Schwarzenegger Redistricting Referendum

Does anyone know how the specific ballot initiatives are polling? Even if Arnold losses in 2006 his legacy for the Repugs would be this redistricting plan if it passes. Are Dems actively campaigning and working on getting out the vote against this?

Schwarzenegger calls for special election

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Posted: 9:48 AM EDT (1348 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/13/california.politics/

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic and labor forces that oppose him switched into full campaign mode after the governor made official what he has threatened for months -- a special election to change the way state government does business.

Schwarzenegger announced Monday that he had signed a proclamation calling a special election for Nov. 8, only the fifth special election in California since 1910. He wants voters to consider measures that would cap state spending, strip lawmakers of their power to draw legislative boundaries and increase the amount of time it takes public school teachers to get tenure.

He also is likely to endorse a measure curbing public employee unions' ability to raise political contributions from member dues. That move will almost certainly produce fierce opposition from national unions who view the measure as a blow to organized labor. Democrats oppose it because they draw substantial campaign funding from unions.

The summer months in a non-election year typically offer a lull in the political campaign cycle, but the prospect of a special election this fall promises a costly face-off between the governor's political team and deep-pocketed Democratic interest groups.

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