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California committee advances bill to list top funders on ballot labels
Summary
A California Senate committee voted 4-1 to send AB 596 to the Appropriations Committee after hearing proponents say the bill will increase voter transparency and opponents warn it could lengthen ballots and raise printing costs.
The Senate Elections Committee voted 4-1 to send AB 596 — a bill authored in the Assembly to require listing top funders of ballot initiatives on the ballot label — to the Appropriations Committee after supporters argued it would help voters identify who paid to place measures on the ballot and opponents warned of cost and accuracy problems.
AB 596, presented at the hearing as authored by Assemblymember Ortega, would require the Secretary of State to display the top contributors who gave more than $100,000 to campaign committees seeking to qualify initiatives or referendums. Proponents said the rule is narrowly tailored to shorten contributor names and use rules from the California Disclose Act to prevent evasion…
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