Proposition 4
REPEALS PROHIBITION AGAINST PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. LEGISLATIVE STATUTE.
Repeals prohibition on state and local governments offering public funding of candidate election campaigns. Public funding programs may not use funds earmarked for education, transportation, or public safety. Fiscal Impact: Ongoing costs to the state of a few hundred thousand dollars each year for the Fair Political Practices Commission to answer questions from state and local governments about public campaign finance programs.
Criteria:
1-Intent of the Proposition and the duration.
2-Are there any financial effects if this Proposition passes? If so- how much?
3- If this passes, what or who will this Proposition specifically affect?
4-Does the Proposition deal with more than 1 issue? (Propositions should deal with one or closely related subjects.)
5- What is the current situation that would remain if this Proposition does not pass?
*****Extraneous language unrelated to the matter which could be considered as deceptive to the voter.(-1 point).
Score: 4.1Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the lack of clarity as to why the proposition was needed and what situation would remain if the Proposition doesn’t pass. The mention of financial impacts only refers to the state. The principal fiscal impact from new public election funding may be to those local governments currently prohibited from funding elections
