The California Senate will vote on Wednesday, September 7, on AB 1413. The bill abolishes write-in space on California general election ballots for Congress and state office. If you support write-in voting, please telephone Senate President Darrell Steinberg’s office at 916-651-4006 and ask him to delete the write-in ban from the bill. If the bill cannot be amended, then ask that it be defeated. Anyone, whether a resident of California or not, should feel free to call. The receptionist will take the message, but she will also ask what city the caller lives in. If you call, don’t be embarrassed to say you live in a state other than California.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that states may abolish write-in space on ballots, no state has abolished write-in space since Louisiana did so in 1975. Only five states ban write-ins at general elections (Hawaii, South Dakota, Louisiana, Nevada and Oklahoma).
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