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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the deal with the Constitutional Amendments?

Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling.  Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right?  It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it?  It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.

Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day.  I don't know how I feel about that one.  On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.

QA is written in an absurdly complex manner.  A normal human can't understand it after the first reading.  I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.

QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes.  I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike.  While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.

QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.

Anyone else read these and come up with these thoughts or am I totally off-base here?[/quote]

No kidding -- it's difficult to understand.

Q1 vote Yes. It actually won't change the money going to schools, but just ensure the pot it comes from.

Q2 I wasn't feeling storngly either way, but chose Yes.

QA vote Yes. It makes the redistricting council less partisan by allowing more independents (I think?)

QB definitely No. What it means is that if a Council member dies so thehy're down to 8, they can't currently pass a tax increase above the charter limit because it requires a vote of all 9. The Council is just looking for ways to make it easier to cop out and raise taxes instead of taking the more difficult but noble path of cutting spending.

QC vote No. Your're rights, it's patronage.

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