(CA) Death penalty initiative qualifies for fall ballot

Source: Ventura County Star

SACRAMENTO — The secretary of state announced Monday that an initiative has qualified for the November ballot that would ask California voters to abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole.

Monday was the deadline for counties to finish a random sample count of valid signatures submitted by initiative proponents. Nearly 800,000 signatures were submitted statewide. The initiative needed at least 555,236 valid signatures to qualify under the random sampling. Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office announced Monday afternoon, that it had exceeded that.

A measure can qualify by random sampling if the sampling projects the number of valid signatures is greater than 110 percent of the required number.

"For the first time, voters will have a very clear choice of replacing the death penalty with life without possibility of parole," said campaign general consultant Steve Smith.

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(CA) Death penalty initiative qualifies for fall ballot (Original post)	kpete	Apr 2012	OP
Justice or money woes ?	orpupilofnature57	Apr 2012	#1
Humanity	Auggie	Apr 2012	#2
Don't knock enlightened self-interest	KamaAina	Apr 2012	#3
I will vote to end the death penalty in Caiifornia....no reservations at all....	Tikki	Apr 2012	#4
Great! I signed that.	roody	Apr 2012	#5
I hope it passes. I WILL vote for this. n/t	CaliforniaPeggy	Apr 2012	#6
me too!	AsahinaKimi	Apr 2012	#15
Good. The DP is a frickin' waste of time, money, and energy in this state.	kestrel91316	Apr 2012	#7
so much even the original author of the death penalty ballot initiative regrets it	alp227	Apr 2012	#9
the US Justice system is too dysfunctional and corrupt to be trusted with anyone's life	Proletariatprincess	Apr 2012	#10
Lets see what the voters want, I fear they will reject this call to end the death penalty.	happyslug	Apr 2012	#8
I signed it, I will vote for it but I acknowledge it is a waste of time	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2012	#11
Seems the worse punishment of the two anyway and less expensive and in the event of wrongful	lonestarnot	Apr 2012	#12
Kick	pinto	Apr 2012	#13
Any polling out on this?	ProgressiveProfessor	Apr 2012	#14

Response to kpete (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:21 PM

(CA) Death penalty initiative qualifies for fall ballot

1. Justice or money woes ?

2. Humanity

3. Don't knock enlightened self-interest

4. I will vote to end the death penalty in Caiifornia....no reservations at all....

5. Great! I signed that.

6. I hope it passes. I WILL vote for this. n/t

15. me too!

7. Good. The DP is a frickin' waste of time, money, and energy in this state.

9. so much even the original author of the death penalty ballot initiative regrets it

10. the US Justice system is too dysfunctional and corrupt to be trusted with anyone's life

8. Lets see what the voters want, I fear they will reject this call to end the death penalty.

11. I signed it, I will vote for it but I acknowledge it is a waste of time

12. Seems the worse punishment of the two anyway and less expensive and in the event of wrongful

13. Kick

14. Any polling out on this?