Nov. 7th, 2006

I voted...

Nov. 7th, 2006 02:00 pm
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...although I'm not too excited about it.

A good man (and a good bureaucrat) is going to lose to a movie-star flip-flopper.

The folks who keep saying Democrats are paternalistic big-government ninnies pushing their way into private lives are probably going to get their initiative to make the state to push its way into families when abortion is involved. The irony is that good and effective parents don't need this law, and it will give bad parents a chance to fuck up their kids even more.

Big tobacco and big oil have probably bought the loss of propositions that would have harmed them.

The initiative system, as it stands, is a total mess. It takes a greater majority to raise taxes than it takes to amend the state constitution. A momentary mood of the electorate can be cast into permanent law.

I think we need a pair of constitutional amendments.
  1. Yeah, the initiative process was a populist response to corrupt and unresponsive legislators. They've turned into a way that lazy and unresponsive legislators can avoid an issue. Initiative Statutes need a sunset date after which they're subject to legislative tinkering. 10 years is a satisfying number, and would allow some turnover in the legislature and administration.
  2. The constitution is a mess, riddled with crap. It shouldn't be this easy to change or expand the constition. Constitutional amendments need to be approved by a 2/3 majority.


I don't see this happening, though.
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...but what the hell. There's still a few hours left before the polls close here in California.

If you haven't read anything about the candidates or the initiatives on the ballot today...

If you don't know what they stand for...

If you haven't tried to filter out the bullshit...

Don't Vote. An oven kind of looks like a voting booth. Go stick your head in it. Turn on the gas. Have a positive impact on the election.

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