Research, Proofreading Could Have Avoided Ballot Disasters

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WHEN Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger defied public opinion and scheduled an expensive special election for this November, there was at least the prospect that voters might vote themselves two genuinely needed changes.

One was contained in the governor's package of three initiatives, the other was put on the ballot by an alliance of consumer advocates. But blunders by the sponsors of both measures make it unlikely either will become law this year, even if appeals courts reverse the rulings of lower courts and allow them back onto the ballot.

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Research, Proofreading Could Have Avoided Ballot Disasters

The legendary sports announcer Howard Cosell expressed well the current public demand for information: "Who goofed? I've got to know!' he shouted in one off-the-air moment accidentally recorded for poster...

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