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Why it just got a lot harder to get a proposition on California's ballot
California's costly ballot measure process just got more expensive with a steep increase in the signatures required to qualify for the ballot.
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Why it just got a lot harder to get a proposition on California's ballot
Hundreds of thousands of additional signatures are now required for a proposition to make the California ballot — making it harder and more expensive to place a measure directly before voters.
Why?
State law ties the signatures needed to the number of votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. And this year, turnout was strong.
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