Vaccine law foes fall short in petition drive for (Calif.) referendum

[Newsjock]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Opponents of a new child vaccination law in California have reported that they turned in some 228,000 signatures on petitions for a referendum to overturn the measure, far short of the number needed to qualify it for the ballot.

Referendum supporters needed to turn in the signatures of 365,880 registered voters by Monday's deadline in order for it to be placed on the November 2016 ballot.

The referendum sought to overturn a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in June that eliminates personal belief exemptions as a way for parents to avoid having their children vaccinated before they enter kindergarten.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-vaccine-law-foes-fall-short-in-petition-drive-for-referendum-20150930-story.html

[proverbialwisdom]

1. Law eliminates all exemptions except medical & applies to daycare + all public or private schools.

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For the facts:

http://www.shotsforschool.org/

OFFICIAL SITE: California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch

For the politics (CA Democrats own this law):

https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SB277/2015

FULL TEXT/VOTES - SB277

Wait for the legal challenges.

[jpak]

2. It got Trumped by science

[Javaman]

3. me thinks that just because they didn't get enough signatures, that suddenly

they will all now get their shots for their kids.

[Scruffy1]

4. Some good news,n/t.