I think all of us were shocked and taken aback by the fall-out of Proposition 8 in California and its brethren across the country. I know I was. In the interest of giving humanity the benefit of the doubt, I’ve come to the conclusion that many voters didn’t truly understand what it was they were voting for… hence the devious, misleading nature of “the proposition” in general. Vote NO proposes an interesting alternative to the “proposition” mentality of voting, which would force elected officials to actually deal with issues instead of getting rid of them in bulk. Interesting, right?
Here’s an excerpt from Vote NO’s mission:
“Vote NO On Everything promotes an educated electorate, reform of the proposition/initiative process, and a default* “no” vote on California propositions.
Voters should only consider voting “yes” on propositions if first they fully inform themselves about the true costs and implications of their vote.
Civil rights should never be restricted by a popular vote and deserve a higher level of scrutiny and honesty than the proposition system allows.
We seek to educate people about the proposition system to encourage more intelligent voting choices. Ultimately we aim to revise the broken California proposition system.”
Definitely something to think about… For more info on Vote NO (including an amazing piece from TIME magazine by the uber cool, Joel Stein) click here. xo
