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Proposed Bill to ID Recall Petitioners Withdrawn From California Senate


Proposed Bill to ID Recall Petitioners Withdrawn From California Senate
Proposed legislation that would have allowed California politicians facing the threat of recall to identify and contact petition signers has been shelved.
Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), who authored Senate Bill 663 (SB 663), pulled it from consideration on April 20. The proposed legislation would have given politicians access to the personal information of petition signers so they could be contacted to see if they wanted to change their minds.
Though Newman made it clear the proposed changes would not have applied to the current petition to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, the bill sparked a lengthy debate in California’s Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments on April 12, when opponents suggested that giving politicians access to the personal information of petition signers was an invasion of privacy rights and could lead to retaliation. ....

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