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Is Prop. 40 the Strangest Ballot Measure Ever?

KQED News Staff

Oct 23, 2012 at

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There's a lot to be confused about in California's November election: mysterious funding, complicated language, unclear outcomes. And then there's Proposition 40. The so-called "orphan measure" has been abandoned by the people who put it on the ballot. And because it's a referendum, voting "yes" supports the status quo, voting "no" changes it.

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