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Initiative To Change Distirbution Of Calif.'s Electoral Votes Funded By Supporter Of GOP Front-Runner (AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A top donor to presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was the source of the one - and only - contribution to a proposed California ballot measure that would have made it much harder for Democrats to win the White House, according to a published report. The campaign to qualify the measure for next year's ballot collapsed Thursday when two of its top consultants quit, complaining they had not been told who gave the money. The donor, hedge fund giant Paul Singer, came out...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a unanimous Sunday morning vote, hundreds of members of the California Republican Party agreed to work to end the state’s 31-year ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants. The official vote was taken at the California Republican Party’s semiannual convention which featured appearances by presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the governors of Texas, Florida, Utah, and Minnesota. The pro-nuclear power resolution, authored by California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), was unanimously approved the day before by the state Party’s Initiatives Committee. The resolution places the full weight of...

A proposed constitutional amendment making it harder for minors to get abortions has qualified for the next election ballot, the secretary of state's office announced Monday. The measure would prohibit abortions on unemancipated minors until 48 hours after an abortion provider notified the minor's parents or legal guardian. There would be possible civil fines for failing to do so. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will call a special election for November if he's unable to reach agreement with Democrats in the Legislature on three other initiatives he has proposed. Schwarzenegger has said he favors the general idea of parental...

With just a few weeks to go, does anyone have an idea of what is on the ballot in California this November and who is supporting what, etc? Here's a chance to help put the info out there in a centralized apporach. I am going to kick it this thread with a bunch of stuff from all over the place. No particular order in posting need be followed. The Bakersfield Californian is running a number of pieces this morning that I am posting to start the thread