Courage Campaign community survey on the November 2, 2010 statewide election

It's up to you! Vote to help determine the Courage Campaign's final Progressive Voter Guide endorsements

On November 2, California voters will go to the polls in an election that will decide the future of our state. The Courage Campaign will produce a Progressive Voter Guide for the nine initiatives on the ballot. As a people-powered organization, our endorsements reflect the will of our membership, so we need to hear from you about these choices.

Read the following information about the propositions and then tell us what endorsements you think we should make. We have included arguments for and against a few of the propositions where the progressive community has not yet found consensus. The vote of current Courage Campaign members (one person per vote) will help determine our endorsements, and we will announce the results the first week of October, when we send you the Courage Campaign's Progressive Voter Guide.

Prop 19: Tax and regulate cannabis - Courage Campaign members endorsed this initiative in a vote in spring 2010.

Prop 20: Extending redistricting commission to Congressional races - Would take power to draw Congressional districts away from the Legislature and give it to the commission created by Prop 11 in 2008

Argument in favor of Prop 20 by the Yes on 20 campaign
Argument in opposition to Prop 20 by Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

Prop 21: State parks - Fully funds state parks and allows Californians with current vehicle registration to enter all parks for free, funded by an $18/year increase in vehicle registration fee

Prop 22: Local government revenues - Returns money to local government and bans future state taking of such funds, but at potential cost to other vital public services

Argument in favor of Prop 22

Prop 23: Dirty energy proposition - Funded by Texas oil companies, Prop 23 would destroy our green jobs and clean energy economy by repealing our Global Warming Solutions Act

Prop 24: Close corporate tax loopholes - Repeals corporate tax loopholes created in the 2008 and 2009 budget, saving California over $1 billion per year

Prop 25: Majority vote budget - Restores majority rule and democracy to the state legislature by eliminating the 2/3rds rule for budgets that have enabled conservatives to obstruct progressive priorities

Prop 26: Polluter protection - Creates a new 2/3rds rule for fees that fund environmental protection and other programs, protecting polluters and making it impossible to implement state's global warming law even if Prop 23 fails

Prop 27: Eliminates redistricting commission - Would eliminate the redistricting commission created by Prop 11 in 2008 to redraw state legislative boundaries

Argument in favor of Prop 27 by Daniel H. Lowenstein
Argument in opposition to Prop 27 by the No on 27 campaign