Perspective
Dec. 30, 2010
Voter Confusion and the Single-Subject Rule: Proposition 26 as a Test Case
Will Proposition 26 pass California's single-subject rule? By Chris Elmendorf of U.C. Davis.
In 1948, the people of California amended their constitution to establish a "single-subject rule" for constitutional amendments enacted by ballot initiative. Writing in the official ballot pamphlet, proponents argued that "[t]he busy voter does not have the time to devote to the study of long, wordy propositions and must rely upon such sketchy information as may be received through the press, radio, or picked up in general conver...
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