GOP blocks bill allowing governor to call off special election

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STEVE LAWRENCE

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO - A bill that would allow Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to change his mind and call off the Nov. 8 special election stalled Wednesday in the Senate as Republicans refused to vote for it.

The measure by Assemblyman Johan Klehs, D-San Leandro, fell four votes short of passing on an initial roll call, but the Senate delayed announcing the final vote as the house worked into the evening on other legislation.

Democrats said the approximately $50 million that would be spent to hold the election could be better used to aid Gulf Coast hurricane victims or repair California's own levees.

The eight measures on the November ballot could be added to the June 2006 primary ballot, they said.

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[merwin]

1. Fiscally responsible my ass.