[Sosfbay-discuss] Repub-backed Electoral vote measure fails to make June ballot

[Drew Johnson]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-electoral7dec07,0,5337231.story?coll=la-home-center

Electoral vote measure fails to make June ballot

The Republican-backed initiative in California, which could have favored
the GOP presidential nominee, did not garner enough financial support.
By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 7, 2007

A proposed initiative that drew national attention for its potential to
affect next year's presidential election will not appear on the June
ballot, organizers said Thursday.

Republican backers of the measure, which could have tilted the
presidential contest toward the GOP nominee by changing how California
awards electoral votes, conceded that they were unable to raise sufficient
funds.

Sacramento consultant Dave Gilliard, the campaign manager, said that even
if a financial angel were to shower the campaign with $1 million, there
was not enough time to qualify the measure for June.

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