California voters leaning against campaign finance initiative (LA Times)
Classic CA Proposition bait 'n switch. ~ pinto
California voters leaning against campaign finance initiative
Proposition 32 would ban political contributions by payroll deduction. That would eliminate the main fundraising tool of unions but not of businesses.
By Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times
September 29, 2012
SACRAMENTO — California voters appear poised to reject a November ballot measure that would ban political contributions by payroll deduction, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.
Forty-four percent of those surveyed said they opposed Proposition 32, which would eliminate the main fundraising tool of unions. Just 36% said they supported the measure, which would also bar corporations and unions from contributing directly to candidates.
Proponents of the measure, having focused squarely on unions in two past attempts to end paycheck deductions for political purposes, adopted the language of the Occupy Wall Street movement this time around and rebranded their campaign as an effort to curb the power of special interests.
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Campaign finance experts disagree, saying the measure would disproportionately hobble organized labor by prohibiting payroll deductions to collect campaign cash. Corporations, they say, rarely use such a method to raise political money, instead tapping executive checkbooks and company treasuries.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll-prop32-20120929,0,6650044.story
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