Proposition 39 promises to tighten California’s elections and reduce the likelihood of voter fraud. However, the measure creates more barriers than it removes, threatening to disenfranchise legitimate voters.

Proposition 5 seeks to fundamentally change how California conducts recall elections for members of the Legislature and constitutional officers elected statewide. Such elections have been rare in California.

Proposition 43 is billed as a taxpayer protection measure that would “save” Proposition 13.