WHAT DOES THE BALLOT LOOK LIKE?

Sample Ballot 2000 Election.

source: http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/ballot/large_ballot_ap.jpg

WHO CAN VOTE?

Who can register to vote? In order to register to vote, a person must:

• Be a citizen of the United States;
  
• Be a resident of California;
  
• Be at least 18 years of age as of the day of the next election;
  
• Not be in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony;and
  
• Not be deemed by an appropriate court to be mentally incompetent.

For more information on the rights of people who are incarcerated, please see our Voting Guide for Inmates.

SOURCE: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_faq.htm

California election Propositions :: What they are ?

ropositions that are on the
November 4, 2008, General Election Ballot

PLEASE NOTE: After the printing of the Voter Information Guide was underway, Proposition 1 was removed from the ballot pursuant to statute. It will be replaced by Proposition 1A on the ballot. A Supplemental Voter Information Guide will be printed to provide voters with the text, analyses, arguments, and other information about the measure required by law. Bond Measure
Proposition 1A

Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 2

Standards for Confining Farm Animals. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 3

Children’s Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Proposition 4

Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 5

Nonviolent Drug Offenses. Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 6

Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 7

Renewable Energy Generation. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Proposition 8

Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
Proposition 9

Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Initiative Statute
Proposition 10

Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds. Initiative Statute.

Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
Proposition 11

Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Bond Measure
Proposition 12

Veterans’ Bond Act of 2008.

Source: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#2008General