Fretting Over the Propositions?

by David Safier

No normal human being can possibly figure out the ballot propositions without help. I include myself as one of the befuddled homo sapiens. So it’s helpful that the Pima County Democratic Party’s Executive Committee has put together a list of recommendations on the propositions, with reasons for its choices.

The Committee didn’t give a recommendation on Prop 202 relating to employment of undocumented workers. I’m voting NO, with the feeling that it’s better to vote against a Prop if you can’t be sure what it will do. Unintended (or hidden) consequences are difficult to correct for the reason stated above the Pima Dem recommendations:

Note that all statewide propositions passed by the voters can only be changed significantly by another statewide vote, or under certain conditions by a supermajority of the legislature, making it difficult to modify them. If you do not understand all the wording in a proposition or disagree with parts of it, consider voting NO and working for change within the Legislature.