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Is California's Process for Naming Propositions on the Ballot Flawed?

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A voter drops off their mail-in ballot at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Ballots for the March 5th primary election are arriving in mailboxes across the state this week. In California, the titles and summaries for ballot measures are written by the attorney general, but some say Democrats in the job too often put their thumb on the scale with skewed summaries to help their allies.

Plus, the life and death of legislation in Sacramento. Why are some bills introduced knowing they’ll never make it out of committee, much less to the governor’s desk? Scott and Marisa chat about all this with CalMatters reporter Sameea Kamal.

Also: KQED has a voter guide! Check out our roadmap to voting in California at kqed.org/voterguide.

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