October 2003 California Recall Election

Election Results
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Recall of Governor 		Ballot Measures
Campaign Finance
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California Recall Election Project
Part of the California Digital Library, the California Recall Election Project is an undertaking to capture and make available - for non-commercial, educational and scholarly research purposes - a collection of web sites from this historic 2003 California gubernatorial recall election.
UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive
Archive of web sites on the October 2003 Recall Election. Includes sites about the election, candidate sites and sites for or against ballot measures.

Election Results

Official Election Results
Statement of Vote

Official and Nonpartisan Sources

Statewide Special Election Information [California California Secretary of State]
FAQ About Recalls [California Secretary of State]
FAQ About the Election [California Secretary of State]

Official Voter Information Guide [California Secretary of State]

California Voter Foundation
Smart Voter [League of Women Voters]

Governor of California Recall

Smart Voter

Candidates for Governor [Smart Voter]
Candidates for Governor [California Voter Foundation]

Ballot Measures

Independent Analyses

California Budget Project
League of Women Voters
Legislative Analyst's Office

Measures

Proposition 53 - California Twenty-First Century Infrastructure Investment Fund Text
Requires specified percentages of General Fund revenues to be set-aside for acquisition, construction, rehabilition, modernization, or renovation of infrastructure. Expenditures must be divided equally between state projects and local projects, other than school and community college district projects, including local street, transportation, water, park, and open space projects. Proposition 98 school funding guarantee is unchanged. Amount of first set-aside scheduled for 2006-07 is 1%; they increase 0.3% annually to 3% and then remain fixed. Set-asides are subject to increase, decrease, or suspension with revenue increases and decreases.

Fiscal impact: Requires dedication of state General Fund revenues for state and local "pay-as-you-go" infrastructure projects. Potential transfers of roughly $850 million in 2006-07, growing to several billions of dollars in future years. (Actual annual transfers could be less--or even zero--in some years due to various adjustments and triggers in the measure.)

Proposition 54: Classification By Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin Text
Amends Constitution to prohibit state and local governments from using race, ethnicity, color, or national origin to classify current or prospective students, contractors or employees in public educationk,contracting, or employment operations. Does not prohibit classification by sex. Prohibition also covers persons subject to other operations of government unless Legislature finds compelling state interest, authorizes by two-thirds of each house, and Governor approves. "Classifying" defined as separating, sorting, or organizing persons of personal data. Exemptions include: law enforcement descriptions, prisoner and undercover assignments; actions taken to maintain federal funding.

Fiscal impact: The measure would not result in a significant fiscal impact on state and local governments.

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