According to this story, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to veto all 700 bills on his desk, if the legislature doesn’t come to an agreement on how to reform distribution of the state’s water supplies. Among the election law bills on his desk are: AB 30, to let 17-year-olds register (but not vote until they are 18); SB 34, to outlaw paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis; and AB 1396, which deregulates the Democratic Party.
The deadline for bills to be signed or vetoed is Sunday evening, October 11.
Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill identical to SB 34 in 2006, because he understood it as a blatant attack on the initiative process, and there is good reason to think he will veto this version. If he does sign SB 34 it will carry an even higher criminal penalty and fine than the Ohio ban that was struck down in 2008.