The Attorney General of California has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:

1 California is largely taken for granted by Presidential Candidates because

of its “winner-take-all” system of awarding its electoral votes. In recent

elections, Presidential candidates ignored voters in California and have

spent more time and money trying to win votes in smaller states with just

a few electoral votes.

2 Our “winner take all” system of awarding electoral votes does not reflect

the vast diversity of our state, the regional differences of our citizenry,

and the unique problems faced by Californians

3 Further, a “winner take all” system impedes credible third party or

independent candidacies for President.

4 Maine and Nebraska do not have a “winner take all” system of awarding

electoral votes.

5 Mega urban areas dominate the process. Los Angeles County voters

determines whom California votes for President.

6 Independent, rural and non-urban areas are discriminated under “winner

take all”.

The initiative will amend the Election Code: Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 6,

Sections 6900, 6901, 6903, and 6909.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

6900. (a) The term "elector" or "presidential elector" as used in this chapter

means an elector of President and Vice President of the United States, and not an

elector as defined in Section 321.

(b) An elector shall be nominated in each congressional district and two electors

on a statewide basis in accordance with the rules of the political party with which the

elector is affiliated, subject to the following requirements:

(1) An elector selected on the basis of a congressional district must be a resident of

that district.

(2) An elector selected on a statewide basis shall be a resident of the state.

(3) An elector shall be a member of the political party that nominated the elector at

the time of nomination and shall have been a member of that political party for the

preceding four years, unless the political party was not qualified under Division 5,

during that four-year period.

(4) An elector shall sign a pledge that he or she shall cast his or her ballot for the

candidates for President and Vice President of the United States who receive the

plurality of votes in the congressional district in which the elector is nominated, or

who receive the plurality of votes in the state in the case of an electors elected on a

statewide basis, provided that those candidates are alive at the time the vote is cast.

(5) If an elector is disqualified to serve as an elector because of his or her failure to

meet the applicable requirements of paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, or if the elector

expresses a intent to violate his or her pledge signed pursuant to paragraph (4),the

political party that nominated the elector may replace the elector with a person who

meets these requirements.

(6) If a political party does not have rules concerning the procedure for selecting

electors by the time that electors are required to be selected, the presidential

candidate for that political party shall select the electors.

6901. When a political party nominates electors for President and Vice President

of the United States in accordance with Section 7100, 7300,7578, or 7843, submits

6900, the party shall submit to the Secretary of State its a certified list of nominees

for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the The Secretary

of State shall notify each candidate for elector of his or her nomination by the party.

The Secretary of State shall cause the names of the candidates for President and Vice

President of the several political parties to be placed upon the ballot for the ensuing

general election and any independent candidate pursuant to section 8304.

§ 6902(a) At the general election in each leap year, or at any other time as may be

prescribed by the laws of the United States, there shall be chosen by the voters of the

state as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the

state is then entitled to. (b) An elector shall be elected in each congressional district

if the candidate to whom that elector has pledged to vote received a plurality of the

popular vote cast in that congressional district. The two at-large electors shall be

elected if the candidates to whom those electors have pledged to vote received a

plurality of the popular vote cast in the state.

§6903. On or before the day of meeting of the elector, the Governor Secretary of

State shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of each electors elected pursuant

to section 6902, and he or she shall perform any other duties relating to presidential

electors which are required of him or her by the laws of the United States.

6904. The electors elected pursuant to section 6902 chosen shall assemble at the

State Capitol at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Monday after the second

Wednesday in December next following their election.

§ 6905. In case of the death or absence of any elector chosen, or if the number of

electors is deficient for any other reason, the electors then present shall elect,

pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 6902 from the citizens of the state, as many

persons as will supply the deficiency.

§ 6906. The electors, when convened, if both candidates are alive, shall vote by

ballot for that person for President and that person for Vice President of the United

States, who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party or independent

candidate which they represent and have pledged to vote. one of whom, at least, is

not an inhabitant of this state.

§ 6907. The electors shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and

in separate ballots the person voted for as Vice President.

§ 6908. The electors shall make separate lists of all persons voted for as President

and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each

cast pursuant to Section 6906, which lists they shall sign, certify, seal, and transmit

by mail to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President

of the Senate.

6909. Each presidential elector shall receive ten dollars ($10) for his or her services,

and mileage at the rate of five cents ($0.05) per mile for each mile of travel from his

or her domicile to the State Capitol and return. Their accounts therefore shall be

certified by the Secretary of State, and audited by the Controller, who shall draw his

or her warrants for the same on the Treasurer, payable out of the General Fund.

Presidential electors shall not receive compensation for their services, nor shall

electors be reimbursed for travel or other expenses incurred in the performance of

their duties as electors.