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Published: 31 Oct, 2008
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For those of you who have been following the non-partisanprimary initiative submitted by Steve Peace on September 29th,you may have heard that it was recently withdrawn from submission. However, we have received word today that the initiative is merely beingrevised, rather than revoked.

According to former Democratic Senator and current Co-Chairman of CAIVP Steve Peace, he wasflooded with comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism after submittingthe initiative. As promised by Peace when the initiative was initiallysubmitted, he is amending the initiative to reflect public comment. Afinal version is scheduled for resubmission in the next few weeks.

Stay in tune at CAIVP, as we will give you detailed up-to-date information on thestatus of this initiative, along with non-partisan information and analysis ofother critical issues facing California's voters.

For more information on the Non-Partisan Primary Initiative, check out thissection of the website. Please leave comments to let us know what youthink of the initiative.

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