Thank you so much to Francoise for helping with the ballot argument
challenge. Thanks also to Starchild for telephoning and offering to
help. Here is an update:
Jawj (who authored the argument) and I (who signed as submitter and
contact) visited the DOE this morning. My original idea was to simply
strike out the one sentence which I enterpreted bothered the
challenger. This morning the DOE handed me a letter stating that the
challenger's objection now (?) included the second paragraph of the
argument also. The challenge now *seems* to be an attempt to get our
argument withdrawn, not simply to correct one particular mis-statement.
The DOE has no authority to change our argument, and has at this time
no intention of seeking a court order to get us to change anything.
The challenger can seek an injunction by noon Tuesday.
Jawj will not change her argument and stands by it. I would have been
perfectly happy to overrule Jawj (since I am listed as the submitter)
had this still been the case of one misleading sentence. However, if
I authorize the DOE to strike out all the wording that is now being
challenged, our argument would not make sense at all.
The challenger can probably name anybody he wishes if he goes to
court. However, if I am interpreting the California Election Code
(Section 9295) correctly, the party of interest is the author, in this
case probably the LPSF.
I do not wish to withdraw the argument without input from the members,
donors, etc. So, if you are concerned about the challenger suing us
SPEAK UP PRETTY FAST!!
Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, "Francoise Fielding"
<Portia1948@m...> wrote:
I called the Ethics Commission (581-2300) and asked about
compensation.
Apparently the Commssioners do not get paid, though under certain
circumstances (that the person I spoke to did not know) they may be
able to
get health benefits.
Charles Marsteller is a former head of Common Cause.
Francoise
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