Proposition 4: Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding Of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute.
Proposition 4: Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding Of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute.
State and local governments could create programs that give candidates public money for campaigns, but education, transportation, and public-safety funds could not pay for them.
A Yes vote
A No vote
Proposal impacts
Impact on California taxpayers
State election spending would pay for added legal staff to answer questions about public campaign funding.
State election spending today covers enforcement of campaign rules, while the ban blocks statewide public funding for candidates.
Impact on County residents
County election spending could pay for candidate campaigns if county officials create a program.
County election spending today cannot pay for candidate campaigns under the public funding ban.
Impact on County election staff
County election offices could gain duties checking candidate eligibility if assigned to administer a county campaign financing program.
County election offices today follow the public funding ban rather than administer county payments to candidates.
Impact on State election attorneys
State election legal work would give agency lawyers questions about designing public funding programs for candidates.
State election legal work today concerns existing campaign rules, including the ban on most public candidate funding.
