Yes, that’s my understanding as well. We can still “sign” the arguments
in the voter information guide, for or against, as “Chair, Libertarian
Party of XXX” – nothing has changed about that.
But there are different rules for this listing of supporters/opponents
ON THE BALLOT, which is a new thing entirely, only the last couple of
elections, at least for local measures. And one of those rules is
specifically that a political party can’t be listed. Why? I don’t know
for sure, but my guess is that somebody thought that since all the
government offices at the local level are “non-partisan” (and as part of
that candidates for County Supervisor, City Council, etc. are not
allowed to identify themselves on the ballot as being affiliated with
any political party), the same should be true for measures put forth by
those local governments.
···
On 2024-08-16 15:49, Starchild via LPSF Forum wrote:
Okay, I just spoke with Matt Selby at the Elections Department and got
some clarification about his letter. He says the LPSF’s name can appear
on our arguments in the Voter Handbook, just not on the actual ballots
themselves. In response to my question, he said this is a new rule,
which the state of California has been following for a couple cycles,
but which they’ve now implemented at the local level.
(attachments)
