California Primary Election June 8, 2010
Did you know the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice was Sandra Day O'Connor who came onto the bench in 1981? The Court was almost 200 years old. The second was Ruth Ginsberg while the third was Sonya Sotamayer. Out of the 112 Supreme Court Justices, only these three were women. Elena Kagan could be the 4th. When Sandra Day O'Connor graduated Stanford Law School in the 1950's, she was unable to get hired as a lawyer - because she was a woman. That was only fifty years ago! Oh, enough about woman's lib. Thanks Leigh, for sharing the Supreme Court chronicle.
This past week, the Global Gals talked about the upcoming California election without really knowing what we were talking about. We pretty much concluded that the State Proposition system in California doesn't work because even a group a smart, educated women couldn't figure out what the laws mean!
In general, we steered away from any proposition that would change or instate a law that would require a 2/3 majority for making future changes.
Keep in mind, for judge elections: Judges are appointed then have to run for re-election here in California. One way to know who to vote for is to vote for the currently sitting judge. That means you are basically voting for whoever was originally appointed without worrying how much money is being spent in the judicial elections. A current trend is to spend money on judicial campaigns to replace "liberal" judges with more "conservative" judges.
I don't think we made any concrete recommendations. In my notes, this is what I wrote:
Prop 13 Yes
Prop 14 No
Prop 15 ?
Prop 16 NO
Prop 17 NO
Democrat Governor Jerry Brown
Lt Governor either Janice Hahn or Gavin Newsom
US Senator Barbara Boxer
Nobody liked Meg Whitman and most felt she isn't trustworthy
Below are some web pages that may help you with your research and voting decisions:
www.sddemocrats.org/sdcdp_endorsements.asp />
www.sandiegorepublicans.org/voterguide/ />
www.smartvoter.org/ca/state/ />
www.sierraclubcalifornia.org/elections.html />
I apologize for being so erratic in my reporting. I experienced difficulty in following the conversation at times. Please, make comments if you have found any helpful information or if you have made a decision as to how your will be voting.
Your Gal,
Jules
This past week, the Global Gals talked about the upcoming California election without really knowing what we were talking about. We pretty much concluded that the State Proposition system in California doesn't work because even a group a smart, educated women couldn't figure out what the laws mean!
In general, we steered away from any proposition that would change or instate a law that would require a 2/3 majority for making future changes.
Keep in mind, for judge elections: Judges are appointed then have to run for re-election here in California. One way to know who to vote for is to vote for the currently sitting judge. That means you are basically voting for whoever was originally appointed without worrying how much money is being spent in the judicial elections. A current trend is to spend money on judicial campaigns to replace "liberal" judges with more "conservative" judges.
I don't think we made any concrete recommendations. In my notes, this is what I wrote:
Prop 13 Yes
Prop 14 No
Prop 15 ?
Prop 16 NO
Prop 17 NO
Democrat Governor Jerry Brown
Lt Governor either Janice Hahn or Gavin Newsom
US Senator Barbara Boxer
Nobody liked Meg Whitman and most felt she isn't trustworthy
Below are some web pages that may help you with your research and voting decisions:
www.sddemocrats.org/sdcdp_endorsements.asp
I apologize for being so erratic in my reporting. I experienced difficulty in following the conversation at times. Please, make comments if you have found any helpful information or if you have made a decision as to how your will be voting.
Your Gal,
Jules
OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY SLATE
Statewide Primary Election • Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Polls Open 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Proposition 14
"Top Two" Primary No
Dave Jones will fight for justice for California consumers. He refuses campaign contributions from the insurance industry.
Dave Jones is endorsed by the California Democratic Party, the National Organization for Women, California Teachers Association, California Nurses Association and the Sierra Club. He has also been endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee and San Jose Mercury News. Prop 14 will actually reduce voter choice in elections. Democratic voters in some districts may be forced to choose between voting for a Republican or not voting at all. And Prop 14's fine print contains a deceptive provision that would allow politicians to hide their party affiliation from voters. That is not the kind of change we need. We need to increase voter choice-by voting NO on Proposition 14.
Governor Jerry Brown
Proposition 13Earthquake Safety Measure YES
U.S. Senate Barbara Boxer
Proposition 14 "Top Two" Primary NO
Secretary of State Debra Bowen
Proposition 15 California Fair Elections Act YES
Controller John Chiang
Proposition 16 Utility Power Grab NO
Treasurer Bill Lockyer
Proposition 17 Insurance Rate Hike Initiative NO
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
Board of Equalization-District 1 Betty T. Yee
For a complete list of legislative and congressional endorsements, go to: www.cadem.org/2010Election
Board of Equalization-District 2 Chris Parker
Board of Equalization-District 4 Jerome E. Horton
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