DIRTY TRICKS ALERT !! California GOP is at it again !!

[DinahMoeHum]

Cross-posted from DailyKos and Buzzflash:
http://www.kqed.org/weblog/capitalnotes/2007/10/electoral-initiative-back-with-big.jsp

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With homage to Mark Twain and his wry remarks about those who declare death too soon, the initiative to change how California's votes for the White House are counted is back... and may have enough cash to gather the needed signatures in only three weeks.

The initiative, which received nationwide attention this summer, would mean that California's 55 electoral votes would almost all be doled out by the presidential winner in each of the state's congressional districts. And given the wide swath of GOP red in inland California, that could give the Republican nominee as many electoral votes here as could be won in Ohio.

Longtime GOP attorney Tom Hiltachk, the author of the initiative, pulled out of the campaign several weeks ago. But it's now been revived by a group of conservatives that includes anti-tax crusader Lew Uhler and former 2003 recall campaigner Tony Andrade. Andrade submitted a similar initiative for circulation a few weeks before Hiltachk, but says he's put his own version "on ice," and is now focused on Hiltachk's version.
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/23/132647/80

:evilfrown:

[flying_wahini]

1. God, we have got to stop these people.

are we just going to sit on our hands?

What can we do about this????????

Sound the bell, ring the alarm, call your congressman.

NOW.

[Taverner]

2. I thought we killed this already?

I guess not...fuck

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Like a bad penny, their shit always turns up.

n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

4. As bad an idea as this is

and as much as I would hate for it to pass, it's not a dirty trick.

California allows such referenda.