Legislative Alert: Rep. Steve McMillan (R-Baldwin) has pre-filed a bill that would create the Fair Ballot Commission, which is tasked with explaining the statements on the ballot that detail what voting for and against a certain ballot initiative will do. A group of statewide elected officials would serve on the commission: the Governor, Lt. Gov, Ag Commish, House Speaker, and the SOS. They would each appoint two people – one attorney, one civilian. The overall ethnic makeup of the commission is required to proportionally reflect that of the state. The commission members are unpaid. The Fair Ballot Commission is charged with analyzing all statewide ballot initiatives and drafting up a description of it in an impartial and “plain, nontechnical language.” The description, as well as all of the committee’s work, will be publicly posted on a state website. Also posted on the state website can be links leading to websites and organizations supporting or opposing the initiative, and their reasons why. Any member of the commission or the state legislature can write and post on this website statements in support or opposition of the... (Click Link to continue reading) CC: Tal Kelley Tom Scovill Dalton L Dismukes Cody Vickers Josh Dodd Joshua Cassity Stephen Gordon Tollie Williams Jessica S. James Mary Vaughn Pettus
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:16:02 +0000
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