You Can't Vote Smart Unless You Know What You Are Voting For -- Cal LAO Posts 9/06 Ballot Proposition Analysis

Thomas Jefferson said: "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government..." (for much more on TJ check out the Jefferson Digital Archive maintained by the library at the University of Virginia) California voters rely on the Legislative Analyst's Office for unbiased information on pending ballot propositions. Policy wonks, lobbyists, and the politically impatient can now read the LAO's take on the November 7th, 2006 ballot propositions right now. For the historically minded the LAO also has collected their election-by-election analysis's back to March of 1996. This information is included in the full voter information guide distributed to each and every voter (the pending full guide is available from the California Secretary of States web site.)