of Super Tuesday
Despite the support of Governor Schwarzenegger, Prop 93 failed in yesterday’s election. It was a legislative term-limits measure that would have saved current leaders from being termed out at the end of this year. Now Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata—both Democrats—are lame ducks.
Read the story17 minDid Independents Fill Out the Democratic Bubble?
California’s Republican Party does not allow Independents vote in the primary. Democrats and American Independents do. Yesterday in Los Angeles County, Independent voters were required to mark a ballot indicating their preference. If they failed, their votes for president did not count.
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