Elections
Vote Centers Open Tomorrow in Los Angeles County
Vote centers open Saturday 24 October, a mailed ballot needs a 3 November postmark, and the Project 2025 ledger now covers all thirty chapters.
SERIES
Elections
Power and Profit
A Wealth Tax Needed Two Thirds. Proposition 40 Needs a Majority.
Two bills asked 120 legislators for a wealth tax and got nothing. Proposition 40 asks 22 million voters for a simple majority instead.
What Always Happens
The Defendant Switched Sides.
When the campaign finance limits reached the Supreme Court, the agency charged with enforcing them argued to strike them down. The Court appointed one private lawyer to defend the statute. He lost 6 to 3, and the agency cannot act anyway: it has two commissioners and needs four.
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