The California June 8 primary is less than a month away and absentee voting has started. There are some very serious state propositions to vote on: Yes on 15 and No on the Rest, especially No on 14, 16 and 17. Leonard Martin for School Superintendent. You do not have to vote on everything, but please vote.

You can vote absentee at your county registrar every weekday from now to election day. You can still register to vote for this election and vote absentee at the same time. Registration closes 2 weeks before election day, May 24, 2010.

Peace & Freedom Party recommends Leonard Martin for State School Superintendent, a nonpartisan office. See

http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/campaign

A good source of information on all California propositions is

http://www.calvoter.org/voter/elections/2010/primary/props/index.html

California ballot

If you do not yet have your state voter handbook, it is in many languages at:

http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/

As with all propositions, vote No to maintain the status quo. The 3 serious propositions that mandate a No vote are:

Proposition 14:

It destroys the existence of all small parties including Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party.

See http://www.stoptoptwo.org/

Proposition 16:

This is PG&E's latest attempt to thwart public power. See http://www.powergrab.info/ and

http://noprop16.org/

Proposition 17:

Again, the auto insurance companies are trying to raise rates. See http://www.stopprop17.org/