Harbor City Church encouraged its members to attend the Proposition parties throughout October.
The church’s announcement mentioned that this opportunity would be an excellent way to help others have neighbor-loving political engagement. They added that this could also be a chance to make California a better place to live.
Moreover, the members could learn about their votes in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Besides, Harbor City Church asked its congregation to share their studies and findings while having food and drinks with friends and other community members.
Proposition Party
According to the Proposition Party website, a prop party is about presenting research and summarizing the result in front of the group. As further explained on the website, they will have notes and discussions to advocate understanding and goodwill.
After the presentation and discussion, everyone could leave and be ready to vote on election day.
As further mentioned, the Harbor City Church brought the Proposition Parties to San Diego. They said that the church is contributing to making the world better.
Importance of Proposition Party
The same website emphasized that people could share their knowledge. They explained that some people are having difficulties understanding the impact of ballot propositions in the state, city, and their life.
They said that they could assist people in avoiding voting for candidates with special interests. They could also prevent candidates from taking advantage of the confusion or not well-informed votes.
More importantly, attending a proposition party is an excellent opportunity to express love, as stated on the website. They added that most individuals are tired of the divisive atmosphere in politics.
Proposition parties make a space that embraces various political views. They said that at prop parties, they could cooperate with others to let the voters be knowledgeable.
The website emphasized that change starts within and people should be the change they want.
Voters' Help
Proposition Party revealed that the discussion is not about the candidates, but about enlightening voters in California on what is their significant part of the ballot. They said their role is often overlooked because of the drama of the candidates.
They also noted that people have the freedom to choose their candidates.
Voters Initiatives
The Legislative Analyst’s Office website explains that the voters' initiative is the power of the citizens to act as legislators. They could suggest statutes and amendments to the California Constitution.
As further explained, the voters' initiatives were built in 1911 with referenda and recall as a part of the progressive campaign.
They revealed that the voters submitted more than 1,700 initiatives over the past century. They said that this figure is nearly one-fifth of qualifying for the ballots.
Ballot Propositions
In addition, the same website stated that proposition is the right of voters whether to apply suggested changes to the state Constitution or other regulations. They added that voters have considered 148 propositions since 2000.
They revealed that these propositions are more than half of those being approved.
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