Proposition 43
LIMITS VOTERS’ ABILITY TO RAISE REVENUES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Limits voters’ ability to pass voter-proposed local special taxes by increasing percentage of votes needed to approve such ballot measures from a majority (over 50%) to two-thirds, beginning January 1, 2027. Fiscal Impact: Possibility that local government tax revenues will not go up as much in the future due to a higher vote threshold for certain taxes.
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: 4.0Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because the language is unclear. It should say that a two-thirds vote is required to pass certain new taxes, not that a voter’s ability to pass new taxes is limited
