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Why do we even have Proposition 11 on the ballot? Because it’s the perfect example of a Catch 22.

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The constitutional amendment to require that a record vote be taken by a house of the legislature on final passage of any bill, other than certain local bills, of a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or of any other nonceremonial resolution, and to provide for public access on the Internet to those record votes.

The constitution doesn’t prevent legislator’s from recording their ballots. According to the League of Women Voters, legislator’s make their own rules every session on how and when to record votes. So the legislature has the opportunity every session to record it’s votes. Wouldn’t you like to know how your legislator voted on the process? For some reason, I have a feeling that’s one of the votes that isn’t recorded.

And by the way, this isn’t that great of an amendment since it only requires recorded votes on final passage of a bill. Given that most bills never make it out of committee, this is only a baby step in the right direction.

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