It’s not a California thing. I live on the other coast and I swear to god every ballot measure I read is worded in the most ambiguous or vague way possible. By that I mean the way it’s written on the ballot, not on the full text of the measure.
It’s purposeful (which I’m sure you already know). There’s a fella whose name I can’t recall right now that is responsible for an incredibly large amount of these ballot measures (I want to say in the realm of 700-900? Or maybe ~150-200, not sure, but still a lot of them) and has a success rate of something like 95% with them. My state’s bullshit was so contorted that I made sure to read the positions of several advocacy groups to figure out which ones I was going to vote yes/no on.
It’s not a California thing. I live on the other coast and I swear to god every ballot measure I read is worded in the most ambiguous or vague way possible. By that I mean the way it’s written on the ballot, not on the full text of the measure.
It’s purposeful (which I’m sure you already know). There’s a fella whose name I can’t recall right now that is responsible for an incredibly large amount of these ballot measures (I want to say in the realm of 700-900? Or maybe ~150-200, not sure, but still a lot of them) and has a success rate of something like 95% with them. My state’s bullshit was so contorted that I made sure to read the positions of several advocacy groups to figure out which ones I was going to vote yes/no on.