A few days are left until the November elections, where Republicans and Democrats will compete – as they have done for more than a century – for the votes of the American people. In the state of California, however, something more will happen. Californians will be voting on a series of propositions which will directly influence the state’s policy (the famed and much-criticized proposition system).
Propositions can be confusing – sometimes intentionally so. Thus I have compiled a series of posts analyzing what each proposition means for the state of California. These posts are followed by a newspaper-style editorial; whether to vote “yes” or “no” on each proposition.
I have not touched upon propositions that have been heavily covered by the media; things such as Proposition 19 (the legalization of marijuana), for instance. The purpose of these posts is to inform the public about little-known but very important propositions. Everybody knows about Proposition 23 (which suspends the “Global Warming Solutions Act”), but very few people have probably heard about Proposition 25 – which makes passing budgets easier, and which will influence California’s future far more than what happens to marijuana.
These posts are short and to the point; there are not multiple posts covering one proposition, for instance. This has been something I have previously promised and failed to do. Fortunately covering propositions does not require pictures, and so the posts are kept simple and readable.
The full list of proposition editorials is below: