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  • CA: February ballot also likely to include political reforms ('Re-districting' "reform" is back)

    03/15/2007 7:05:22 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 260+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 3/15/07 | Laura Kurtzman - ap
    The presidential race might not be the only matter before California voters in February. The primary ballot also could feature a package of political reforms that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to craft with Democrats in the state Legislature. Schwarzenegger wants to take away the Legislature's power to draw California's political map and give it to an independent panel. He also wants to ban fundraising during the months when most of the state's major business is done. It would cover the period from mid-May until the budget is passed, the final month of the legislative session and the following month...