Democrat State Senator Josh Newman has officially withdrawn Senate Bill 663. SB 663 would have forced every County Elections Officer to publicly release of the names and personal contact information for every voter who signs a petition on a ballot measure or to Recall a state politician.
Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio offers the following statement in response to this development:
“In the light of the justified public outcry, SB 663 has been withdrawn for now, but we know that Sacramento politicians will not stop their assault on citizens initiatives and recalls in California. SB 663 was plainly and simply a Jim Crow law designed to punish voters who dared to sign petitions on recalls and ballot measures that politicians oppose. Should the SB 663 proposal resurface we will once again mount an aggressive fight to defeat it.”
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