Sonoma County Board of Supervisors revises wording of disputed 'factory farm' ballot measure [View all]

A new controversy has emerged surrounding the already-contentious ballot measure seeking to ban larger livestock and poultry farms in Sonoma County: Could the ballot language prejudice voters?

At issue are the opening words of the ballot question as written before Tuesday: “To promote animal welfare, water quality, and other goals.”

That language, submitted by the Coalition to End Factory Farming, which wrote the initiative, was part of the question that voters would have read on the Nov. 5 ballot.

But Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to remove that preface, which the county contends is inaccurate and violates California’s election code, which mandates neutral wording on the ballot.



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