Failed Election Reform
Main article: Presidential Election Reform Act See also: Electoral reform in CaliforniaThere was a proposed ballot proposition in the state to alter the way the state's electors would be distributed among presidential candidates, but the initiative failed to get onto the ballot.
Read more about this topic: California Democratic Primary, 2008
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