This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Focus (Forum & Focus)

Feb. 2, 2008

The Legislature Has to Change the Delegate Selection Process

Forum Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - If Californians want to change how they select Electoral College delegates, they will have to go through the Legislature.

FORUM COLUMN

By Daniel Lee Jacobson
This article appears on Page 6.

      An effort is afoot to place an initiative on California's ballot that would have the state choose its delegates to the Electoral College by congressional district instead of on a statewide basis. Backers of the initiative did not obtain enough signatures to meet the deadline for the June 2008 ballot, but some hope to place it on the November 2008 ballot.

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up