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youarelookingatthis t1_ivpdgdz wrote

I think it was a number of issues.

  1. ) The racism. It's there, and there's so much misinformation that is racist regarding what undocumented people have licenses means.

2.) It was the only question where a "yes" vote kept the law. All the other "yes" votes were for changing the law, so I get the confusion.

3.) It was the last question, so people may have missed it.

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KayakerMel t1_ivpl2eh wrote

All of these! Not only was it the last statewide question on the ballot, but the No campaign (who were behind the ballot initiative in the first place) got it in at the very last minute. It wasn't even included in the information booklet sent out statewide by the Secretary of State's office.

I've been involved in the Yes on 4 campaign since it was the "Decline to Sign" movement. The racism behind the signature drive was pretty blatant, often moving beyond dog whistles.

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GreenPylons t1_ivs0tvx wrote

The undervote on 4 actually wasn't that big, which was also surprising (2,308,961 total votes on Question 1 and 2,289,028 total votes on Question 4 for a difference of 19,933 fewer votes on 4, so less than 1% of people that voted on Question 1 didn't vote on Question 4)

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