DATELINE–California Ballot Addendum

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Date: Thu, 07 Nov 96 10:59:45 -0800
From: msnbc@endpolitics.com
To: John_Valdez@SttF.org

THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE:
The Ben Bradley Memorial Polling/Voting Discretion Amendment

Proposition 902.10: Text of the Proposed Law

This initiative measure is submitted to the people in accordance with the provisions of Article II, Section 8 of the Constitution.

This initiative measure expressly amends the Constitution by adding a section thereto.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I

Section 31 is added to Article I of the California Constitution as follows:

(a) The state shall not solicit or require any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin to impersonate citizens in the operation of such civic acts as voting, public speech, and deliberating the welfare of fellow citizens.

(b) This section shall apply only to action taken after the section’s effective date.

© Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting the orderly adoption of hysterical mob rule in lieu of a conscientious citizenship; _e pluribus unum_, one that is based upon respect for sincere public deliberation and the undue burden of both saying what one means and honestly meaning good unto others.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as invalidating any court order or consent decree which is in force as of the effective date of this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting action which must be taken to oppose the federal constitution, where continuing inaction would result in a hypocritical allegiance to a tradition of governance based on the general goodwill of the body politic and the disuse of purposely misleading legislation either promoted or enacted by democratically elected officials.

(f) For the purposes of this section, “state” shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the state itself, any city, county, corporation, small business, public university system, including the University of California, community college district, school district, special district, or any other political subdivision or governmental instrumentality of or within the state, not to exclude private citizens grandstanding their unresolved guilt about the failures of the Civil Rights movement and/or hysterical fears and anxieties regarding the extant state of racial inequality in America under the guise of a) Civil Rights, b) Martin King Luther King Jr.’s “Dream"™ c) African American or willful immigrant heritage d) denying their private, i.e., not public, concern of “equal” access to public yet prestigious California universities for the spoiled children of upper “middle” class families who now wish to deny the inordinate opportunities and privileges afforded to them by virtue of their affluence in direct relation to that exponentially-growing segment of the American populace which can no longer afford adequate housing, health care, police protection, or food, let alone a college education.

(g) The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless of the injured party’s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of then-existing colonial practices whereby loyal citizens of England shall abide by Her Majesty’s writ instructions to maintain the Western territories free of disciplined political activity or any such seditious talk of government by the people, of the people, and, we stress, for the people.

(h) This section shall be self-executing. If any part or parts of this section are found to be in conflict with federal law or the United State Constitution, the section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law and the United States Constitution permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.

Paid for by the California Civil War Initiative –
A Project of Californians Against Democracy and Civic Responsibility ID #902-10

©1996-97 California Civil War Initiative All Rights Reserved

DATELINE–Southern California Will Rise Again

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Date: Thu, 07 Nov 96 10:58:33 -0800
From: msnbc@endpolitics.com
To: John_Valdez@SttF.org

THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE:
The Ben Bradley Memorial Polling/Voting Discretion Amendment

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the mailing list for the California Civil War Initiative.

CCWI is an historic initiative that will end government-mandated voting protocols in California and usher in a new era of equal opportunity for all of the people of this state. It will end the fundamentally un-American practice of straightforward legislation and the unfair expectation that citizens will privately vote in accordance to their publicly-stated positions or beliefs; the very practices and expectations that are dividing our people along racial and gender lines. The sanctity of the voting booth is the deepest, darkest closet of American politics. The hypocrisy engendered by the tradition of secrecy and discretion can only be unmasked by the inevitable progression towards the democracy of the future, mob rule.

Many democratic processes were established with the best of intentions. But today, these traditions have instead resulted in rigid double-standards which subjugate private citizens to unreasonable moral and political principles, imposing the very discrimination and oppression that the War of Independence movement was supposed to end. These discriminatory preferences only serve to pit American against American, and group against group. We can no longer ignore the harm it is doing by dividing our state and nation.

I am dedicated to the principle of fairness and equality before the law, and I am convinced that the California Civil War Initiative is the best way to end state-sponsored dissimulation and send a clear message to the rest of the country that California is leading the way in uniting our people in the fight against the unwarranted and unduly burdensome presumption that life in a democracy is based on honesty, good intentions and a disinterested brand of civic duty.

In a single sentence, this initiative captures the spirit of fairness and equal opportunity that is at the heart of the American Dream:

“The state shall not solicit or require any individual
or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or
national origin to impersonate citizens in the operation
of such civic acts as voting, public speech, and
deliberating the welfare of fellow citizens.”

By joining me and the almost five million Californians who lent their votes in support of the California Civil Rights Initiative, you can now strike a blow against the principles of democratic representation; arcane and outdated principles whereby citizens are forced to participate in government singly, and by secret ballot, rather than by the more fair and progressive practice of voting under the duress of fear, mistrust and intimidation.

On December 7, 1996, vote YES on Proposition 902.10, the California Civil War Initiative.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,
Pete Wilson, Governor
State of California

Paid for by the California Civil War Initiative – A Project of Californians Against Democracy and Civic Responsibility ID #902-10

©1996-97 California Civil War Initiative All Rights Reserved