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California's ballot could be a blockbuster next November (LATimes)
Call it a dream for California political consultants, a nightmare for voters or an electoral extravaganza: The November 2016 ballot could feature a bigger crop of statewide propositions than at any time in the past decade.
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But political strategists have identified at least 15 -- perhaps as many as 19 --measures that all have a shot at going before voters next fall.
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A number of political forces help explain why so many are lined up now. For starters, there’s the 2011 law that moved everything but measures written by the Legislature to the general election ballot. As a result, June primary ballots are now almost barren of contentious campaigns.
There is also a lingering hangover from the state's record-low voter turnout in 2014: a new and extremely low number of voter signatures needed to qualify an initiative for the ballot.
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But political strategists have identified at least 15 -- perhaps as many as 19 --measures that all have a shot at going before voters next fall.
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A number of political forces help explain why so many are lined up now. For starters, there’s the 2011 law that moved everything but measures written by the Legislature to the general election ballot. As a result, June primary ballots are now almost barren of contentious campaigns.
There is also a lingering hangover from the state's record-low voter turnout in 2014: a new and extremely low number of voter signatures needed to qualify an initiative for the ballot.
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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-california-ballot-measures-2016-20151108-story.html
Marijuana, gun laws, cigarette taxes, minimum wage, school bond (not to mention the drinking age question described in a nearby thread): could be interesting!
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Just what we need. Worse turnout. 
And thanks to Fux, they're the clear majority.
or other topics more properly (IMO) handled by the Legislature and Governor, but it seems like this time it may be a lot of hot-button items that may draw people to the polls. Still, I shudder to imagine the tons and tons of paper that will be landing in our mailboxes over the next year... 
