
California Voter Pamphlet Reveals Interesting, Quirky Candidates
Commentary After the “Official Voter Information Guide” started arriving in Californians’ mailboxes, I recently discussed the only measure on the ballot, Proposition 1, the $6.38 billion in bonds for mental-health programs. Today, I’ll be writing about some interesting candidates. Unfortunately, the printed pamphlet does not include the statements for the presidential candidates, sloughing it off to the Secretary of State’s website. This is unfortunate, because the presidential contest is the only one not covered by the Top Two system, which sends only two candidates to the Nov. 5 ballot, regardless of party affiliation. For president, we still have real primary elections, in which the winner for each party will go on to the November election....
