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Also vetoed today
3:16 pm on July 3rd, 2008 by Dave Segal
National Popular Vote- U-Pass (discounted RIPTA passes for college students)
- Legislation to make check-cashing less exploitative
- Expanded access to public records
- Inclusion of the transgendered in the hate crimes statute.
And more. Hope we’ll be back in soon, to override these.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I suspect that the real reason that the National Popular Vote bill has been vetoed by four Republican Governors (In Rhode Island, Hawaii, Vermont and California) is that Republicans tend to do better in both local and national elections when voter turnout is low - A National Popular Vote system would increase voter turnout, because every vote would count - not just the votes of swing states. - But voter suppression is not a moral reason for a veto. It is likely that Governor Scwartzenegger of California will get another chance to sign or veto the bill before the California legislature adjourns in
August. - If so, I hope he has the courage to do the right thing and sign it.