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I’ve been meaning to comment on the propositions on the CA ballot for a while, but haven’t had a chance to really dive into them until this week. Hopefully, this will be the first in a series of posts covering most of them.

The two election related props seem like pretty straightforward choices to me. 62 is a clear NO. Fewer choices on the general election is bad, not good. In addition, anything that allows crossover voting without other election reforms opens the door to all kinds of gaming of the system.

Prop 60 doesn’t actually change anything about the current system. However, because these two propositions are in conflict with one another, it is important to vote YES on this one in the case that a tie-breaker is needed if both pass.

(Amusing note: The “Independent Voters Guide” that I got in the mail today urges a NO vote on 62 because if it passes there could be no Democrat in the general election for some districts. Uh... aren’t we supposedly independents? And isn’t this California, where the opposite seems more likely?)