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California Voters FIRST, Proposition 11, is a redistricting reform initiative California Common Cause is sponsoring on the November 2008 ballot. California Voters FIRST will create a truly independent, open and transparent citizen's commission to draw legislative districts, putting an end to political gerrymandering. Click here to learn more.
August 31, 2008: Yesterday we watched as the Legislature passed AB 583, the Fair Elections bill to create a pilot program for full public financing of elections for California Secretary of State. Thanks to your help – your phone calls, your letters, your support, we watched as eight years of work got farther than we’ve ever seen – a clean money bill on track to hit the Governor’s Desk! Let’s not let all this work be for not! Please call Governor Schwarzenegger today (916-445-2841) and ask him to sign AB 583 (Hancock). Let him know that voters want to “clean up Sacramento politics, and end the influence of special interest money” in California. August 21, 2008: We need your help to ensure better disclosure of the special interests behind efforts to influence your vote. AB 2552 will allow for a true accounting of the economic interests behind these ads and provide the voter with the most accurate picture of where the money is actually coming from. Click here to learn how you can help! August 3, 2008: Check out the recent San Francisco Chronicle editorial on Proposition 11. In it, John Diaz points out that most of the opponents’ arguments are based on fear and self interest. Not good reasons to oppose true redistricting reform like Prop 11. As Diaz says “Democracy and change can be scary. But they are scariest to those in power who derive their power from suppressing change by any means necessary.” Click here for more. June 19, 2008: The Los Angeles Times reported today that California has is one of the “Dirty Dozen” most gerrymandered states. A recently released report by Marc Dunkelman, of the Democratic Leadership Council found that as many as 3.1 million votes are suppressed in California because of gerrymandered districts. Click here to read the LA Times article. Click here for the report. June 2, 2008: The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today joined the ever growing number of organizations, elected officials and Californians in supporting California Voters FIRST Redistricting Reform initiative. Click here for the press release. Click here to learn more about California Voters FIRST.
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