LOS ANGELES — Voters trickled to California’s polls Tuesday to decide a complex slate of fiscal measures that many said they were largely rejecting out of disgruntlement with lawmakers and their attempts to fill a widening budget deficit.
Rex Bailey, 52, said he was tired of late state budgets and financial crises.
"I wanted to vote no on every proposition and send a signal to our politicians that they need to get it together,” Bailey said while voting in Los Angeles.
Joshua Mack, 31, also rejected the measures. "The state’s in a colossal mess and these things aren’t the way to fix it,” he said.
Early turnout was light, as had been expected in an election that’s just six months after a presidential contest that swelled voter rolls. Attentive voters have told pollsters they are likely to reject propositions meant to close what had been a $42 billion deficit over two years.
The special election called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers in February also is deciding a Southern California congressional seat and state Senate seat.
Despite generating apathy among many Californians, the special election will have immediate consequences no matter what happens.
If voters approve the propositions, spending cuts will be less severe but taxes will be raised by $16 billion. If voters reject them, lawmakers will have to consider other cost-cutting options.
by the associated press
Rex Bailey, 52, said he was tired of late state budgets and financial crises.
"I wanted to vote no on every proposition and send a signal to our politicians that they need to get it together,” Bailey said while voting in Los Angeles.
Joshua Mack, 31, also rejected the measures. "The state’s in a colossal mess and these things aren’t the way to fix it,” he said.
Early turnout was light, as had been expected in an election that’s just six months after a presidential contest that swelled voter rolls. Attentive voters have told pollsters they are likely to reject propositions meant to close what had been a $42 billion deficit over two years.
The special election called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers in February also is deciding a Southern California congressional seat and state Senate seat.
Despite generating apathy among many Californians, the special election will have immediate consequences no matter what happens.
If voters approve the propositions, spending cuts will be less severe but taxes will be raised by $16 billion. If voters reject them, lawmakers will have to consider other cost-cutting options.
by the associated press
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