Voter Guide Highlights: Statewide Races Statewide Propositions Congressional Races Legislative Races About this Election Archive of Campaign Promises "The Election Song" 2002 Map Series CVF-NEWS County Election Information Follow the Money Links For more election information, visit CVF's voter guide homepage Join CVF Contact CVF Copyright 1994-2002, California Voter Foundation. www.calvoter.org All rights reserved. cvf Proposition 41 Official Title: Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002. (Shelley-Hertzberg Act). Results YES 51.5 NO 48.5 Official statewide election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money Who Signed the Ballot Arguments News Coverage For More Information... Official Summary: This act is to ensure that every person's vote is accurately counted. It authorizes the issuance of state bonds allowing counties to purchase modern voting equipment and replace outdated punch card (chad) systems. This act provides for bonds in the amount of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds. Fiscal Impact: State costs of about $255 million over ten years (average cost of about $26 million annually) to repay bonds. One-time county costs of about $67 million statewide to match state funds. Additional annual county operating costs in the several tens of millions of dollars statewide. Web Sites YES www.41-yes.org NO none Contact Information YES   Robert Barnes or Mark Capitolo Yes on Prop. 41 1121 L Street, Suite 401 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 325-8600     mail@41-yes.org NO   Honorable Dennis Mountjoy Member of the Assembly P.O. Box 877 Monrovia, CA 91017 (626) 357-8237     dmountjoy59@aol.com Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   NO Kevin Shelley, Assembly Majority Leader   Honorable Dennis Mountjoy, Member of the Assembly, 59th District Barbara Inatsugu, President, League of Women Voters of California   Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Bill Jones, Secretary of State   Lewis K. Uhler, President, National Tax Limitation Committee News Coverage (please note: some of the links below may no longer work, because many newspaper web sites move stories into fee-based archives after a certain amount of time)   Voting machine upgrade approved, Sacramento Bee, March 7, 2002 Comments & Curiosities -- Peter Buffa, Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2002 This measure is one for the roads, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2002 Yes on Prop. 41, San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2002   For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis   Original Bill Information and History Next Proposition This page first published February 21, 2002 -- final update May 10, 2002