Proposition Summary

VOTING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH ONLY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. States declaration of public policy concerning use of common English language. Adds a new statute requiring the Governor to write to the President of the United States, the United States Attorney General, and all members of Congress, a communication urging that federal law be amended so that ballots, voters' pamphlets, and all other official voting materials shall be printed in English only. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: The cost to the state of providing the written communication required by this measure would be insignificant.

Proposition Number

38

Year

1984

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 6390676 }a 70.5; N: 2645599; B: 29.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative statute

Code Sections Affected

Added "English Ballot Initiative"

For Author

S. I. Hayakawa, Ph.D., United States Senator 1977-1982; J. William Orozco, Businessman; Stanley Diamond, Chairman, California Committee for Ballots in English

Against Author

Robert Matsui, Member of Congress; Esteban Edward Torres, Member of Congress; Don Edwards, Member of Congress

Rebuttal Author

Robert Matsui, Member of Congress; Esteban Edward Torres, Member of Congress; Don Edwards, Member of Congress

Rebuttal Against Author

Stanley Diamond, Chairman, California Committee for Ballots in English

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