Ballot of the Bulge: Why a New Law Isn’t Shrinking the Ballot Much — Yet

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Many factors have contributed to the long ballot this year. Photo by Dan Hubig for CALmatters

By Lauren Rosenhall, CALmatters
Protracted policy questions. Big-money battles. Contradictory proposals that are difficult to discern. It’s shaping up to be an all-too-typical fall election— once again confronting California voters with an unwieldy ballot.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. After polls confirmed that California voters were frustrated by ballot overload, lawmakers two years ago made changes aimed at pre-empting at least some initiatives from landing on the ballot, and improving those that do. One change gave the Legislature extra time to hold hearings and try to compromise with interest groups pitching complex issues.

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